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

Information received on 15/12/2018 from Mr Tarun Shridhar, Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, New Delhi, India

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification (Final report)
Date of start of the event	07/12/2018
Date of confirmation of the event	12/12/2018
Report date	15/12/2018
Date submitted to OIE	15/12/2018
Date event resolved	20/12/2018
Reason for notification	Recurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	05/06/2018
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic influenza A virus
Serotype	H5N1
Nature of diagnosis	Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to	the whole country

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Outbreak Location

Orissa ( Alanda and Siala, Krushnaprasad, Puri )

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
House Crow:Corvidae (Corvus splendens)		120	120	0	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
House Crow:Corvidae (Corvus splendens)	**	**	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	Screening Official disposal of carcasses, by-products and waste Disinfection Vaccination prohibited No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	No other measures

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases, Bhopal ( OIE Reference Laboratory )

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
House Crow	real-time reverse transcriptase/polymerase chain reaction (RRT-PCR)	12/12/2018	Positive

Future Reporting

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