OIE: Pandemic influenza H1N1, Korea (Rep. of)

OIE: Pandemic influenza H1N1, Korea (Rep. of)
submited by kickingbird at Dec, 25, 2009 10:37 AM from OIE

Information received on 23/12/2009 from Dr Kiyoon Chang, CVO & Director, Labelling, Quarantine and Inspection Division, Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Forestry (MIFAFF), Gyeonggi -Do, Korea (Rep. of)

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Start date	14/12/2009
Date of first confirmation of the event	14/12/2009
Report date	23/12/2009
Date submitted to OIE	23/12/2009
Reason for notification	Emerging disease
Morbidity	1.1 %
Mortality	0 %
Zoonotic impact	No
Causal agent	Pandemic influenza H1N1 virus

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 15

Location(s)

KYONGSANG-BUKDO (Uiheung-myeon, Gunwi county; Seo-myeon, Gyeongju city; Hyoryeong-myeon, Gunwi county; Daehang-myeon, Gimcheon city; Apyang-myeon, Gyeongsan city; Bukahn-myeon, Yeongcheon city; Gunwi-eup, Gunwi county; Jirye-myeon, Gimcheon city; Keumho-eup, Yeongcheon city)
KYONGGI-DO (Gwangjeok-myeon, Yangju city; Jeokseong-myeon, Paju city)
KYONGSANG-NAMDO (Hai-myeon, Goseong county)
CHOLLA-NAMDO (Haeryong-myeon, Suncheon city; Bukil-myeon, Jangseong county)
CHEJU-DO (Hanlim-eup, Jeju city)

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Swine	23691	241	0	0	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Swine	1.02%	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	Unknown or inconclusive
Epidemiological comments	The Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has monitored pandemic influenza in domestic pigs since May 2009. Following this monitoring, pandemic influenza A/H1N1 virus was isolated from samples collected in 15 pig farms. The pigs in the affected farms were put under movement restrictions for 3 weeks.

Control measures

Measures applied	Movement control inside the country Disinfection of infected premises/establishment(s) Vaccination prohibited No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	No other measures

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

National Veterinary Research Quarantine Service (NVRQS) (National laboratory)

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Swine	gene sequencing	14/12/2009	Positive
Swine	gene sequencing	16/12/2009	Positive
Swine	gene sequencing	18/12/2009	Positive
Swine	real-time PCR	14/12/2009	Positive
Swine	real-time PCR	16/12/2009	Positive
Swine	real-time PCR	18/12/2009	Positive

Future Reporting

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

See Also:

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