OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, India

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, India
submited by kickingbird at Feb, 8, 2012 5:39 AM from OIE

Information received on 07/02/2012 from Mr Rudhra Gangadharan, Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries , Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Consumer Affairs , New Delhi, India

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification (Final report)
Start date	30/10/2011
Date of first confirmation of the event	27/11/2011
Report date	06/02/2012
Date submitted to OIE	07/02/2012
Date event resolved	03/02/2012
Reason for notification	First occurrence of a listed disease
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5N1
Nature of diagnosis	Laboratory (basic), Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to	a defined zone within the country

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 4

Location(s)

ORISSA (Mayurbhanj, Keranga, Mayurbhanj)
BIHAR (Fatehpur, Fatehpur, Gaya)
JHARKHAND (Jamshedpur, Tata Steel Command area, Jamshedpur)
MAHARASHTRA (Sadak Arjuni, Sadak Arjuni, Gondia)

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Wild species		1159	1159	0	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Wild species	**	**	100.00%	**

* 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

Unknown or inconclusive

Control measures

Measures applied	Disinfection of infected premises/establishment(s) Vaccination prohibited No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	No other measures

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

High Security Animal Disease Laboratory, Bhopal (National laboratory)

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Wild species	real-time PCR	27/11/2011	Positive
Wild species	real-time PCR	09/01/2012	Positive
Wild species	real-time PCR	03/02/2012	Positive
Wild species	reverse transcription - polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)	27/11/2011	Positive
Wild species	reverse transcription - polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)	09/01/2012	Positive
Wild species	reverse transcription - polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)	03/02/2012	Positive
Wild species	virus isolation	27/11/2011	Positive
Wild species	virus isolation	09/01/2012	Positive
Wild species	virus isolation	03/02/2012	Positive

Future Reporting

The event is resolved. No more reports will be submitted.

See Also:

http://www.oie.int

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