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Published in final edited form as: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009 Apr;30(4):370–376. doi: 10.1086/596609

TABLE 5.

Responses to Question Assessing Concerns and Expectations Regarding the Timing of an Avian Influenza Outbreak

Question, response group	Response
Question, response group	Within 1 year	Within 2 to 3 years	Within 4 to 5 years	More than 5 years from now	Never, it won’t spread to people in the United States	Don’t know
If bird flu were to spread to people in the United States, when would this occur?
Case patients (n = 44)	6 (13.6)	18 (40.9)	6 (13.6)	5 (11.4)	4 (9.1)	5 (11.4)
Control subjects (n = 429)	63 (14.7)	179 (41.7)	73 (17.0)	49 (11.4)	48 (11.2)	17 (4.0)

NOTE. Data are no. (%) of respondents who selected each response.