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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis. 2012 Apr;18(4):691-3. doi: 10.3201/eid1804.111102.
Deficient reporting in avian influenza surveillance, mali.
Molia S, Kamissoko B, Sidib? MS, Diakit? A, Diall M, N'diaye MR.
Abstract
TO THE EDITOR: In response to influenza outbreaks caused by highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAIV) throughout western Africa as of 2006, the National Veterinary Epidemiologic Surveillance Network of Mali (EPIVET-Mali) started conducting domestic and wild bird surveillance. No HPAI outbreaks were reported to the World Organisation for Animal Health. An evaluation survey conducted in 2009 enabled identification and correction of some weaknesses in the organization and functioning of the network (1). However, no attempt was made to assess how much information on bird health in backyard poultry farms (which account for ≈95% of the total poultry population in Mali) actually reached EPIVET-Mali veterinarians and technicians. Therefore, we quantified reporting of clinical signs of avian diseases, especially those suggesting HPAI, by poultry owners in Mali.
PMID:
22469059
[PubMed - in process]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22469059
Deficient reporting in avian influenza surveillance, mali.
Molia S, Kamissoko B, Sidib? MS, Diakit? A, Diall M, N'diaye MR.
Abstract
TO THE EDITOR: In response to influenza outbreaks caused by highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAIV) throughout western Africa as of 2006, the National Veterinary Epidemiologic Surveillance Network of Mali (EPIVET-Mali) started conducting domestic and wild bird surveillance. No HPAI outbreaks were reported to the World Organisation for Animal Health. An evaluation survey conducted in 2009 enabled identification and correction of some weaknesses in the organization and functioning of the network (1). However, no attempt was made to assess how much information on bird health in backyard poultry farms (which account for ≈95% of the total poultry population in Mali) actually reached EPIVET-Mali veterinarians and technicians. Therefore, we quantified reporting of clinical signs of avian diseases, especially those suggesting HPAI, by poultry owners in Mali.
PMID:
22469059
[PubMed - in process]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22469059