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Modelling the transmission dynamics of H9N2 avian influenza viruses in a live bird market

Nature Communications, ISSN: 2041-1723, Vol: 15, Issue: 1, Page: 3494
2024
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Article Description

H9N2 avian influenza viruses (AIVs) are a major concern for the poultry sector and human health in countries where this subtype is endemic. By fitting a model simulating H9N2 AIV transmission to data from a field experiment, we characterise the epidemiology of the virus in a live bird market in Bangladesh. Many supplied birds arrive already exposed to H9N2 AIVs, resulting in many broiler chickens entering the market as infected, and many indigenous backyard chickens entering with pre-existing immunity. Most susceptible chickens become infected within one day spent at the market, owing to high levels of viral transmission within market and short latent periods, as brief as 5.3 hours. Although H9N2 AIV transmission can be substantially reduced under moderate levels of cleaning and disinfection, effective risk mitigation also requires a range of additional interventions targeting markets and other nodes along the poultry production and distribution network.

Bibliographic Details

Pinotti, Francesco; Kohnle, Lisa; Lourenço, José; Gupta, Sunetra; Hoque, Md Ahasanul; Mahmud, Rashed; Biswas, Paritosh; Pfeiffer, Dirk; Fournié, Guillaume

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Chemistry; Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Physics and Astronomy

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