Surveillance, detection, and environmental drivers of avian influenza-like viruses in African birds

禽流感具有高度传染性，如果它扩散到人类中，可能会导致未来的流感大流行。当家禽受到感染时，应在严格的生物安全措施下饲养动物，以防止直接或间接接触野生鸟类。该项目将评估家禽传染病管理如何影响保护区。更具体地说，将研究禽流感样疾病从家禽等家畜蔓延到非洲企鹅和其他海鸟种群的传播和传播模式。此外，还将开发一种负担得起的快速诊断测试，以测试海鸟是否存在禽流感病毒。目前还没有诊断测试可用于调查海鸟种群的禽流感样病毒。这将改变疾病暴发的管理、政策制定和加强生物多样性保护。工作将分为三个工作包（WP），每个工作包至少产生一个科学论文/论文章节。

Avian influenza is highly contagious, and if it spills over into human populations, could cause future influenza pandemics. When poultry are infected, the animals should be housed under strict biosecurity measures to prevent direct or indirect contact with wild birds. This project will assess how management of infectious diseases in poultry could impact conservation zones. More specifically, the spread and transmission patterns of avian influenza-like diseases that spill over from domestic animals, such as poultry, to populations of African penguins and other seabirds will be studied. In addition, an affordable and quick diagnostic test to test seabirds for the presence of avian influenza viruses will be develop. There is currently no diagnostic test available to survey seabird populations for avian influenza-like viruses. This will transform the management of disease outbreaks, policy development and enhance biodiversity conversation. The work will be divided into three Work Packages (WP), each resulting in at least one scientific paper/thesis chapter.