Identification of risk factors associated with highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus infection in poultry farms, in Nigeria during the epidemic of 2006-2007

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 98, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 204-208

  Fasina, Folorunso O ^a,b   Rivas, Ariel L ^c   Bisschop, Shahn P R ^d   Stegeman, Arjan J ^b   Hernandez, Jorge A ^e  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Nigeria)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^e University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian influenza; H5N1; Nigeria; Poultry; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EPIDEMIC; HYGIENE; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NIGERIA; POULTRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HYGIENE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NIGERIA; POULTRY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

AVES;

EID: 78650512126     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2010.11.007     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Adene D.F., Oguntade A.E. The Structure and Importance of the Commercial and Village Based Poultry Industry in Nigeria 2007, Available at: http://www.fao.org/docs/eims/upload//214281/poultrysector_nga_en.pdf (accessed 28 January 2010).
2. Bavinck V., Bouma A., van Boven M., Bos M.E.H., Stassen E., Stegeman J.A. The role of backyard poultry in the epidemic of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (H7N7) in the Netherlands in 2003. Prev. Vet. Med. 2009, 88:247-254.
3. Bouma A., Claassen I., Natih K., Klinkenberg D., Donnelly C.A., Koch G., van Boven M. Estimation of transmission parameters of H5N1 avian influenza virus in chickens. PLoS Pathog. 2009, 5(1):e1000281. 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000281.
4. Busani L., Valsecchi M.G., Rossi E., Toson M., Ferre N., Pozza M.D., Marangon S. Risk factors for highly pathogenic H7N1 avian influenza virus infection in poultry during the 1999-2000 epidemic in Italy. Vet. J. 2009, 181:171-177.
5. Cattoli L., Monne I., Fusaro A., Joannis T.M., Lombin L.H., Aly M.M., Arafa A.S., Sturm-Ramirez K.M., Couacy-Hyman E., Awuni J.A., Batawui K.B., Awoume K.A., Aplogan G.L., Sow A., Ngangnou A.C., Hamza I.M.E., Gamatie D., Dauphin G., Domenech J.M., Capua I. Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus subtype H5N1 in Africa: a comprehensive phylogenetic analysis and molecular characterization of isolates. PLoS One 2009, 4(3):e4842. 10.1371/journal.pone.0004842.
6. Couacy-Hymann E., Danho T., Keita D., Bodjo S.C., Kouakou C., Koffi Y.M., Beudje F., Tripodi A., de Benedictis P., Cattoli G. The First specific detection of a highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (H5N1) in ivory coast. Zoonoses Public Health 2008, 56:10-15.
7. Cytel Software Corporation EGRET for Windows, 2000 2000, Cytel Software Corp, Cambridge, MA, USA, Available online at http://www.cytel.com/Products/Egret/default.asp (accessed on 15th January, 2010).
8. Ducatez M.F., Olinger C.M., Owoade A.A., De Landtsheer S., Ammerlaan W., Niesters H.G., Osterhaus A.D.M.E., Fouchier R.A.M., Muller C.P. Avian flu: multiple introductions of H5N1 in Nigeria. Nature 2006, 442:37.
9. Ducatez M.F., Olinger C.M., Owoade A.A., Tarnagda Z., Tahita M.C., Sow A., De Landtsheer S., Ammerlaan W., Ouedraogo J.B., Osterhaus A.D.M.E., Fouchier R.A.M., Muller C.P. Molecular and antigenic evolution and geographical spread of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses in Western Africa. J. Gen. Virol. 2007, 88:2297-2306.
10. Fasina F.O., Bisschop S.P.R., Joannis T.M., Lombin L.H., Abolnik C. Molecular characterization and epidemiology of the highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 in Nigeria. Epidemiol. Infect. 2009, 137:456-463.
11. Guan Y., Peiris J.S.M., Lipatov A.S., Ellis T.M., Dyrting K.C., Zhang L.J., Webster R.G., Shortridge K.F. Emergence of multiple genotypes of H5N1 avian influenza viruses in Hong Kong SAR. PNAS (USA) 2002, 99(13):8950-8955.
12. Henzler D.J., Kradel D.C., Davison S., Ziegler A.F., Singletary D., DeBok P., Castro A.E., Lu H., Eckroade R., Swayne D., Lagoda W., Schmucker B., Nesselrodt A. Epidemiology, production losses, and control measures associated with an outbreak of avian influenza subtype H7N2 in Pennsylvania (1996-1998). Avian Dis. 2003, 47(supplement 3):1022-1036.
13. Hosmer D.W., Lemeshow S. Logistic regression for matched case-control studies. Applied Logistic Regression 1989, 187-215. Wiley, New York. D.W. Hosmer, S. Lemeshow (Eds.).
14. Joannis T.M., Meseko C.A., Oladokun A.T., Ularamu H.G., Egbuji A.N., Solomon P., Nyam D.C., Gado D.A., Luka P., Ogedengbe M.E., Yakubu M.B., Tyem A.D., Akinyede O., Shittu A.I., Sulaiman L.K., Owolodun O.A., Olawuyi A.K., Obishakin E.T., Fasina F.O. Serologic and virologic surveillance of avian influenza in Nigeria, 2006-2007. EuroSurveillance 2008, 13(42). pii=19007 Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx? (ArticleId=19007).
15. Li K.S., Guan Y., Wang J., Smith G.J.D., Xu K.M., Duan L., Rahardjo A.P., Puthavathana P., Buranathai C., Nguyen T.D., Estoepangestie A.T.S., Chaisingh A., Auewarakul P., Long H.T., Hahn N.T.H., Webby R.J., Poon L.L.M., Chen H., Shortridge K.F., Yuen K.Y., Webster R.G., Peiris J.S.M. Genesis of a highly pathogenic and potentially pandemic H5N1 influenza virus in Eastern Asia. Nature 2004, 430(6996):209-213.
16. Nishiguchi A., Kobayashi S., Yamamoto T., Ouchi Y., Sugizaki T., Tsutsui T. Risk factors for the introduction of avian influenza virus into commercial layer chicken farms during the outbreaks caused by a low-pathogenic H5N2 virus in Japan in 2005. Zoonoses Public Health 2007, 54:337-343.
17. Njouom R., Aubin J.-T., Bella A.L., Demsa B.M., Rouquet P., Gake B., Ngangnou A., Foupouapouognigni Y., Van Der Werf S., Rocourt J., Rousset D. Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus subtype H5N1 in ducks in the Northern part of Cameroon. Vet. Microbiol. 2008, 130:380-384.
18. Tiensin T., Chaitaweesub P., Songserm T., Chaisingh A., Hoonsuwan W., Buranathai C., Parakamawongsa T., Premashthira S., Amonsin A., Gilbert M., Nielen M., Stegeman A. Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1, Thailand, 2004. Emerg. Infect. Dis. 2005, 11:1664-1672.
19. Thomas M.E., Bouma A., Ekker H.M., Fonken A.J., Stegeman J.A., Nielen M. Risk factors for the introduction of high pathogenicity avian influenza virus into poultry farms during the epidemic in the Netherlands in 2003. Prev. Vet. Med. 2005, 69:1-11.
20. Thompson P.N., Sinclair M., Ganzevoort B. Risk factors for seropositivity to H5 avian influenza virus in ostrich farms in the Western Cape Province. South Africa. Prev. Vet. Med. 2008, 86:139-152.
21. Xu X., Subbarao K., Cox N., Gou Y. Genetic characterization of the pathogenic influenza A/Goose/Guangdong/1/96 (H5N1) virus: similarity of its haemagglutinin gene to those of H5N1 viruses from the 1997 outbreaks in Hong Kong. Virology 1999, 261:15-19.
22. World Health Organisation (WHO) (2010) Cumulative Number of Confirmed Human Cases of Avian Influenza A/(H5N1) Reported to the WHO. 24th September, 2009 2010, Available at: http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/country/cases_table_2009_09_24/en/index.html (accessed on 5th January).
23. World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (2010) OIE Daily Update on Avian Influenza Situation in Birds 2010, Available at: www.oie.int/downld/Avian%20INFLUENZA/A_AI_Asia.htm (accessed on 5th January).