OIE: Pandemic Influenza H1N1 2009, Thailand

OIE: Pandemic Influenza H1N1 2009, Thailand
submited by kickingbird at Dec, 18, 2009 10:0 AM from OIE

Information received on 17/12/2009 from Dr Yukol Limlamthong, Director General, Department of Livestock Development, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives , Bangkok, Thailand

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Start date	04/12/2009
Date of first confirmation of the event	14/12/2009
Report date	14/12/2009
Date submitted to OIE	17/12/2009
Reason for notification	Emerging disease
Morbidity	5 %
Mortality	0 %
Zoonotic impact	No
Causal agent	Influenza A/H1N1 virus

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Location(s)

SARABURI (Moo.10 village, THAP KWANG, KAENG KHOI)

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Swine	680	34	0	0	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Swine	5.00%	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	Under investigation by the veterinary and sanitary authorities
Epidemiological comments	Positive cases detected in the framework of the strengthened surveillance.

Control measures

Measures applied	Quarantine Disinfection of infected premises/establishment(s) No vaccination No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	Screening

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

National Institute of Animal Health (National Reference Laboratory) (National laboratory)

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Swine	real-time reverse transcriptase/polymerase chain reaction (RRT-PCR)	14/12/2009	Positive
Swine	virus isolation	14/12/2009	Positive

Future Reporting

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

See Also:

http://www.oie.int

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