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. 2008 Dec;14(12):1909–1912. doi: 10.3201/eid1412.071567

Table 1. Attack rates (infected upazila[s] for the infected districts) of avian influenza outbreaks in Bangladesh, 17/64 districts, January–July 2007.

District No. farms, infected/total*
Attack rate (95% CI)†
Commercial Backyard Commercial Backyard
Dhaka 14/744 0/0 0.019 (0.027–0.009)
Dinajpur 0/29 1/124,872 0.000008 (0.000018–0.000002)
Gaibandha 1/69 0/52,950 0.014 (0.041–0.009) NA
Gazipur 3/1,956 0/0 0.001 (0.0032–0.0002) NA
Jamalpur 5/144 0/58,962 0.034 (0.063–0.005) NA
Jessore 2/298 3/331,295 0.006 (0.014–0.002) 0.000003 (0.000008–0.000002)
Joypurhat 0/124 1/101,152 NA 0.000009 (0.000027–0.00009)
Lalmonirhat 0/85 2/76,582 NA 0.00002 (0.00005–0.00001)
Magura 0/82 1/83,607 NA 0.00001 (0.00003–0.00001)
Naogaon 0/109 2/80,752 NA 0.00002 (0.00005–0.00001)
Narayangonj 7/925 0/0 0.007 (0.012–0.002) NA
Nilphamari 0/119 5/277,984 NA 0.00001 (0.00003–0.00001)
Noakhali 1/97 0/0 0.010 (0.029–0.009) NA
Rajbari 1/395 2/311,279 0.002 (0.006–0.002) 0.00006 (0.000014–0.000002)
Rangpur 0/95 2/143,263 NA 0.00001 (0.00003–0.00001)
Tangail 1/227 0/91,650 0.004 (0.012–0.004) NA
Thakurgaon
0/1,137
1/73,391


0.00001 (0.00003–0.00001)
Total 35/5,635 20/1,807,739 0.006 (0.008–0.004) 0.00001 (0.000014–0.000006)

*Infected, avian influenza–infected farms; total, farms in the infected upazila(s) of a district.
†CI, confidence interval; NA, not applicable.