OIE: Reassortment of Swine H1N1 virus with Pandemic H1N1 virus, Hong Kong (SAR - PRC)
submited by kickingbird at Jul, 3, 2010 0:42 AM from OIE
Information received on 02/07/2010 from Dr Thomas Sit, Assistant Director , Inspection & Quarantine, Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, Cheung Sha Wan , Hon Kong , Hong Kong (SAR - PRC)
Summary
| Report type | Immediate notification (Final report) |
| Start date | 07/01/2010 |
| Date of first confirmation of the event | 11/01/2010 |
| Report date | 02/07/2010 |
| Date submitted to OIE | 02/07/2010 |
| Date event resolved | 07/01/2010 |
| Reason for notification | Emerging disease |
| Morbidity | 1 % |
| Mortality | 0 % |
| Zoonotic impact | May affect humans |
| Causal agent | A/Swine/Hong Kong/201/2010 |
New outbreaks
| Summary of outbreaks | Total outbreaks: 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Total animals affected |
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* 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 |
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| Epidemiological comments | The government has stepped up inspection of live pigs and continued to closely monitor the health condition of pigs on local pig farms. |
Control measures
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| Measures to be applied |
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Diagnostic test results
| Laboratory name and type | Department of Microbiology, University of Hong Kong (Regional Reference Laboratory) | ||||||||||||
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Future Reporting
| The event is resolved. No more reports will be submitted. |
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