OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza ,China (People´s Rep. of)

nformation received on 24/10/2014 from Dr Zhang Zhongqiu, Director General , China Animal Disease Control Centre, Veterinary Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing, China (People´s Rep. of)

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Date of start of the event	12/09/2014
Date of pre-confirmation of the event	15/09/2014
Report date	24/10/2014
Date submitted to OIE	24/10/2014
Reason for notification	Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	01/05/2014
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5N1
Nature of diagnosis	Clinical, Laboratory (basic), Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to	a defined zone within the country

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 16

Outbreak Location

QINGHAI ( Mojia street agriculture trade market, Xining )
GUANGXI ( Zhupai village, Dongxing, Fangchenggang Agriculture trade market, Jingxi, Baise Guomao Market, Fangchenggang Yinxing agriculture trade market, Chongzuo )
HUNAN ( Yangjiashan livebird market, Changsha Xiangbei market, Yiyang Shima live bird market, changsha )
GUIZHOU ( Jixing live bird market, Huadu District, Guangzhou West Street Market, Anshun Dongfang market, Anshun )
YUNNAN ( Taixing market, Dali Qinglong village live bird market, Kunming )
TIBET ( Bayi market, Lasa )
JIANGSU ( Luoyang agriculture trade market, Changzhou )
GUANGDONG ( Heping sanniao wholesale market, Zhuhai )

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Birds		18	0	0	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Birds	**	**	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

Unknown or inconclusive

Control measures

Measures applied	Quarantine Movement control inside the country Screening Zoning Disinfection of infected premises/establishment(s) Dipping / Spraying No vaccination No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	No other measures

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

Harbin veterinary research institute, Chinese academy of agricultural sciences ( OIE’s Reference Laboratory )

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Birds	reverse transcription - polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)	15/09/2014	Positive
Birds	virus isolation	15/09/2014	Positive

Future Reporting

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