Identifying Live Bird Markets with the Potential to Act as Reservoirs of Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus: A Survey in Northern Viet Nam and Cambodia

Wet markets are common in many parts of the world and may promote the emergence, spread and maintenance of livestock pathogens, including zoonoses. A survey was conducted in order to assess the potential of Vietnamese and Cambodian live bird markets (LBMs) to sustain circulation of highly pathogenic...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 7; no. 6; p. e37986
Main Authors:	Fournié, Guillaume, Guitian, Javier, Desvaux, Stéphanie, Mangtani, Punam, Ly, Sowath, Cong, Vu Chi, San, Sorn, Dung, Do Huu, Holl, Davun, Pfeiffer, Dirk U., Vong, Sirenda, Ghani, Azra C.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 04.06.2012 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Agriculture Animal biology Animals Avian flu Avian influenza Avian influenza viruses Biology Birds Birds - virology Cambodia Cambodia - epidemiology Chickens Cluster analysis Commerce Data Collection Disease Reservoirs Disease Reservoirs - veterinary Disease Reservoirs - virology Disease transmission Epidemics Geography Humans Influenza Influenza A Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype - physiology Influenza in Birds Influenza in Birds - epidemiology Influenza in Birds - virology Life Sciences Livestock Markets Mathematics Medicine Multivariate Analysis Pandemics Population density Poultry Poultry - virology Poultry production Reservoirs Risk analysis Risk factors Typology Veterinary medicine and animal Health Veterinary Science Vietnam Vietnam - epidemiology Viruses Zoonoses Cambodia Vietnam
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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