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Closing live poultry markets, though a huge economic setback, is a sure-fire way of curbing the deadly H7N9 bird flu in case of an outbreak, disease control researchers said on Thursday.
The closure of 780 live poultry markets (LPMs) in the Chinese cities of Shanghai, Hangzhou, Huzhou and Nanjing in April reduced the daily number of H7N9 infections by more than 97 per cent, said a study in The Lancet medical journal.
Most have since reopened, and China is approaching its flu season now.
Our findings confirm that LPM closure is a highly effective intervention to prevent human disease and protect public health
Benjamin Cowling, University of Hong Kong
?Our findings confirm that LPM closure is a highly effective intervention to prevent human disease and protect public health,? study lead author Benjamin Cowling of the University of Hong Kong said in a statement.
?Without this robust evidence, policymakers would struggle to justify further closures of LPMs because of the millennia-old culture of trading live birds and the potential huge economic loss on the poultry industry in China.?
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http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/...t-closures-halt-bird-flu-says-hong-kong-study
The closure of 780 live poultry markets (LPMs) in the Chinese cities of Shanghai, Hangzhou, Huzhou and Nanjing in April reduced the daily number of H7N9 infections by more than 97 per cent, said a study in The Lancet medical journal.
Most have since reopened, and China is approaching its flu season now.
Our findings confirm that LPM closure is a highly effective intervention to prevent human disease and protect public health
Benjamin Cowling, University of Hong Kong
?Our findings confirm that LPM closure is a highly effective intervention to prevent human disease and protect public health,? study lead author Benjamin Cowling of the University of Hong Kong said in a statement.
?Without this robust evidence, policymakers would struggle to justify further closures of LPMs because of the millennia-old culture of trading live birds and the potential huge economic loss on the poultry industry in China.?
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http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/...t-closures-halt-bird-flu-says-hong-kong-study