Table 1. Number of infections and use of oseltamivir prophylaxis during avian influenza A (H7N7) epidemic, on the basis of combined conjunctivitis and serology-based case definition, the Netherlands, 2003*.

Oseltamivir use	No. persons			No. visits
	Infected	Total		By infected persons	Total†
Not prescribed	4	16		6	26
Prescribed but not used during visit	9	34		17	64
Prescribed and used consistently	4	41		6	85
Prescribed and used inconsistently	2	18		7	39
Prescribed and consistency of use unknown	2	7		2	18
Prescribed but period of use unknown	2	29		5	64

*Data resulted from a survey conducted among poultry workers after the epidemic.
†Because visits were classified into groups, persons may be in 2 categories (prescribed/not used and prescribed/used).