OIE: Pandemic Influenza A H1N1 (2009), Serbia

OIE: Pandemic Influenza A H1N1 (2009), Serbia
submited by kickingbird at Jan, 28, 2010 8:40 AM from OIE

Information received on 27/01/2010 from Dr Zoran Micovic, Chief Veterinary Officer, Veterinary Directorate , Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management, Belgrade , Serbia

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Start date	18/01/2010
Date of first confirmation of the event	25/01/2010
Report date	25/01/2010
Date submitted to OIE	27/01/2010
Reason for notification	Emerging disease
Morbidity	2/0.00 %
Mortality	0 %
Zoonotic impact	No
Causal agent	Pandemic H1N1 virus (2009)

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Location(s)

SRBIJA (Varvarin, municipality of Varvarin, Rasinski county)

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Swine	10830	20	0	0	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Swine	0.18%	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	Epidemiological investigation is ongoing.

Control measures

Measures applied	Quarantine Movement control inside the country No vaccination Treatment of affected animals (symptomatic treatment)
Measures to be applied	No other measures

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

Veterinary Specialized Institute "Kraljevo" (National laboratory)

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Swine	gene sequencing	25/01/2010	Positive
Swine	real-time PCR	25/01/2010	Positive

Future Reporting

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

See Also:

http://www.oie.int

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