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Volume 26, Number 9—September 2020
Research

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

Sukanta ChowdhuryComments to Author , 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 3

Shop-level biosecurity practices and environmental contamination with 800 influenza A viruses in 10 metropolitan areas, Bangladesh, March 2015*

Variable No. (%) shops No. (%) shops positive for influenza A viruses, n = 205 OR (95% CI) p value Adjusted OR (95% CI)† p value†
Poultry species
Single 731 (91) 184 (25) Referent NA
Multiple
69 (9)
21 (30)
1.45 (0.9–2.32)
0.12


Presence of waterfowl
No 752 (94) 190 (25) Referent NA
Yes
48 (6)
15 (31)
1.68 (0.86–3.32)
0.13


Poultry holding areas
Only wire cage 281 (35) 55 (20) Referent NA Referent NA
Only bamboo cage 153 (19) 53 (35) 2.12 (0.85–5.28) 0.1 2.24 (0.87–5.77) 0.09
Only floor 24 (3) 9 (38) 3.86 (1–15.07) 0.05 3.95 (1.27–12.23) 0.01
Mixed
342 (43)
88 (26)
1.72 (0.96–3.09)
0.06
1.71 (0.96–3.04)
0.06
Cleaning poultry holding areas
No cleaning in past month 26 (3) 12 (46) Referent NA Referent NA
Monthly 68 (9) 10 (14) 0.2 (0.08–0.49) <0.01 0.47 (0.28–0.8) <0.01
Weekly‡ 238 (30) 57 (24) 0.37 (0.18–0.73) <0.01 NA NA
Daily
468 (59)
126 (27)
0.41 (0.27–0.62)
<0.01
1.09 (0.91–1.31)
0.31
Disinfecting poultry holding areas
No disinfection in past month 577 (72) 150 (26) Referent NA
Monthly 38 (5) 10 (26) 1.1 (0.53–2.25) 0.79
Weekly
185 (23)
45 (24)
0.81 (0.61–1.07)
0.14


Slaughtering poultry within shop
No 115 (14) 18 (16) Referent NA Referent NA
Yes
685 (86)
187 (27)
1.7 (1.08–2.67)
0.02
1.87 (1.11–3.14)
0.01
Presence of unsold poultry after the end of business day
No poultry left 146 (18) 19 (13) Referent NA Referent NA
Presence of unsold poultry
654 (82)
186 (28)
2.29 (1.44–3.63)
<0.01
2.35 (1.4–3.93)
<0.01
Weekly rest day
Yes 208 (26) 51 (25) Referent NA Referent NA
No
592 (74)
154 (26)
1.34 (1.14–1.58)
<0.01
1.35 (1.12–1.63)
<0.01
Source of poultry
Poultry farm 49 (6) 12 (24) Referent NA
Intermediaries 54 (7) 10 (19) 0.85 (0.27–2.64) 0.78
Wholesale market 525 (66) 143 (27) 1.05 (0.51–2.16) 0.88
Multiple sources
172 (21)
40 (23)
0.94 (0.35–2.49)
0.9


Separation of sick poultry from healthy flocks
Yes 357 (45) 85 (24) Referent NA Referent NA
No
443 (55)
120 (27)
1.25 (1–1.58)
0.05
1.31 (1.06–1.62)
0.01
Type of shop floor
Tiles/concrete 244 (31) 32 (13) Referent NA Referent NA
Dirt/mud 33 (4) 8 (24) 3.61 (1.7–7.67) <0.01 3.2 (1.46–7.09) <0.01
Mixed
523 (65)
165 (32)
4.01 (2.53–6.36)
<0.01
3.64 (2.32–5.71)
<0.01
Poultry density/mm2
<32 568 (71) 147 (26) Referent NA
>33 232 (29) 58 (25) 0.89 (0.68–1.15) 0.39

*Variables for geographic location of metropolitan areas and live bird markets were adjusted to account for clustering effects in univariate and multivariate analysis. NA, not applicable; OR, odds ratio.
†Only statistically significant relationships are shown for adjusted OR (95% CI) data and corresponding p values.
‡The weekly cleaning variable was removed from the multivariate model because of collinearity. Model fit: model χ2 76.29, p<0.001, df 11; adjusted generalized R2 0.596.

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