Association of Biosecurity and Hygiene Practices with Environmental Contamination with Influenza A Viruses in Live Bird Markets, Bangladesh
Sukanta Chowdhury

, Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner, James C. Kile, Md. A. Hoque, Mohammed Z. Rahman, Md. E. Hossain, Probir K. Ghosh, Syed S.U. Ahmed, Erin D. Kennedy, Katharine Sturm-Ramirez, and Emily S. Gurley
Author affiliations: icddr,b, Dhaka, Bangladesh (S. Chowdhury, M.Z. Rahman, M.E. Hossain, P.K. Ghosh, S.S.U. Ahmed, K. Sturm-Ramirez, E.S. Gurley); Chattogram Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chattogram, Bangladesh (S. Chowdhury, M.A. Hoque); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (E. Azziz-Baumgartner, J.C. Kile, E.D. Kennedy, K. Sturm-Ramirez); Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA (E.S. Gurley)
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Table 2
Daily poultry trade at 800 live bird market shops selected for the study, by poultry species, Bangladesh, March 2015
Poultry sold |
No. (%) shops |
Mean no. poultry/day (range)
|
Stocked/day |
Sold/day |
Leftover/day |
Only chicken |
722 (90) |
210 (20–3,760) |
159 (10–3,760) |
52 (0–1,650) |
Only waterfowl |
3 (1) |
130 (50–290) |
108 (32–252) |
22 (10–38) |
Only pigeon |
5 (1) |
90 (50–150) |
41 (5–80) |
49 (30–70) |
Two poultry species |
57 (7) |
267 (20–1333) |
185 (10–850) |
83 (5–895) |
More than 2 poultry species |
13 (2) |
522 (48–3,000) |
296 (33–1,075) |
227 (10–1,925) |
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