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EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 18, Issue 9, Pages 1446-1452Publisher
CENTERS DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION
DOI: 10.3201/eid1809.111296
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- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health [HHSN266200700005C]
- American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities
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To determine the extent of animal influenza virus circulation in Cote d'Ivoire, Benin, and Togo, we initiated systematic year-round active influenza surveillance in backyard birds (predominantly chickens, guinea fowl, and ducks) and pigs. A total of 26,746 swab specimens were screened by using reverse transcription PCR. Animal influenza prevalence was estimated at 0 (95% CIs for each of the 2 study years 0-0.04% to 0-1.48% [birds] and 0-0.28% to 0-5% [pigs]). In addition, 2,276 serum samples from the same populations were negative for influenza-specific antibodies. These data indicate that the environments and host populations previously identified as harboring high levels of influenza virus in Southeast Asia do not do so in these 3 countries. The combination of climate and animal density factors might be responsible for what appears to be the absence of influenza virus in the backyard sector of the 3 countries.
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