OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Togo

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Togo
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Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Togo

Information received on 22/06/2007 from Dr Batawui Komla Batasse, Directeur de l´élevage et de la pêche, -, Ministère de l´Agriculture de l´Elevage et de la Pêche , Lomé, Togo

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Start date	06/06/2007
Date of confirmation of event	15/06/2007
Report date	22/06/2007
Date submitted to OIE	25/06/2007
Reason for notification	First occurrence of a listed disease
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5N1
Nature of diagnosis	Clinical, Laboratory (basic), Necropsy
Report pertains to	Entire country

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Outbreak Location

RéGION MARITIME (Sigbehoue, Lacs)

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Birds	5574	2505	2505	3069	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible removed*
Birds	44.94%	44.94%	100.00%	100.00%

* Removed from the susceptible population either through death, destruction or slaughter

Epidemiology

Source of infection

Unknown or inconclusive

Control measures

Measures already applied	Movement control inside the country Disinfection of infected premises/establishment(s) Quarantine Stamping out Vaccination permitted No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	None specified

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

Accra Veterinary Laboratory (Ghana) (OIE’s Reference Laboratory)

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Birds	RT-PCR (amplification génomique en cha?ne avec polymérase - transcriptase inverse)	22/06/2007	Positive
Birds	test de détection rapide	15/06/2007	Positive
Birds	séquen?age viral		Pending

Laboratory name and type

Padova (Italy) (OIE’s Reference Laboratory)

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Birds	RT-PCR (amplification génomique en cha?ne avec polymérase - transcriptase inverse)	22/06/2007	Positive
Birds	test de détection rapide	15/06/2007	Positive
Birds	séquen?age viral		Pending

See Also:

http://www.oie.int

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