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Transbound Emerg Dis
. 2021 Nov 4.
doi: 10.1111/tbed.14376. Online ahead of print.
Spatio-temporal risk assessment for avian influenza outbreak based on the dynamics of habitat suitability for wild birds
Dae-Sung Yoo[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Kyuyoung Lee[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Martínez López Beatriz[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Byung Chul Chun[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Jaber Belkhiria[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Kwang-Nyeong Lee[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
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Abstract
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has predominantly damaged the poultry industry worldwide. The fundamental prevention and control strategy for HPAI includes early detection and timely intervention enforcement through a systematic surveillance system for wild birds based on the ecological understanding of the dynamics of wild birds' movements. Our study aimed to develop a spatiotemporal risk assessment model for avian influenza (AI) infection in wild birds to empower surveillance information for a contingency strategy. For this purpose, firstly, we predicted the monthly habitat suitability of seven waterfowl species, using 227,671 Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking records of 562 birds from 2014 to 2018 in the Republic of Korea (ROK). Then, that predicted habitat suitability and 421 coordinates of AI detection sites in wild birds were used to build the risk assessment model. Subsequently, we compared the monthly predicted risk of AIv identification in wild birds between case and non-case poultry farms with HPAI H5N6 outbreak in ROK between 2016-17. The results reported considerable variation of monthly habitat suitability of seven waterfowls and the impact of predicting AI occurrences in wild birds. The high habitat suitability for spot-billed ducks (contribution rate in November = 40.9%) and mallards (contribution rate in January = 34.3%) significantly contributed to predicting the average risk of AI virus identification in wild birds, with high predictive performance (the monthly mean of area under the curve (AUC) = 0.978). Moreover, our model showed that the averaged risk of identification AI in wild birds was significantly higher in HPAI infected premises, with infected domestic duck holdings exhibiting a significantly higher risk than the chicken farms in November. This study suggests that animal health authority establishes a risk-based HPAI surveillance system grounded on the ecological nature of wild birds to improve the effectiveness of prevention and preparedness of emerging epidemics. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Keywords: avian influenza; habitat suitability model; highly pathogenic avian influenza; poultry; spatial temporal risk model; species distribution model; wild birds.
. 2021 Nov 4.
doi: 10.1111/tbed.14376. Online ahead of print.
Spatio-temporal risk assessment for avian influenza outbreak based on the dynamics of habitat suitability for wild birds
Dae-Sung Yoo[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Kyuyoung Lee[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Martínez López Beatriz[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Byung Chul Chun[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Jaber Belkhiria[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Kwang-Nyeong Lee[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
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- PMID: 34738338
- DOI: 10.1111/tbed.14376
Abstract
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has predominantly damaged the poultry industry worldwide. The fundamental prevention and control strategy for HPAI includes early detection and timely intervention enforcement through a systematic surveillance system for wild birds based on the ecological understanding of the dynamics of wild birds' movements. Our study aimed to develop a spatiotemporal risk assessment model for avian influenza (AI) infection in wild birds to empower surveillance information for a contingency strategy. For this purpose, firstly, we predicted the monthly habitat suitability of seven waterfowl species, using 227,671 Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking records of 562 birds from 2014 to 2018 in the Republic of Korea (ROK). Then, that predicted habitat suitability and 421 coordinates of AI detection sites in wild birds were used to build the risk assessment model. Subsequently, we compared the monthly predicted risk of AIv identification in wild birds between case and non-case poultry farms with HPAI H5N6 outbreak in ROK between 2016-17. The results reported considerable variation of monthly habitat suitability of seven waterfowls and the impact of predicting AI occurrences in wild birds. The high habitat suitability for spot-billed ducks (contribution rate in November = 40.9%) and mallards (contribution rate in January = 34.3%) significantly contributed to predicting the average risk of AI virus identification in wild birds, with high predictive performance (the monthly mean of area under the curve (AUC) = 0.978). Moreover, our model showed that the averaged risk of identification AI in wild birds was significantly higher in HPAI infected premises, with infected domestic duck holdings exhibiting a significantly higher risk than the chicken farms in November. This study suggests that animal health authority establishes a risk-based HPAI surveillance system grounded on the ecological nature of wild birds to improve the effectiveness of prevention and preparedness of emerging epidemics. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Keywords: avian influenza; habitat suitability model; highly pathogenic avian influenza; poultry; spatial temporal risk model; species distribution model; wild birds.