Infection was spread to commercial poultry farms through retail marking of live birds

Beigel

Claas

Ellis

Guan

Ken F. Shortridge

Kung

Les D. Sims

Lucy Bissett

Malik J.S. Peiris

Mary Chow

Mase

Nigel R. Perkins

Nina Y. Kung

Roger S. Morris

Senne

Shortridge

Sims

Trevor M. Ellis

Yi Guan

Emerging Infectious Diseases

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We used epidemiologic evaluation, molecular epidemiology, and a case-control study to identify possible risk factors for the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza A virus (subtype H5N1) in chicken farms during the first quarter of 2002 in Hong Kong. Farm profiles, including stock sources, farm management, and biosecurity measures, were collected from 16 case and 46 control chicken farms by using a pretested questionnaire and personal interviews. The risk for influenza A (H5N1) infection was assessed by using adjusted odds ratios based on multivariate logistic regression analysis. Retail marketing of live poultry was implicated as the main source of exposure to infection on chicken farms in Hong Kong during this period. Infection control measures should be reviewed and upgraded as necessary to reduce the spread of influenza A (H5N1) related to live poultry markets, which are common-place across Asia.link_to_subscribed_fulltex

Shortridge, KF

Peiris, MJS

Guan, Y

Kung, NY

Morris, RS

Perkins, NR

Sims, LD

Ellis, TM

Bissett, L

Chow, M

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Risk for infection with highly pathogenic influenza A virus (H5N1) in chickens, Hong Kong, 2002

We used epidemiologic evaluation, molecular epidemiology, and a case-control study to identify possible risk factors for the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza A virus (subtype H5N1) in chicken farms during the first quarter of 2002 in Hong Kong. Farm profiles, including stock sources, farm management, and biosecurity measures, were collected from 16 case and 46 control chicken farms by using a pretested questionnaire and personal interviews. The risk of influenza A (H5N1) infection was assessed by using adjusted odds ratios based on multivariate logistic regression analysis. Retail marketing of live poultry was implicated as the main source of exposure to infection on chicken farms in Hong Kong during this period. Infection control measures should be reviewed and upgraded as necessary to reduce the spread of influenza A (H5N1) related to live poultry markets, which are commonplace across Asia

Kung, N.Y.

Morris, R.S.

Perkins, N.R.

Sims, L.D.

Ellis, T.M.

Bissett, L.

Chow, M.

Shortridge, K.F.

Guan, Y.

Peiris, M.J.S.

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Risk for Infection with Highly Pathogenic Influenza A Virus (H5N1) in Chickens, Hong Kong, 2002

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Risk for Infection with Highly Pathogenic Influenza A Virus (H5N1) in Chickens, Hong Kong, 2002

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