Food Markets with Live Birds as Source of Avian Influenza

• DOI: 10.3201/eid1211.060675
• Publication Date: 2011-11-02T13:53:39Z
• Authors: Ming Wang; Biao Di; Duan-Hua Zhou; Bo-Jian Zheng; Huaiqi Jing; Yong-Ping Lin; Yu-Fei Liu; Xin-Wei Wu; Peng-Zhe Qin; Yu-Lin Wang; Li-Yun Jian; Xiang-Zhong Li; Jian-Xiong Xu; En-Jie Lu; Tie-Gang Li; Jianguo Xu
• Keywords: Highly pathogenic; Bird flu; Food market; H5N1 genetic structure

A patient may have been infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1 in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, at a food market that had live birds.Virus genes were detected 1 79 wire cages for birds 9 markets.One 110 persons the poultry business markets neutralizing antibody against H5N1.H ighly (HPAI) 202 worldwide and killed 113 as April 30, 2006 (1).Most patients exposed to ill or dead involved slaughter preparation human (2).However, 19 confirmed cases 5 no history direct contact diseased resided urban periurban areas did not farmed birds.We studied an from Guangzhou who report birds.