OIE: Pandemic influenza A/H1N1 2009, Finland
Information received on 30/11/2009 from Dr Riitta Heinonen, Deputy Director General, Department of Food and Health, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, HELSINKI, Finland
Summary
| Report type |
Immediate notification (Final report) |
| Start date |
18/11/2009 |
| Date of first confirmation of the event |
25/11/2009 |
| Report date |
30/11/2009 |
| Date submitted to OIE |
30/11/2009 |
| Date event resolved |
30/11/2009 |
| Reason for notification |
Emerging disease |
| Morbidity |
80 % |
| Mortality |
0 % |
| Zoonotic impact |
It affects also humans |
| Causal agent |
Pandemic A/H1N1 virus |
New outbreaks
| Summary of outbreaks |
Total outbreaks: 1 |
| Location(s) |
|
| Total animals affected |
| Species |
Susceptible |
Cases |
Deaths |
Destroyed |
Slaughtered |
| Swine |
950 |
800 |
0 |
0 |
0 | |
| Outbreak statistics |
| Species |
Apparent morbidity rate |
Apparent mortality rate |
Apparent case fatality rate |
Proportion susceptible animals lost* |
| Swine |
84.21% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
* Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction and/or slaughter |
Epidemiology
| Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection |
- Contact with infected person
|
| Epidemiological comments |
The farmers were sick with flu-like symptoms a few days before the pigs got sick. The farm is under voluntary restrictions agreed by the industry, which consist of a two-week quarantine for delivery of fattening pigs to other farms and a four-week quarantine for delivery of breeding pigs to other farms. Pigs sent to slaughter must be free of clinical signs. |
Control measures
| Measures applied |
- Quarantine
- No vaccination
- No treatment of affected animals
|
| Measures to be applied |
|
Diagnostic test results
| Laboratory name and type |
Finnish Food Safety Authority (National laboratory) |
| Tests and results |
| Species |
Test |
Test date |
Result |
| Swine |
real-time reverse transcriptase/polymerase chain reaction (RRT-PCR) |
25/11/2009 |
Positive | |
| Laboratory name and type |
National Institute for Health and Welfare (National laboratory) |
| Tests and results |
| Species |
Test |
Test date |
Result |
| Swine |
gene sequencing |
30/11/2009 |
Positive |
| Swine |
real-time reverse transcriptase/polymerase chain reaction (RRT-PCR) |
26/11/2009 |
Positive | |
Future Reporting
| The event is resolved. No more reports will be submitted. |