Can the spread of avian influenza be prevented through poultry vaccination?

Vaccination is a very important measure that can help reduce infections in the poultry population. This would thereby reduce human exposure to the virus, which means it would also reduce the risk of human infections.

Vaccination will have to be accompanied by other measures, including intensive surveillance, so that the distribution and evolution of the virus can be continuously monitored once vaccination has reduced the number of large scale poultry outbreaks.

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