Live bird markets are known to promote the mixing and evolution of AI viruses given that they enable the intermingling of multiple poultry species from many different locations and diverse farming systems.
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Measures to stop avian influenza (AI) viruses reaching live bird markets would be more effective in stopping the virus spreading than those that are currently applied to stop transmission within markets, the results of new computer modelling have shown.
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