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Volume 16, Number 10—October 2010
Research

Effectiveness of Personal Protective Equipment and Oseltamivir Prophylaxis during Avian Influenza A (H7N7) Epidemic, the Netherlands, 2003

Dennis E. te BeestComments to Author , Michiel van Boven, Marian E.H. Bos, Arjan Stegeman, and Marion P.G. Koopmans
Author affiliations: Author affiliations: Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands (D.E. te Beest, M.E.H. Bos, A. Stegeman); National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands (D.E. te Beest, M. van Boven, M.P.G. Koopmans)

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Table 5

Comparison of conjunctivitis and serologic result case definitions for number of infections and prophylactic oseltamivir use during avian influenza A (H7N7) epidemic, the Netherlands, 2003*

Oseltamivir use
 Conjunctivitis
Serologic result
Persons†
 Visits‡
 Persons
 Visits
Not prescribed 6/35 9/63 12/16 22/26
Prescribed but not used during visit 12/45 25/80 26/34 48/64
Prescribed and used consistently 7/54 9/113 24/41 54/85
Prescribed and used inconsistently 5/26 13/65 11/18 24/39
Prescribed and consistency of use unknown 4/9 8/23 4/7 11/18
Prescribed but period of use unknown 9/47 15/109 17/30 40/68

*Data resulted from a survey conducted among poultry workers after the epidemic.
†No. persons infected/total no. persons.
‡No. visits by infected persons/total no. visits. Because visits were classified into groups, persons may be in 2 categories (prescribed not used and prescribed used).

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