OIE:HIGHLY PATHOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZA IN VIETNAM,Follow-up report No. 10
submited by kickingbird at Nov, 27, 2004 19:8 PM from OIE
Information received on 24 November 2004 from Dr Bui Quang Anh, Director, Department of Animal Health, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Hanoi:
End of previous report period: 21 October 2004 (see Disease Information, 17 [43], 313, dated 22 October 2004).
End of this report period: 24 November 2004.
New outbreak:
Location | No. of outbreaks |
Can Tho City | 1 |
Total number of animals in the new outbreak:
species | susceptible | cases | deaths | destroyed | slaughtered |
avi | 20 | ... | 17 | 3 | 0 |
Diagnosis:
A. Laboratories where diagnosis was made: Regional Veterinary Center, Ho Chi Minh City.
B. Diagnostic tests used: haemagglutination inhibition test positive on 8 November 2004.
C. Causal agent: avian influenza virus subtype H5.
Source of agent / origin of infection: re-occurrence in a previously infected area.
Control measures:
- control of wildlife reservoirs;
- quarantine;
- movement control inside the country;
- stamping-out policy;
- screening.
- USCDC: Avian Influenza A(H5N1) U.S. Situation Update and CDC Activities 4 days ago
- USCDC: Urgent field correction notice 4 days ago
- Joint FAO/WHO/WOAH preliminary assessment of recent influenza A(H5N1) viruses 5 days ago
- Primers and probes for H5 and N1 qRT-PCR detection [CNIC] 6 days ago
- USDA: Actions to Protect Livestock Health From Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Avian Influenza 7 days ago
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