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Avian influenza and ban on overnight poultry storage in live poultry markets, Hong Kong

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Emerg Infect Dis. 2012 Aug;18(8):1339-41. doi: 10.3201/eid1808.111879.
Avian influenza and ban on overnight poultry storage in live poultry markets, Hong Kong.
Leung YH, Lau EH, Zhang LJ, Guan Y, Cowling BJ, Peiris JS.
Abstract

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.

PMID:
22840782
[PubMed - in process]

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