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Volume 24, Number 12—December 2018
Research

Prevalence of Avian Influenza A(H5) and A(H9) Viruses in Live Bird Markets, Bangladesh

Younjung Kim1Comments to Author , Paritosh K. Biswas1, Mohammad Giasuddin1, Mahmudul Hasan, Rashed Mahmud, Yu-Mei Chang, Steve Essen, Mohammed A. Samad, Nicola S. Lewis, Ian H. Brown, Natalie Moyen, Md. Ahasanul Hoque, Nitish C. Debnath, Dirk U. Pfeiffer, and Guillaume Fournié
Author affiliations: The Royal Veterinary College, Hatfield, UK (Y. Kim, Y.-M. Chang, N. Moyen, D.U. Pfeiffer, G. Fournié); City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China (Y. Kim, D.U. Pfeiffer); Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chittagong, Bangladesh (P.K. Biswas, R. Mahmud, M.A. Hoque); Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute, Dhaka, Bangladesh (M. Giasuddin, M. Hasan, M.A. Samad); Animal Health and Plant Agency, Weybridge, UK (S. Essen, N.S. Lewis, I.H. Brown); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Dhaka (N.C. Debnath)

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Table 2

Prevalence of avian influenza A(H5) and A(H9) viruses in LBMs, Chittagong and Dhaka, Bangladesh*

Sample type
 No. LBMs
 H5 virus median prevalence, % (95% HDI)
 H9 virus median prevalence, % (95% HDI)
Poultry
Retail LBM 20 69.9 (40.2–100.0) 96.4 (85.5–100.0)
Mixed LBM 20 92.0 (72.3–100.0) 96.0 (84.0–100.0)
Environmental sites
Retail LBM 20 76.5 (47.2–100.0) 94.9 (80.5–100.0)
Mixed LBM 20 93.2 (75.5–100.0) 96.0 (84.0–100.0)

*Prevalence estimates were made by using the best models. HDI, high-density interval; LBM, live bird market.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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