OIE: Pandemic influenza A/H1N1 (2009), Finland

OIE: Pandemic influenza A/H1N1 (2009), Finland
submited by kickingbird at Aug, 31, 2010 7:59 AM from OIE

Information received on 30/08/2010 from Dr Riitta Heinonen, Deputy Director General, Department of Food and Health, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, HELSINKI, Finland

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification (Final report)
Start date	23/08/2010
Date of first confirmation of the event	30/08/2010
Report date	30/08/2010
Date submitted to OIE	30/08/2010
Date event resolved	30/08/2010
Reason for notification	Emerging disease
Morbidity	100 %
Mortality	0 %
Zoonotic impact	infections between swine and man possible
Causal agent	Pandemic A/H1N1 influenza virus (2009)

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Location(s)

L?nsi- ja Sis?-Suomi (Ilmajoki, L?nsi-Suomi)

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Swine	1500	1500	0	0	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Swine	100.00%	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

Control measures

Measures applied	Movement control inside the country Screening No vaccination No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	No other measures

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

Finnish Food Safety Authority (EVIRA) (National laboratory)

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Swine	polymerase chain reaction (PCR)	30/08/2010	Positive

Future Reporting

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

See Also:

http://www.oie.int

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