OIE: Highly pathogenic influenza A viruses (infection with) (non-poultry including wild birds), Greece

Information received on 27/01/2017 from Mr Spiros Doudounakis, Director, Animal Health Directorate, Directorate General of Veterinary Services / Animal Health Directorare , Ministry of Rural Development and Food , ATHENS, Greece

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Date of start of the event	16/01/2017
Date of confirmation of the event	26/01/2017
Report date	27/01/2017
Date submitted to OIE	27/01/2017
Reason for notification	New strain of a listed disease in the country
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic influenza A virus
Serotype	H5N5
Nature of diagnosis	Laboratory (basic), Laboratory (advanced), Necropsy
This event pertains to	the whole country

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Outbreak Location

ANATOLIKI MAKEDONIA KAI THRAKI ( Village of Sostis, Rodopi Prefecture )

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Mute Swan:Anatidae (Cygnus olor)		1	1	0	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Mute Swan:Anatidae (Cygnus olor)	**	**	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	Vaccination prohibited No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	No other measures

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

Directorate of Veterinary Centre of Thessaloniki / Laboratory of Avian Pathology ( National laboratory )

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Mute Swan	gene sequencing	26/01/2017	Positive
Mute Swan	real-time reverse transcriptase/polymerase chain reaction (RRT-PCR)	24/01/2017	Positive

Future Reporting

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