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Volume 32, Number 4—April 2026

Research

Respirable Aerosol Production and Reduction of Avian Influenza Transmission Risk during Chicken Processing, Bangladesh

Nadia Ali RimiComments to Author , Md. Khaled Saifullah, Md. Habibullah Fahad, Kamal Hossain, Rebeca Sultana, Ireen Sultana Shanta, David E. Swayne, Syed Mohammad Golam Mortaza, Md. Giasuddin, Md. Zakir Hassan, Christopher LeBoa, Debashish Biswas, Mahbubur Rahman, Joshua A. Mott, Erin D. Kennedy, and William G. Lindsley1
Author affiliation: University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, UK (N.A. Rimi); icddr,b, Dhaka, Bangladesh (N.A. Rimi, M.K. Saifullah, M.H. Fahad, K. Hossain, R. Sultana, I.S. Shanta, S.M.G. Mortaza, D. Biswas); University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA (D.E. Swayne); Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, Athens (D.E. Swayne); Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute, Dhaka (M. Giasuddin, M.Z. Hassan); University of California, Berkeley, California, USA (C. LeBoa); The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia (D. Biswas); Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research, Directorate General of Health Services, Dhaka (M. Rahman); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (J.A. Mott, E.D. Kennedy); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA (W.G. Lindsley)

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Figure 6

Trend and variability of average particulate matter mass concentration, temperature, and relative humidity in study of respirable aerosol production and reduction of avian influenza transmission risk during chicken processing, Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute, Savar, Dhaka, 2020. Results are shown for single (1 chicken at a time) and multiple (4 chickens at a time) chicken slaughtering events and defeathering events (1 chicken at a time). PM2.5, particulate matter <2.5 μm in diameter.

Figure 6. Trend and variability of average particulate matter mass concentration, temperature, and relative humidity in study of respirable aerosol production and reduction of avian influenza transmission risk during chicken processing, Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute, Savar, Dhaka, 2020. Results are shown for single (1 chicken at a time) and multiple (4 chickens at a time) chicken slaughtering events and defeathering events (1 chicken at a time). PM2.5, particulate matter <2.5 μm in diameter.

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1Current affiliation: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.

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