Emerging Infectious Diseases (Oct 2017)

Monitoring Avian Influenza Viruses from Chicken Carcasses Sold at Markets, China, 2016

  • Xiaoxiao Mao,
  • Jie Wu,
  • Eric H.Y. Lau,
  • Kit Ling Cheng,
  • Zhifeng Zhong,
  • Yinchao Song,
  • Xunmin Ji,
  • Lirong Zhou,
  • Changwen Ke,
  • Joseph Sriyal Malik Peiris,
  • Hong Wang,
  • Jessica A. Belser

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2310.170679
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 23, no. 10
pp. 1714 – 1717

Abstract

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During 2016 in Guangzhou, China, we detected infectious avian influenza viruses (AIVs) in 39.8% of samples from chicken carcasses slaughtered at live poultry markets but none from carcasses supplied to supermarkets by facilities bypassing live poultry markets. Promoting supply chains with high biosecurity may reduce the risk for zoonotic AIV transmission.

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