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EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 27, Issue 9, Pages 2399-2408Publisher
CENTERS DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION
DOI: 10.3201/eid2709.204447
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- United States Agency for International Development through the Food and Agriculture Organization Emergency Center for Transboundary Animal Diseases
- University of Queensland
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The study found higher environmental contamination of influenza A(H5) virus in live bird markets in Dhaka, Bangladesh, particularly in markets that combine wholesale and retail operations, as well as in the month of March. This highlights the ongoing public health issue of influenza A(H5) environmental contamination in most markets in Dhaka, emphasizing the need for enhanced biosecurity interventions in live bird markets in Bangladesh.
We evaluated the presence of influenza A(H5) virus environmental contamination in live bird markets (LBMs) in Dhaka, Bangladesh. By using Bernoulli generalized linear models and multinomial logistic regression models, we quantified LBM-level factors associated with market work zone-specific influenza A(H5) virus contamination patterns. Results showed higher environmental contamination in LBMs that have wholesale and retail operations compared with retail-only markets (relative risk 0.69, 95% 0.51-0.93; p = 0.012) and in March compared with January (relative risk 2.07, 95% CI 1.44-2.96; p<0.001). Influenza A(H5) environmental contamination remains a public health problem in most LBMs in Dhaka, which underscores the need to implement enhanced biosecurity interventions in LBMs in Bangladesh.
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