Avian Influenza H5N1: Risks at the Human–Animal Interface

Abstract

To most effectively decrease the risk of a pandemic, the public health and animal health sectors--those which are responsible for protecting and improving the health of humans and animals, respectively--must collaborate to decrease human exposure to HPAI virus, both by controlling virus circulation among poultry and by assessing the risks of human exposure to avian influenza virus at the human-animal interface from primary production through consumption of poultry and poultry products, and implementing risk-based mitigation measures.