OIE: Pandemic influenza A/H1N1 2009, Finland
submited by kickingbird at Dec, 1, 2009 10:49 AM from OIE
Information received on 30/11/2009 from Dr Riitta Heinonen, Deputy Director General, Department of Food and Health, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, HELSINKI, Finland
Summary
Report type | Immediate notification (Final report) |
Start date | 18/11/2009 |
Date of first confirmation of the event | 25/11/2009 |
Report date | 30/11/2009 |
Date submitted to OIE | 30/11/2009 |
Date event resolved | 30/11/2009 |
Reason for notification | Emerging disease |
Morbidity | 80 % |
Mortality | 0 % |
Zoonotic impact | It affects also humans |
Causal agent | Pandemic A/H1N1 virus |
New outbreaks
Summary of outbreaks | Total outbreaks: 1 | ||||||||||||
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* Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction and/or slaughter |
Epidemiology
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Epidemiological comments | The farmers were sick with flu-like symptoms a few days before the pigs got sick. The farm is under voluntary restrictions agreed by the industry, which consist of a two-week quarantine for delivery of fattening pigs to other farms and a four-week quarantine for delivery of breeding pigs to other farms. Pigs sent to slaughter must be free of clinical signs. |
Control measures
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Diagnostic test results
Laboratory name and type | Finnish Food Safety Authority (National laboratory) | ||||||||||||
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Laboratory name and type | National Institute for Health and Welfare (National laboratory) | ||||||||||||
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Future Reporting
The event is resolved. No more reports will be submitted. |
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