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The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) requests help in protecting poultry workers from infection with viruses that cause avian influenza (also known as bird flu). Although human infection with avian influenza viruses is rare, workers infected with certain types of these viruses may become ill or die. This publication supersedes 2008-113.

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NIOSH [2008]. Protecting poultry workers from avian influenza (bird flu). By Kullman G, Delaney LJ, Decker J, MacMahon K, Hamilton K. Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2008-128.