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

OIE: Pandemic influenza A H1N1, Korea (Rep. of)
submited by kickingbird at Apr, 20, 2010 18:46 PM from OIE

Information received on 20/04/2010 from Dr Kiyoon Chang, CVO & Director, Labelling, Quarantine and Inspection Division, Food Safety & Consumer Affairs Policy Bureau, MIFAFF (Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries) , Gyeonggi -Do, Korea (Rep. of)

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Start date	12/04/2010
Date of first confirmation of the event	12/04/2010
Report date	19/04/2010
Date submitted to OIE	20/04/2010
Reason for notification	Emerging disease
Morbidity	0.72 %
Mortality	0 %
Zoonotic impact	No
Causal agent	Influenza A H1N1 virus

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 2

Location(s)

KYONGGI-DO (Seolsung-myun 1, Icheon-city; Seolsung-myun 2, Icheon-city)

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Swine	3800	36	0	0	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Swine	0.95%	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	During monitoring tests for influenza A H1N1 on pig farms across the country, these two farms were found to be positive.

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 and Quarantine Service (National laboratory)

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Swine	gene sequencing	12/04/2010	Positive
Swine	polymerase chain reaction (PCR)	12/04/2010	Positive

Future Reporting

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

See Also:

http://www.oie.int

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