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Poultry rearing and slaughtering practices in rural Egypt: an exploration of risk factors for H5N1 virus human transmission

Please cite this paper as: Lohiniva et al. (2012) Poultry rearing and slaughtering practices in rural Egypt: an exploration of risk factors for H5N1 virus human transmission. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses DOI: 10.1111/irv.12023. Background  Highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) virus co...

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Autores principales: Lohiniva, Anna‐Leena, Dueger, Erica, Talaat, Maha, Refaey, Samir, Zaki, Amal, Chisholm Horton, Katherine, Kandeel, Amr
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4634263/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23145955
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/irv.12023
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author Lohiniva, Anna‐Leena
Dueger, Erica
Talaat, Maha
Refaey, Samir
Zaki, Amal
Chisholm Horton, Katherine
Kandeel, Amr
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Dueger, Erica
Talaat, Maha
Refaey, Samir
Zaki, Amal
Chisholm Horton, Katherine
Kandeel, Amr
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description Please cite this paper as: Lohiniva et al. (2012) Poultry rearing and slaughtering practices in rural Egypt: an exploration of risk factors for H5N1 virus human transmission. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses DOI: 10.1111/irv.12023. Background  Highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) virus continues to cause infections in Egypt. This study describes the practices associated with raising and slaughtering household poultry to identify risk factors for H5N1 infection and reasons for non‐compliance with preventive measures. Methods  An investigation was conducted of 56 households with household flocks (19 households with human H5N1 cases, 19 with poultry H5N1 cases, and 18 with no reported poultry or human H5N1 cases). Data were collected via structured observations and in‐depth interviews. Results  Half of the households kept at least some free‐range poultry and mixed at least some different species of poultry as it was considered beneficial for the poultry. Feeding and cleaning practices exposed children to contact with poultry; slaughtering contaminated homes; use of personal protective barriers was not a norm; waste management exposed the communities to slaughtering waste and dead chickens; and reporting of sick and dead poultry was not a practice. Only minor changes in poultry‐handling took place following H5N1 virus outbreaks. Discussion  H5N1 virus prevention in Egypt represents both an epidemiological and socio‐cultural challenge. Traditional poultry‐rearing practices that likely increase exposures to H5N1‐infected poultry are common throughout Egypt. Despite education campaigns following sporadic H5N1 outbreaks, no differences in these practices could be detected between households with previous H5N1 human or poultry cases and those households with any previous experience with H5N1. Development of H5N1 infection–related education campaign strategies should focus on perceptions underlying traditional practices in order to tailor public awareness messages that are meaningful for communities.
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spelling pubmed-46342632015-12-01 Poultry rearing and slaughtering practices in rural Egypt: an exploration of risk factors for H5N1 virus human transmission Lohiniva, Anna‐Leena Dueger, Erica Talaat, Maha Refaey, Samir Zaki, Amal Chisholm Horton, Katherine Kandeel, Amr Influenza Other Respir Viruses Part 4 Please cite this paper as: Lohiniva et al. (2012) Poultry rearing and slaughtering practices in rural Egypt: an exploration of risk factors for H5N1 virus human transmission. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses DOI: 10.1111/irv.12023. Background  Highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) virus continues to cause infections in Egypt. This study describes the practices associated with raising and slaughtering household poultry to identify risk factors for H5N1 infection and reasons for non‐compliance with preventive measures. Methods  An investigation was conducted of 56 households with household flocks (19 households with human H5N1 cases, 19 with poultry H5N1 cases, and 18 with no reported poultry or human H5N1 cases). Data were collected via structured observations and in‐depth interviews. Results  Half of the households kept at least some free‐range poultry and mixed at least some different species of poultry as it was considered beneficial for the poultry. Feeding and cleaning practices exposed children to contact with poultry; slaughtering contaminated homes; use of personal protective barriers was not a norm; waste management exposed the communities to slaughtering waste and dead chickens; and reporting of sick and dead poultry was not a practice. Only minor changes in poultry‐handling took place following H5N1 virus outbreaks. Discussion  H5N1 virus prevention in Egypt represents both an epidemiological and socio‐cultural challenge. Traditional poultry‐rearing practices that likely increase exposures to H5N1‐infected poultry are common throughout Egypt. Despite education campaigns following sporadic H5N1 outbreaks, no differences in these practices could be detected between households with previous H5N1 human or poultry cases and those households with any previous experience with H5N1. Development of H5N1 infection–related education campaign strategies should focus on perceptions underlying traditional practices in order to tailor public awareness messages that are meaningful for communities. Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2012-11-12 2013-11 /pmc/articles/PMC4634263/ /pubmed/23145955 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/irv.12023 Text en Published 2012. This article is a US Government work and is in the public domain in the USA.
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Dueger, Erica
Talaat, Maha
Refaey, Samir
Zaki, Amal
Chisholm Horton, Katherine
Kandeel, Amr
Poultry rearing and slaughtering practices in rural Egypt: an exploration of risk factors for H5N1 virus human transmission
title Poultry rearing and slaughtering practices in rural Egypt: an exploration of risk factors for H5N1 virus human transmission
title_full Poultry rearing and slaughtering practices in rural Egypt: an exploration of risk factors for H5N1 virus human transmission
title_fullStr Poultry rearing and slaughtering practices in rural Egypt: an exploration of risk factors for H5N1 virus human transmission
title_full_unstemmed Poultry rearing and slaughtering practices in rural Egypt: an exploration of risk factors for H5N1 virus human transmission
title_short Poultry rearing and slaughtering practices in rural Egypt: an exploration of risk factors for H5N1 virus human transmission
title_sort poultry rearing and slaughtering practices in rural egypt: an exploration of risk factors for h5n1 virus human transmission
topic Part 4
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4634263/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23145955
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/irv.12023
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