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Dr
TOKPA Cyril

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Profile EDCTP Fellowship 1

Project Title

Strengthening research and operational capacities for outbreaks and epidemics management in sub-Saharan Africa (PREP-EPID)

EDCTP Project

CSA2020E-3132

EDCTP Program

EDCTP2

EDCTP Project Call

Disease Outbreak and Epidemic Response (EPI Fellows)

Host Organisation

Department	Institution	Country

Current Organisation

Direction des Services Vétérinaires de Côte d'Ivoire

Current Job Title

Chef de Service Règlementation et Information Zoo-sanitaire

Biography

Titulaire d'un diplôme de docteur vétérinaire et d'un master en épidémiologie et biostatistique, je travaille de 2017 à la Direction des Services Vétérinaire dans les domaines de la surveillance et investigation des maladies animales et zoonotiques.

Publications

Authors:

and Bakou Serge

Journal:

Asian Food Science Journal

Content:

The contamination with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N1 viruses occurs via the digestive tract following the ingestion of water or food contaminated with droppings of asymptomatic carriers or sick birds. Regarding the local practice of the use of poultry manure as an agricultural fertilizer, this study focuses on the risk of spread of the HPAI through the manure trade pathway in Côte d'Ivoire. For this purpose, epidemiological data and 96 poultry droppings samples were collected from 18 farms. The droppings samples were tested using the real time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). The qualitative risk assessment (QRA) took into account event patterns by integrating all the pathways involved in the spread of HPAI. From the diagnostic test, all the 96 samples tested negative. Further investigations revealed that 74% of the Agnibilékrou farms experienced HPAI outbreaks in the past two years. The main risk factors identified were the movement of people, animals and fomites from one infected area to another. Additionally, the duration of storage of droppings and the distance between stockpiles and farms were potential risk factors. The QRA identified two levels of risk: moderate to high (60%) and low to negligible (40%). The estimated high risk occurs when the dropping is fresh and is low after an optimal period of storage. It is therefore necessary to make storage systematic and mandatory as a measure of treatment before the adoption of other complex measures such as composting and industrial processing.

Date:

2021-06-07

Dr TOKPA Cyril

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Ms Sarah Ngere

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Project Title

EDCTP Project

EDCTP Program

EDCTP Project Call

Host Organisation

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Current Job Title

Biography

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Dr
TOKPA Cyril