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Vet Res Commun . Prevalence and risk factors of Avian Influenza Viruses among household ducks in Chattogram, Bangladesh

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Vet Res Commun


. 2022 Jan 13.
doi: 10.1007/s11259-021-09874-4. Online ahead of print.
Prevalence and risk factors of Avian Influenza Viruses among household ducks in Chattogram, Bangladesh


Md Ashiqur Rahman[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Joseph P Belgrad[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Md Abu Sayeed[SUP] 3 4 [/SUP], Md Sadeque Abdullah[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Shanta Barua[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Nurun Nahar Chisty[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Md Abu Shoieb Mohsin[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Mohammad Foysal[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Mohammad Enayet Hossain[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Ariful Islam[SUP] 4 6 [/SUP], Holy Akwar[SUP] 7 [/SUP], Md Ahasanul Hoque[SUP] 8 [/SUP]



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Abstract

Avian influenza viruses (AIV) increase commercial and backyard poultry mortality and morbidity, reduces egg production, and elevates public health risk. Household ducks propagate and transmit HPAI and LPAI viruses between domesticated and wild birds in Southeast Asian countries, including Bangladesh. This study was conducted to identify epidemiological factors associated with AIV infection among household ducks at Chattogram, Bangladesh. We randomly selected and collected blood and oropharyngeal swab samples from 281 households ducks. We evaluated the serum for AIV antibody using cELISA and tested for H5 and H9 subtypes using the HI test. We tested the swabs with real-time reverse transcriptase PCR (rRT-PCR) for M gene, and H5, H9 subtypes. In the duck populations, the household level AIV sero-prevalence was 57.7% (95% CI: 51.6-63.3) and RNA prevalence was 2.4% (95% CI: 1.0-5.0). H5 and H9 subtype sero-prevalence was 31.5% (95% CI: 22.2-42.0) and 23.9% (95% CI: 15.6-33.9). H5 and H9 subtype RNA prevalence were 0% (95% CI: 0.0-1.3) and 2.4% (95% CI: 1.0-5.0). We determined household-level OR (Odds Ratios) for the "combined (mixed materials-mud and concrete or metallic)" category was 2.2 (95% CI: 1.1-4.2) compared with "wooden/bamboo" category (p = 0.02); 2.8 (95% CI: 1.2-6.6) in households with duck plague vaccine coverage compared with no coverage (p = 0.01); and 2.4 (95% CI: 0.6-9.7) in households that threw dead birds in bushes and the roadside compared with households that buried or threw dead birds in garbage pits (p = 0.21). M gene phylogenetic analysis compared M gene sequences to previously reported Bangladeshi H9N2 isolates. The evidence presented here shows AIV circulation in the Chattogram, Bangladesh study areas. AIV reduction can be achieved through farmer education of proper farm management practices.

Keywords: Avian Influenza Virus; Bangladesh; Chattogram; Epidemiology; Household Ducks.
 
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