OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Saudi Arabia
submited by kickingbird at Nov, 20, 2007 8:50 AM from OIE
Information received on 19/11/2007 from Mr Abdulghani Y. M. Al Fadhl, Director General, Animal and Plant Quarantine Department, Ministry of Agriculture, RIYADH, Saudi Arabia
Summary
| Report type | Immediate notification |
| Start date | 12/11/2007 |
| Date of confirmation of event | 13/11/2007 |
| Report date | 19/11/2007 |
| Date submitted to OIE | 19/11/2007 |
| Reason for notification | Reoccurrence of a listed disease |
| Date of previous occurrence | 27/03/2007 |
| Manifestation of disease | Clinical disease |
| Causal agent | Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus |
| Serotype | H5N1 |
| Nature of diagnosis | Laboratory (advanced) |
| Report pertains to | Entire country |
New outbreaks
| Summary of outbreaks | Total outbreaks: 4 | ||||||||||||
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Epidemiology
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Diagnostic test results
| Laboratory name and type | National Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Riyadh (National laboratory) | ||||||||||||||||
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- USCDC: confirms H5N1 Bird Flu Infection in a Child in California 17 hours ago
- GISAID: H5N1 Bird Flu continues to take its toll in the United States, also affecting British Columbia in Canada 2 days ago
- USCDC: A(H5N1) Bird Flu Response Update November 18, 2024 4 days ago
- US: Avian influenza confirmed in backyard flock of birds in Hawaii 7 days ago
- GISAID: H5N1 Bird Flu Circulating in Dairy Cows and Poultry in the United States 8 days ago
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