Avian influenza outbreak in Turkey through health personnel's views: a qualitative study

Abstract

Background: Avian influenza threatens public health worldwide because it is usually associated with severe illness and, consequently, a higher risk of death. During the first months of 2006, Turkey experienced its first human avian influenza epidemic. A total of 21 human cases were identified, 12 of which were confirmed by the National Institute for Medical Research. Nine of the cases, including the four fatal ones, were from the Dogubeyazit-Van region. This study aims to evaluate the efforts at the avian influenza outbreak control in the Van-Dogubeyazit region in 2006 through the experiences of health personnel.

Knowledge and anticipated attitudes of the community about bird flu outbreak in Turkey, 2007–2008: a survey-based descriptive study

“…The majority of our respondents owned backyard poultries and preferred onsite slaughter of poultry and consumption of eggs from the (Sarikaya and Erbaydar 2007), and this study shows that not much has changed since then. Rural location and lower income were associated with statistically significant lower compliance proportions.…”

“…Although reimbursement was paid, people resisted giving up their animals, which demonstrated their dependence on these livestock as a source of food and income. Public distrust in official organizations, which originated from previous interventions, also seemed to play a role, as well as the lack of adequate records of culled poultry, which resulted in compensation errors (Sarikaya and Erbaydar 2007). The outbreak was completely terminated after the culling of over one million chickens, 300,000 of which were from the Van region.…”

Effect of biosecurity measures and early detection systems, mitigation measures and surveillance strategies on the spread of HPAI and LPAI between farms

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Avian influenza and structural change in the Czech poultry industry

“…Swayne and Kapczynski (2008) show that since 1959, there have been 26 outbreaks or epidemics of the highpathogenicity avian influenza in poultry and other birds of the world, but only four used a combination of focused depopulation and vaccination to eliminate the clinical disease and to maintain the economic viability of poultry production. Many papers deal with different aspects of the disease: expansion of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (Gauthier-Clerc et al 2007), the safety and quality of poultry meat (Mulder 2004), a genetic strategy for the future (Chen et al 2008), the efficacy of vaccination and human health implications (Capua et al 2002;Sarikaya and Erbaydar 2007;Capua and Alexander 2008;Swayne and Kapczynski 2008;Busani et al 2010), modelling the worldwide spread (Colizza et al 2007), or the economic effects of the avian influenza outbreaks (Brown et al 2007;Djunaidi and Djunaidi 2007;Yalcin et al 2010).…”