The season proved to be yet another disastrous one, with the AP03 proving to be unreliable and ill handling.
Two of 3 persons who became ill had handled ill cats.
And in the NBC, CBS and New York Post cases, each of the employees who fell ill routinely handled mail addressed to senior news officials or worked in the area where the letters were sent.
"We are only just beginning our inquiries," she told reporters at a news briefing convened after a German newspaper quoted one employee as saying he had fallen ill after handling Stasi documents.
In Meherpur, relatives with close contact with patients became ill, and handling or exposure to secretions of patients was found to be a risk factor for illness.
A year after Fatma died from avian influenza, Mehmet Emin Ozcan is still dazed and refuses to believe the doctors who suggest that she became ill after handling an infected duck in the family's kitchen.
See a doctor immediately if you get acutely ill after handling mice.
One store A employee had a confirmed case, and 1 store B employee had a suspected case; both had handled ill prairie dogs.
Approximately 2 months after the last prairie dog exposure, serum specimens were obtained from 12 noncase pet store employees, 4 of whom had handled ill prairie dogs.
Having never handled an ill prairie dog (p = 0.004) was protective.
The only factor protective against MPXV infection (Table 2) was never having handled an ill prairie dog (p = 0.004).
