Summary
Report type: immediate notification
Started: 12 May 2021
Confirmed: 17 May 2021
Reported: 20 May 2021
Reason for notification: new strain in the country
Causal agent: Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype: H5N1
Nature of diagnosis: laboratory
This event pertains to a defined zone within the country.

New outbreaks (1)
Summary of outbreaks
Total outbreaks (1)
Outbreak location 1: Helsinki, Uusimaa, Southern Finland
Started: 12 May 2021
Ended: 13 May 2021
Epidemiological unit: not applicable
Total animals affected:
Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths / Killed and disposed of /
Slaughtered or killed for commercial use / Vaccinated
Barnacle goose (_Branta leucopsis_): Anatidae-Anseriformes / - / 1 / 1
/ - / - / -

Epidemiology
Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection: unknown or
inconclusive

Control measures at the event level
Domestic and wild control measures applied: screening

Diagnostic test results
Laboratory name and type: Friedrich-Loeffler Institute (national
laboratory)
Species / Outbreaks / Test / Test date / Result
Barnacle Goose / gene sequencing / 1 / positive
Barnacle Goose / reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction
(RT-PCR) / 1/ positive
Barnacle goose / real-time polymerase chain reaction (real-time PCR) /
1 / positive