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Avian Influenza, Public Health and Smallholder Livelihoods in the Greater Mekong Sub-Region

A Synopsis of Findings of the DFID-Funded "Pro-Poor HPAI Risk Reduction" Research Project

Year of publication 2010

Pages 45

Author J. Otte, D. Pfeiffer, D. Roland-Holst;Animal Production and Health Division

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Since its emergence, H5N1 HPAI has attracted considerable public and media attention because the viruses involved have been shown to be capable of producing fatal disease in humans. While there is fear that the virus may mutate into a strain capable of sustained human-to-human transmission, the virus’ greatest impact to date has been the harm inflicted on the highly diverse poultry industries in some affected countries. HPAI control measures have so far focused on implementing prevention and era dication measures in poultry populations, with more than 175 million birds culled in Southeast Asia alone...

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