Monday, September 19, 2005

Move poultry out of Jakarta?

From Promed:

"Governor Sutiyoso said on Friday [16 Sep 2005] that all poultry farms in Jakarta should relocate to outside the city in order to stop the spread of avian influenza in the capital."

The Promed moderator "AS" had this comment:

"Minimizing unnecessary mixing between people and domestic poultry,
in order to limit the exposure of humans to zoonotic infections, is
epidemiologically compelling.
"

I agree ... reducing contact among poultry and people is a very good idea, given the apparent widespread distribution of H5N1 in poultry in Jakarta. However, without adequate surveillance of poultry that are being moved to pick up any infected birds ... isn't the problem just being exported?

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