OIE: Pandemic A/H1N1 virus (2009), France

OIE: Pandemic A/H1N1 virus (2009), France
submited by kickingbird at Jan, 22, 2010 9:4 AM from OIE

Information received on 21/01/2010 from Dr Jean Luc Angot, Directeur Général Adjoint, Direction Générale de l´Alimentation, Ministère de l´Agriculture et de la Pêche, PARIS, France

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Start date	11/01/2010
Date of first confirmation of the event	19/01/2010
Report date	20/01/2010
Date submitted to OIE	21/01/2010
Reason for notification	Emerging disease
Morbidity	35 %
Mortality	0 %
Zoonotic impact	No
Causal agent	Pandemic A/H1N1 virus (2009)

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Location(s)

C?TES-D´ARMOR (EREAC)

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Birds	8600	3000	0	0	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Birds	34.88%	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	A significant drop in egg production was observed in one of the two premises. No mortality associated. The farm is confined for 7 days after the end of the clinical signs. The application of the biosecurity measures has been recalled.

Control measures

Measures applied	Quarantine Vaccination prohibited No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	No other measures

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

AFSSA ploufragan (National laboratory)

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Birds	real-time reverse transcriptase/polymerase chain reaction (RRT-PCR)	19/01/2010	Positive
Birds	virus sequencing	19/01/2010	Positive

Future Reporting

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

See Also:

http://www.oie.int

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