Interventions in live poultry markets for the control of avian influenza: a systematic review.

•Avian influenza viruses (AIVs) can infect humans. Bird-to-human transmission is particularly intense in live poultry markets.•Periodic rest days, overnight depopulation or sale bans of certain species significantly reduce AIV-circulation in the markets.•Market closure would lastingly reduce the risk of animal and human infection.