Prevalence of H9N2 Avian Influenza Viruses in Hazara Region of Pakistan

Ayaz, Muhammad; Abbas, Muhammad; Pervez, Pervez; Noorulain, Noorulain; Amin, Yasir; Ali, Zubair; Siddique, N.; Naeem, Khalid

doi:10.17582/journal.pjz/2017.49.4.sc2

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“…The wild aquatic birds like geese, shore birds, waterfowl and wild ducks are considered the natural reservoir for AIV (Bergervoet et al, 2017). Since 1995, Pakistan has experienced several AI outbreaks of AIV serotypes including H7N3, H9N2 and H5N1 were reported from Pakistan (Ayaz et al, 2017;Khalil et al, 2017). These multiple episodes of infections with LPAI (low pathogenic) and HPAI (high pathogenic) outbreaks caused massive economic losses in the poultry industry of Pakistan and subsequently directed the initiation of AIV surveillance throughout the country.…”

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Prevalence of Avian influenza H9N2 Virus among Wild and Domesticated Bird Species across Pakistan

Kausar¹,

Anwar²,

Siddique³

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Prevalence of Avian influenza H9N2 Virus among Wild and Domesticated Bird Species across Pakistan

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Siddique³

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“…Moreover, the infection remains largely undetected, mainly due to limited diagnostic facilities, misdiagnosis for other diseases with similar symptoms (e.g., Brucellosis) and insufficient training of healthcare workers and clinical physicians in handling this contagious disease in developing countries like Pakistan. Notably, there have been only about six previous publications on human and animal Q fever from Pakistan in the international databank [20][21][22][23][24][25]. Information regarding C. burnetii's manifestation in raw meat obtained from small and large ruminants for human consumption has not been collected so far.…”

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Molecular detection of Coxiella burnetii in raw meat samples collected from different abattoirs in districts Kasur and Lahore of Punjab, Pakistan

Shujat,

Shehzad,

Anjum

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Coxiella burnetii is the zoonotic pathogen that causes Q fever; it is widespread globally. Livestock animals are its main reservoir, and infected animals shed C. burnetii in their birth products, feces, vaginal mucus, urine, tissues, and food obtained from them, i.e., milk and meat. There were previously very few reports on the prevalence of C. burnetii in raw meat. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of C.burnetii and its molecular characterization in raw ruminant meat from the Kasur and Lahore districts in Punjab, Pakistan, as this has not been reported so far. In this study, 200 meat samples, 50 from each species of cattle, buffalo, goat, and sheep, were collected from the slaughterhouses in each district, Kasur and Lahore in 2021 and 2022. PCR was used for the detection of the IS1111 element of C. burnetii. The data were recorded and univariate analysis was performed to determine the frequency of C. burnetii DNA in raw meat samples obtained from different ruminant species using the SAS 9.4 statistical package. Of the total of 200 raw meat samples, C. burnetii DNA was present in 40 (20%) of them, tested by PCR using the IS1111 sequence. The prevalence of C.burnetii differed among the studied species of ruminants. When species were compared pairwise, the prevalence in cattle was statistically significantly lower than in sheep (P = 0.005). The sequence alignment based on origin implied that the strains are genetically diverse in different districts of Punjab, Pakistan. The findings demonstrated that the prevalence of C. burnetii, especially in raw meat samples, deserves more attention from the health care system and professionals from Punjab, Pakistan, i.e., abattoir workers and veterinarians.

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Prevalence of H9N2 Avian Influenza Viruses in Hazara Region of Pakistan

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Prevalence of Avian influenza H9N2 Virus among Wild and Domesticated Bird Species across Pakistan

Prevalence of Avian influenza H9N2 Virus among Wild and Domesticated Bird Species across Pakistan

Molecular detection of Coxiella burnetii in raw meat samples collected from different abattoirs in districts Kasur and Lahore of Punjab, Pakistan

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