Warts among poultry processing workers

• Sweden ( Mergler et al ., 1982)

  • 28.5% of processing plant workers had warts
  • mild skin abrasion suspected to facilitate virus infection New Zealand( Steher-Green et al., 1993)
  • 25% of poultry workers identified with HPV type 7
  • Workers that handed dead, raw or unfrozen chicken were 3 times more likely to develop warts
  • Risk of having warts not associated with environmental factors or the frequency of cuts or abrasions

• Butcher’s warts: no evidence of person to person transmission of HPV-7 ( Keefe et al., 1994)

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