PMID- 32625713 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20231113 IS - 1831-4732 (Electronic) IS - 1831-4732 (Linking) VI - 16 IP - 10 DP - 2018 Oct TI - Assessment of low pathogenic avian influenza virus transmission via raw poultry meat and raw table eggs. PG - e05431 LID - 10.2903/j.efsa.2018.5431 [doi] LID - e05431 AB - A rapid qualitative assessment has been done by performing a theoretical analysis on the transmission of low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) via fresh meat from poultry reared or kept in captivity for the production of meat (raw poultry meat) or raw table eggs. A predetermined transmission pathway followed a number of steps from a commercial or non-commercial poultry establishment within the EU exposed to LPAI virus (LPAIV) to the onward virus transmission to animals and humans. The combined probability of exposure and subsequent LPAIV infection via raw poultry meat containing LPAIV is negligible for commercial poultry and humans exposed via consumption whereas it is very unlikely for non-commercial poultry, wild birds and humans exposed via handling and manipulation. The probability of LPAIV transmission from an individual infected via raw poultry meat containing LPAIV is negligible for commercial poultry and humans, whereas it is very unlikely for non-commercial poultry and wild birds. The combined probability of exposure and subsequent LPAIV infection via raw table eggs containing LPAIV is negligible for commercial poultry and humans and extremely unlikely to negligible for non-commercial poultry and wild birds. The probability of LPAIV transmission from an individual infected via raw table eggs containing LPAIV is negligible for commercial poultry and humans and very unlikely to negligible for non-commercial poultry and wild birds. Although the presence of LPAIV in raw poultry meat and table eggs is very unlikely to negligible, there is in general a high level of uncertainty on the estimation of the subsequent probabilities of key steps of the transmission pathways for poultry and wild birds, mainly due to the limited number of studies available, for instance on the viral load required to infect a bird via raw poultry meat or raw table eggs containing LPAIV. CI - (c) 2018 European Food Safety Authority. EFSA Journal published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd on behalf of European Food Safety Authority. CN - European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) FAU - Gonzales, Jose Luis AU - Gonzales JL FAU - Roberts, Helen AU - Roberts H FAU - Smietanka, Krzysztof AU - Smietanka K FAU - Baldinelli, Francesca AU - Baldinelli F FAU - Ortiz-Pelaez, Angel AU - Ortiz-Pelaez A FAU - Verdonck, Frank AU - Verdonck F LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20181015 PL - United States TA - EFSA J JT - EFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority JID - 101642076 PMC - PMC7009628 OTO - NOTNLM OT - LPAI OT - avian influenza OT - egg OT - human OT - meat OT - poultry OT - transmission OT - wild bird EDAT- 2018/10/15 00:00 MHDA- 2018/10/15 00:01 PMCR- 2018/10/15 CRDT- 2020/07/07 06:00 PHST- 2020/07/07 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/10/15 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/10/15 00:01 [medline] PHST- 2018/10/15 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - EFS25431 [pii] AID - 10.2903/j.efsa.2018.5431 [doi] PST - epublish SO - EFSA J. 2018 Oct 15;16(10):e05431. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2018.5431. eCollection 2018 Oct.