OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Russia

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Russia
submited by kickingbird at Nov, 6, 2009 9:40 AM from OIE

Information received on 05/11/2009 from Dr Nicolay Vlasov, CVO, Veterinary services, Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Moscow, Russia

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Start date	26/10/2009
Date of first confirmation of the event	28/10/2009
Report date	05/11/2009
Date submitted to OIE	05/11/2009
Reason for notification	Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	06/2009
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5N1
Nature of diagnosis	Clinical, Laboratory (advanced), Necropsy
This event pertains to	a defined zone within the country

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Location(s)

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Wild species		1	0	1	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Wild species	**	**	0.00%	**

* Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction and/or slaughter
** Not calculated because of missing information

Epidemiology

Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection

Control measures

Measures applied	Control of wildlife reservoirs Screening No vaccination No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	No other measures

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

All-Russian Research Institute for Animal Health (FGI-ARRIAH) (National laboratory)

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Wild species	nucleotide sequencing	31/10/2009	Positive
Wild species	polymerase chain reaction (PCR)	29/10/2009	Positive
Wild species	virus isolation	03/11/2009	Positive

Laboratory name and type

Central Veterinary Laboratory, Moscow (National laboratory)

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Wild species	polymerase chain reaction (PCR)	28/10/2009	Positive
Wild species	virus isolation	01/11/2009	Positive

Future Reporting

The event is continuing. Weekly follow-up reports will be submitted.

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