Open Forum Infect Dis Bioaerosol Sampling at a Live Animal Market in Kunshan, China: A Noninvasive Approach for Detecting Emergent Viruses

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Open Forum Infect Dis


. 2020 Apr 22;7(5):ofaa134.
doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa134. eCollection 2020 May.
Bioaerosol Sampling at a Live Animal Market in Kunshan, China: A Noninvasive Approach for Detecting Emergent Viruses


Xinye Wang ¹ , Emily S Bailey ^{2 3 4} , Xian Qi ⁵ , Huiyan Yu ⁵ , Changjun Bao ⁵ , Gregory C Gray ^{1 2 6 7}



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• PMID: 32462044
• PMCID: PMC7240344
• DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa134

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Abstract

From October to December 2018, periodic bioaerosol sampling was conducted at a live bird market in Kunshan, China. Sixty-six (55%) of 120 samples had molecular evidence of avian influenza viruses. Four yielded live H9N2 virus after egg culture.

Keywords: avian influenza viruses; infectious aerosol; one health; phylogenetic analysis; poultry market.