Emerging Infectious Diseases (Aug 2012)

Avian Influenza and Ban on Overnight Poultry Storage in Live Poultry Markets, Hong Kong

  • Y.H. Connie Leung,
  • Eric H.Y. Lau,
  • Li Juan Zhang,
  • Yi Guan,
  • Benjamin J. Cowling,
  • J.S. Malik Peiris

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1808.111879
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 18, no. 8
pp. 1339 – 1341

Abstract

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We analyzed ≈12 years of surveillance data on avian influenza in Hong Kong live poultry markets. A ban on keeping live poultry overnight in these markets reduced virus isolation rates by 84% in chickens (p = 0.006) and 100% (p = 0.01) in minor poultry.

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