Systematic Veterinary Virology

PUBLIC HEALTH ASPECT

• People may become infected with APMV-1, the resulting disease is typically limited to a conjunctivitis. Recovery is usually rapid, and the virus is no longer present in eye fluids after 4 to 7 days.
• Infections have occurred mostly in laboratory workers and vaccinating crews with rare cases in poultry handlers. No instance of transmission to humans through handling or consuming of poultry products is known.
• Individuals with conjunctivitis from APMV-1 virus should not enter poultry premises or come in contact with live avian species.