tetano
Editor, Senior Moderator
Infect Ecol Epidemiol
. 2021 Nov 8;11(1):1992083.
doi: 10.1080/20008686.2021.1992083. eCollection 2021.
Wild bird trade at live poultry markets potentiates risks of avian influenza virus introductions in Iran
Amir Modirihamedan[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Shabnam Aghajantabar[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Jacqueline King[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Annika Graaf[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Anne Pohlmann[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Leila Aghaiyan[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Zahra Ziafati Kafi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Yeganeh Mahfoozi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Hossein Hosseini[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Martin Beer[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Arash Ghalyanchilangeroudi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Timm Harder[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Wild aquatic birds are the main natural host reservoir of avian influenza viruses (AIV). Migratory aquatic birds can translocate AI viruses over wide geographic distances. AIV may be transmitted reciprocally at the wild bird-poultry interface, increasing viral variability and potentially driving the zoonotic potential of these viruses. A cross-sectional study on AIV and several further avian viral pathogens conducted in 396 trapped migratory aquatic birds traded at live bird markets (LBM) in northern Iran identified 11 AIV-positive cases. The 10 identified H9N2 viral sequences fell into wild bird H9 lineage Y439; in addition, an H10N3 virus of Eurasian lineage was detected. Ten samples contained low viral loads of avian coronavirus but could not be further characterized. Although traditional trading of live-trapped wild birds provides income for hunters, particularly during fall migration periods, it increases the risk of introducing new AIV strains from the natural reservoir to poultry kept at LBMs and, potentially, to traders and customers. Banning these birds from poultry trading lines would lower such risks considerably.
Keywords: Avian influenza; Iran; Zoonosis; live bird market; poultry; wild birds.
. 2021 Nov 8;11(1):1992083.
doi: 10.1080/20008686.2021.1992083. eCollection 2021.
Wild bird trade at live poultry markets potentiates risks of avian influenza virus introductions in Iran
Amir Modirihamedan[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Shabnam Aghajantabar[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Jacqueline King[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Annika Graaf[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Anne Pohlmann[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Leila Aghaiyan[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Zahra Ziafati Kafi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Yeganeh Mahfoozi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Hossein Hosseini[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Martin Beer[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Arash Ghalyanchilangeroudi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Timm Harder[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 34777715
- PMCID: PMC8583743
- DOI: 10.1080/20008686.2021.1992083
Abstract
Wild aquatic birds are the main natural host reservoir of avian influenza viruses (AIV). Migratory aquatic birds can translocate AI viruses over wide geographic distances. AIV may be transmitted reciprocally at the wild bird-poultry interface, increasing viral variability and potentially driving the zoonotic potential of these viruses. A cross-sectional study on AIV and several further avian viral pathogens conducted in 396 trapped migratory aquatic birds traded at live bird markets (LBM) in northern Iran identified 11 AIV-positive cases. The 10 identified H9N2 viral sequences fell into wild bird H9 lineage Y439; in addition, an H10N3 virus of Eurasian lineage was detected. Ten samples contained low viral loads of avian coronavirus but could not be further characterized. Although traditional trading of live-trapped wild birds provides income for hunters, particularly during fall migration periods, it increases the risk of introducing new AIV strains from the natural reservoir to poultry kept at LBMs and, potentially, to traders and customers. Banning these birds from poultry trading lines would lower such risks considerably.
Keywords: Avian influenza; Iran; Zoonosis; live bird market; poultry; wild birds.