OIE: Pandemic A/H1N1 virus, Italy

OIE: Pandemic A/H1N1 virus, Italy
submited by kickingbird at Jan, 13, 2010 10:8 AM from OIE

Information received on 12/01/2010 from Prof. Dr Romano Marabelli, Capo Dipartimento, Dipartimento Sanita Pubblica Veterinaria, Nutrizione e Sicurezza Alimenti , Ministero Lavoro,Salute e Politiche Sociali, ROME , Italy

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification (Final report)
Start date	03/12/2009
Date of first confirmation of the event	10/12/2009
Report date	12/01/2010
Date submitted to OIE	12/01/2010
Date event resolved	22/12/2009
Reason for notification	Emerging disease
Morbidity	75 %
Mortality	0 %
Zoonotic impact	It affects also humans
Causal agent	Pandemic A/H1N1 virus

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Location(s)

SICILIA (Luparello, Palermo)

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Swine	13	9	0	0	1

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Swine	69.23%	0.00%	0.00%	7.69%

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

Epidemiology

Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection

Unknown or inconclusive

Control measures

Measures applied	No vaccination No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	No other measures

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute (IZS), Brescia, National Reference Laboratory (National laboratory)

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Swine	haemagglutination inhibition test (HIT)	18/12/2009	Positive
Swine	real-time PCR	10/12/2009	Positive

Future Reporting

The event is resolved. No more reports will be submitted.

See Also:

http://www.oie.int

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