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

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

Report type	Follow-up report No. 6
Date of start of the event	11/03/2018
Date of confirmation of the event	15/03/2018
Report date	05/06/2018
Date submitted to OIE	05/06/2018
Reason for notification	Recurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	24/02/2018
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic influenza A virus
Serotype	H5N6
Nature of diagnosis	Clinical, Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to	a defined zone within the country
Related reports	Immediate notification (16/03/2018) Follow-up report No. 1 (26/03/2018) Follow-up report No. 2 (06/04/2018) Follow-up report No. 3 (26/04/2018) Follow-up report No. 4 (09/05/2018) Follow-up report No. 5 (25/05/2018) Follow-up report No. 6 (05/06/2018)

New outbreaks (1)

Outbreak 1

Tista slott, Tista slott, Nyk鰌ing, S鰀ermanlands L鋘

Date of start of the outbreak

06/04/2018

Outbreak status

Resolved (06/04/2018)

Epidemiological unit

Natural park

Affected animals

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
White-tailed Eagle:Haliaeetus albicilla(Accipitridae)		1	1	0	0

Affected population

One White-tailed eagle was found dead and was sent to the National Veterinary Institute for laboratory analysis as a part of the national surveillance program for avian influenza.

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
White-tailed Eagle:Haliaeetus albicilla(Accipitridae)		1	1	0	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
White-tailed Eagle:Haliaeetus albicilla(Accipitridae)	**	**	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
Epidemiological comments	In accordance with the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code, Article 10.4.1 point 8, these outbreaks do not change the disease free status of Sweden as they involve wild birds, and therefore do not fall within the OIE definition of poultry.

Control measures

Measures applied	Surveillance outside containment and/or protection zone Surveillance within containment and/or protection zone Vaccination prohibited No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	No other measures

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type	Species	Test	Test date	Result
National Veterinary Institute (National laboratory)	Birds	real-time PCR	30/05/2018	Positive
National Veterinary Institute (National laboratory)	Birds	virus sequencing	01/06/2018	Positive

Future Reporting

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

See Also:

http://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Reviewreport/Review?page_refer=MapFullEventReport&reportid=26780

Latest news in those days:

USDA: Actions to Protect Livestock Health From Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Avian Influenza 1 days ago
USFDA: Updates on Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) 2 days ago
Resources: Consensus sequences for U.S. H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b 3 days ago
USDA Publishes H5N1 Influenza A Virus Genetic Sequences on publicly available site 3 days ago
Avian Influenza A(H5N1) U.S. Situation Update and CDC Activities 5 days ago

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