OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, India

OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, India
submited by kickingbird at Jul, 27, 2007 7:48 AM from OIE

Information received on 26/07/2007 from Ms Charusheela Sohoni, , Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries , Secretary to the Government of India , New Delhi , India

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Start date	07/07/2007
Date of confirmation of event	24/07/2007
Report date	26/07/2007
Date submitted to OIE	26/07/2007
Reason for notification	Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	04/2006
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5N1
Nature of diagnosis	Laboratory (basic), Laboratory (advanced)
Report pertains to	Defined zone within the country

New outbreaks

Outbreak 1

Chingmeirong West, Chingmeirong , Imphal East, MANIPUR

Date of start of outbreak

07/07/2007

Outbreak status

Continuing (or date resolved not submitted)

Epidemiological unit

Village

Affected animals

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Birds	144	134	133	11	0

Affected population

backyard poultry

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible removed*
Birds	93.06%	92.36%	99.25%	100.00%

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

Epidemiology

Source of infection

Unknown or inconclusive

Epidemiological comments

Epidemiological investigation is ongoing.
Stamping out of all domestic poultry is being applied in a 5-km-radius zone around the outbreak followed by compensation of the owners.
An intensive surveillance campaign has been launched in a a 10-km-radius zone including:
- closure of poultry markets and prohibition on sale and transportation of poultry products,
- sealing up of premises after disinfection.
Restocking will be applied in accordance with a specific protocol.

Control measures

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

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

High Security Animal Disease Laboratory, Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI), Bhopal (National laboratory)

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Birds	haemagglutination (HA) test	24/07/2007	Positive
Birds	haemagglutination inhibition test (HIT)	24/07/2007	Positive
Birds	real-time reverse transcriptase/polymerase chain reaction (RRT-PCR)	24/07/2007	Positive
Birds	reverse transcription – polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)	24/07/2007	Positive
Birds	virus isolation	24/07/2007	Positive

Laboratory name and type

National Institute of Virology, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Pune (National laboratory)

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Birds	haemagglutination (HA) test	24/07/2007	Positive
Birds	haemagglutination inhibition test (HIT)	24/07/2007	Positive
Birds	real-time reverse transcriptase/polymerase chain reaction (RRT-PCR)	24/07/2007	Positive
Birds	reverse transcription – polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)	24/07/2007	Positive
Birds	virus isolation	24/07/2007	Positive

Map of outbreak locations

Location of current outbreaks

See Also:

http://www.oie.int/wahid-prod/public.php?page=single_report&pop=1&reportid=5801

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