OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, United Kingdom
submited by kickingbird at Feb, 5, 2007 21:35 PM from OIE
Information received on 03/02/2007 from Mrs Debby Reynolds, Chief Veterinary Officer, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), Director General for Animal Health & Welfare, London, United Kingdom
Summary
Report type | Immediate notification |
Start date | 27/01/2007 |
Date of confirmation of event | 03/02/2007 |
Report date | 03/02/2007 |
Date submitted to OIE | 05/02/2007 |
Reason for notification | Reoccurrence of listed disease |
Date of previous occurrence | 03/2006 |
Manifestation of disease | Clinical disease |
Causal agent | Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus |
Serotype | H5N1 |
Nature of diagnosis | Laboratory (basic), Laboratory (advanced) |
Report pertains to | Entire country |
New Outbreaks
Summary of outbreaks | Total outbreaks: 1 | ||||||||||||
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Epidemiology
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Diagnostic test results
Laboratory name and type | VLA Weybridge, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey, UK (OIE’s Reference Laboratory) | ||||||||||||
Tests and results |
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- USCDC: Avian Influenza A(H5N1) U.S. Situation Update and CDC Activities 5 days ago
- USCDC: Urgent field correction notice 6 days ago
- Joint FAO/WHO/WOAH preliminary assessment of recent influenza A(H5N1) viruses 6 days ago
- Primers and probes for H5 and N1 qRT-PCR detection [CNIC] 7 days ago
- USDA: Actions to Protect Livestock Health From Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Avian Influenza 8 days ago
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