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Avian Influenza and Ban on Overnight Poultry Storage in Live Poultry Markets, Hong Kong

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2012
We analyzed ≈12 years of surveillance data on avian influenza in Hong Kong live poultry markets. A ban on keeping live poultry overnight in these markets reduced virus isolation rates by 84% in chickens (p = 0.006) and 100% (p = 0.01) in minor poultry.
Y.H. Connie Leung, Eric H.Y. Lau, Li Juan Zhang, Yi Guan, Benjamin J. Cowling, J.S. Malik Peiris   +5 more
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Molecular Characterization of Newcastle Disease Virus from Backyard Poultry Farms and Live Bird Markets in Kenya

International Journal of Microbiology, 2018
Newcastle disease (ND) is a serious disease of poultry that causes significant economic losses. Despite rampant ND outbreaks that occur annually in Kenya, the information about the NDV circulating in Kenya is still scarce. We report the first countrywide
Irene N. Ogali, Lucy W. Wamuyu, Jacqueline K. Lichoti, Erick O. Mungube, Bernard Agwanda, Sheila C. Ommeh   +5 more
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Effect of Interventions on Influenza A (H9N2) Isolation in Hong Kong’s Live Poultry Markets, 1999–2005

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2007
Live poultry markets (LPMs) are a recognized source of influenza viruses. Since 2001 and 2003, respectively, a first and second monthly “rest-day” has been implemented in Hong Kong’s LPMs, when stalls are cleared of unsold poultry and disinfected.
Eric H.Y. Lau, Y.H. Connie Leung, Li Juan Zhang, Benjamin J. Cowling, Sin Ping Mak, Yi Guan, Gabriel M. Leung, J. S. Malik Peiris   +7 more
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Live Bird Exposure among the General Public, Guangzhou, China, May 2013. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
A novel avian-origin influenza A(H7N9) caused a major outbreak in Mainland China in early 2013. Exposure to live poultry was believed to be the major route of infection.
Qiuyan Liao, Jun Yuan, Eric H Y Lau, Guang Yan Chen, Zhi Cong Yang, Xiao Wei Ma, Jian Dong Chen, Yan Hui Liu, Chang Wang, Xiao Ping Tang, Yu Fei Liu, Li Zhuo, Gabriel M Leung, Wei Zhang, Benjamin J Cowling, Ming Wang, Richard Fielding   +16 more
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An occupational risk of hepatitis E virus infection in the workers along the meat supply chains in Guangzhou, China

One Health, 2022
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) causes infections in humans and animals. HEV have been identified in pig farms, markets and swine workers, but studies with parallel observations along the poultry and pork supply chains remains limited.
Jian-Yong Wu, Eric H.Y. Lau, Ming-Ling Lu, Cheng Guo, Zhong-Min Guo, Jun Yuan, Jia-Hai Lu   +6 more
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Live bird markets of Bangladesh: H9N2 viruses and the near absence of highly pathogenic H5N1 influenza. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2011
Avian influenza surveillance in Bangladesh has been passive, relying on poultry farmers to report suspected outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 influenza. Here, the results of an active surveillance effort focusing on the live-bird markets are presented.
Nicholas J Negovetich, Mohammed M Feeroz, Lisa Jones-Engel, David Walker, S M Rabiul Alam, Kamrul Hasan, Patrick Seiler, Angie Ferguson, Kim Friedman, Subrata Barman, John Franks, Jasmine Turner, Scott Krauss, Richard J Webby, Robert G Webster   +14 more
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That H9N2 avian influenza viruses circulating in different regions gather in the same live-poultry market poses a potential threat to public health

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023
H9N2 avian influenza viruses are endemic and persistent in China, but those that are prevalent in different provinces are also causes of wide epidemics, related to the spread of wild birds and the cross-regional trade in live poultry.
Tengfei Liu, Shumin Xie, Zhiyi Yang, Aimin Zha, Yuting Shi, Lingyu Xu, Junhong Chen, Wenbao Qi, Wenbao Qi, Wenbao Qi, Ming Liao, Ming Liao, Ming Liao, Weixin Jia, Weixin Jia, Weixin Jia   +15 more
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Detection of Infection Sources for Avian Influenza A(H7N9) in Live Poultry Transport Network During the Fifth Wave in China

IEEE Access, 2019
Numerous studies have demonstrated that exposure to live poultry or live poultry markets is the significant risk factor for human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9).
Xin Pei, Zhen Jin, Wenyi Zhang, Yong Wang   +3 more
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Human infection with avian-origin H5N6 influenza a virus after exposure to slaughtered poultry

Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2022
Exposure to poultry in live poultry markets is strongly associated with human infection with avian influenza virus. To effectively prevent the transmission of viruses from live poultry to humans, people have been forced to change their living habits from
Jun Li, Yezhen Fang, Xiaofeng Qiu, Xinfen Yu, Shi Cheng, Na Li, Zhou Sun, Zhimin Ni, Haoqiu Wang   +8 more
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Prevalence and molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium species in poultry in Bangladesh

One Health, 2020
Cryptosporidium is an opportunistic parasite that has been reported in >30 avian hosts worldwide, however, there is no information regarding Cryptosporidium spp. in poultry in Bangladesh. Accordingly, we investigated the prevalence of Cryptosporidium spp.
Mohammad Hazzaz Bin Kabir, Yongmei Han, Seung-Hun Lee, Arifin Budiman Nugraha, Frances Recuenco, Fumi Murakoshi, Xuenan Xuan, Kentaro Kato   +7 more
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