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Assessment of hygienic conditions of live bird markets on avian influenza in Chittagong metro, Bangladesh

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Editor, Senior Moderator
Prev Vet Med. 2017 Jul 1;142:7-15. doi: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2017.04.009. Epub 2017 Apr 30.
[h=1]Assessment of hygienic conditions of live bird markets on avian influenza in Chittagong metro, Bangladesh.[/h] Sayeed MA[SUP]1[/SUP], Smallwood C[SUP]2[/SUP], Imam T[SUP]1[/SUP], Mahmud R[SUP]1[/SUP], Hasan RB[SUP]1[/SUP], Hasan M[SUP]3[/SUP], Anwer MS[SUP]2[/SUP], Rashid MH[SUP]1[/SUP], Hoque MA[SUP]4[/SUP].
[h=3]Author information[/h]

[h=3]Abstract[/h] Live Bird Markets (LBMs) in Asian countries are considered as hubs for the spread and maintenance of different infectious diseases. In Bangladesh, LBMs are the major source of live and dressed poultry to consumers and until now only a few studies have been conducted targeting infectious agent status such as avian influenza virus (AIV) prevalence of LBMs in Bangladesh. Therefore, a cross sectional study was conducted using all 40 LBMs within the Chittagong Metropolitan Area (CMA) of Bangladesh targeting demographic information and hygienic status of LBMs in concurrence with AIV prevalence and its subtype distribution, as well as the associated risk factors for AIV. Pooled environmental swab samples were collected from 2 to 9 different sites per stall, with epidemiological data being obtained from a total of 290 stalls across 40 LBMs. The samples were evaluated by Real Time Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction. The prevalence of AIV was 40% (95% CI: 20-60%; N=40) at a LBM level followed by 20.3% (CI: 10-30%, N=290) at a stall level. Specifically, the prevalence of H5, H7 and H9 subtypes at stall level were 2.8% (95% CI: 1-5%), 0% (CI: 0-1.3%) and 3.1% (CI: 1-6%), respectively. Generalized Estimating Equation model identified that the type of species sold (OR=2.5: Chicken and non-duck species versus Duck with other species), bird holding areas (OR=1.9: Cage versus Floor) and Hygienic score (OR=3.1: Score 3 or more versus score less than 3) as potential risk factors for the detection of AIV at stall level. These results suggest that housing chickens and ducks together in the stalls, birds kept on floors, and lack of adequate hygienic measures of the stall were the crucial factors for spreading AIV. This research outcome could be used to develop a proof-based program concerning environmental sanitation along with development of an effective surveillance system to reduce the AIV transmission through LBMs in Bangladesh.
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[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] Avian influenza; Chittagong; Hygiene; Live bird market; Prevalence

PMID: 28606367 DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2017.04.009
 
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