Influenza A(H5N1) virus surveillance at live poultry markets, Cambodia, 2011

Emerg Infect Dis. 2013 Feb;19(2):305-8. doi: 10.3201/eid1902.121201.

Abstract

In Cambodia, influenza A(H5N1) virus surveillance at live poultry markets (LPMs) relies on virus isolation from poultry specimens; however, virus is rarely detected by this method. We tested 502 environmental LPM samples: 90 were positive by PCR, 10 by virus isolation. Virus circulation could be better monitored by environmental sampling of LPMs.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cambodia / epidemiology
  • Environmental Monitoring
  • Epidemiological Monitoring
  • Feces / virology
  • Genome, Viral
  • Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype / genetics
  • Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype / isolation & purification*
  • Influenza in Birds / epidemiology*
  • Influenza in Birds / virology
  • Multilocus Sequence Typing
  • Phylogeny
  • Poultry / virology
  • Prevalence
  • Soil Microbiology
  • Water Microbiology