Surveillance for avian influenza viruses in wild birds at live bird markets, Egypt, 2014-2016.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

Egypt is the habitat for a large number of bird species and serves as a vital stopover for millions of migratory birds during their annual migration between the Palearctic and Afrotropical ecozones. Surveillance for avian influenza viruses (AIVs) is critical to assessing risks for potential spreading of these viruses among domestic poultry. Surveillance for AIV among hunted and captured wild birds in Egypt was conducted in order to understand the characteristics of circulating viruses.

Methods

Sampling of wild bird species occurred in two locations along the Mediterranean Coast of Egypt in the period from 2014 to 2016. A total of 1316 samples (cloacal and oropharyngeal swabs) were collected from 20 different species of hunted or captured resident and migratory birds sold

SUBMITTER: Kayed AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6586179 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature