OIE: Pandemic influenza A/H1N1, Indonesia

OIE: Pandemic influenza A/H1N1, Indonesia
submited by kickingbird at Nov, 30, 2009 10:13 AM from OIE

Information received on 26/11/2009 from Dr Tjeppy D. Soedjana, Director General, Direction General of Livestock, Ministry of Agriculture, Jakarta, Indonesia

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Start date	27/08/2009
Date of first confirmation of the event	15/09/2009
Report date	26/11/2009
Date submitted to OIE	26/11/2009
Reason for notification	Emerging disease
Morbidity	1 scale05
Mortality	0 scale05
Zoonotic impact	No
Causal agent	Pandemic influenza A/H1N1 virus

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Location(s)

KEPULAUAN RIAU (PT Indotirta Suaka, Bulan Island, Batam)

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Swine	250000	**	0	0	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Swine	**	0.00%	**	0.00%

* 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

Epidemiological comments

Outbreak investigation has been conducted by Disease Investigation Center, Region II, Bukittinggi. 180 nasal swabs and serum samples were collected in pigs in the breeder, weaner and farrow/finishing units. 33 samples were positive for influenza A and divided on 11 pool samples, which were sent to the Indonesian Research Center for Veterinary Sciences and to the Australian Animal Health Laboratory for advanced tests. 6 samples were positive for pandemic influenza A/H1N1. The Ministry of Agriculture officially declared on 23 November 2009 that an outbreak of pandemic influenza A/H1N1 occurs in pigs.

Control measures

Measures applied	Quarantine Movement control inside the country Screening No vaccination No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	No other measures

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Geelong (National laboratory)

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Swine	real-time PCR	09/11/2009	Positive
Swine	reverse transcription - polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)	09/11/2009	Positive

Laboratory name and type

Disease Investigation Center, Region II, Bukittinggi (National laboratory)

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Swine	real-time PCR	15/09/2009	Positive
Swine	reverse transcription - polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)	15/09/2009	Positive

Laboratory name and type

Indonesian Research Center for Veterinary Sciences (National laboratory)

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Swine	real-time PCR	20/10/2009	Positive
Swine	reverse transcription - polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)	20/10/2009	Positive

Future Reporting

The event is continuing. Weekly follow-up reports will be submitted.

See Also:

http://www.oie.int

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