OIE: Highly pathogenic influenza A viruses (infection with) (non-poultry including wild birds), India

OIE: Highly pathogenic influenza A viruses (infection with) (non-poultry including wild birds), India
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Information received on 05/03/2019 from Mr Tarun Shridhar, Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, New Delhi, India

Summary

Report type	Follow-up report No. 4
Date of start of the event	15/12/2018
Date of confirmation of the event	21/12/2018
Report date	05/03/2019
Date submitted to OIE	05/03/2019
Reason for notification	Recurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	05/06/2018
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic influenza A virus
Serotype	H5N1
Nature of diagnosis	Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to	the whole country
Related reports	Immediate notification (07/01/2019) Follow-up report No. 1 (22/01/2019) Follow-up report No. 2 (21/02/2019) Follow-up report No. 3 (22/02/2019) Follow-up report No. 4 (05/03/2019)

New outbreaks (2)

Outbreak 1

Oxygen Park, Morhabadi, Ranchi Sadar, Ranchi, Jharkhand

Date of start of the outbreak

07/02/2019

Outbreak status

Continuing (or date resolved not provided)

Epidemiological unit

Not applicable

Affected animals

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
House Crow:Corvus splendens(Corvidae)		1	1	0	0

Outbreak 2

Palojori Police Station, Palojori, Deoghar, Jharkhand

Date of start of the outbreak

13/02/2019

Outbreak status

Continuing (or date resolved not provided)

Epidemiological unit

Not applicable

Affected animals

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
House Crow:Corvus splendens(Corvidae)		9	9	0	0

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 2

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
House Crow:Corvus splendens(Corvidae)		10	10	0	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
House Crow:Corvus splendens(Corvidae)	**	**	100.00%	**

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

**Not calculated because of missing information

Epidemiology

Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection

Unknown or inconclusive

Control measures

Measures applied	Screening Official disposal of carcasses, by-products and waste Disinfection Vaccination prohibited No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	No other measures

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type	Species	Test	Test date	Result
National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases, Bhopal (OIE Reference Laboratory)	House Crow	real-time reverse transcriptase/polymerase chain reaction (RRT-PCR)	16/02/2019	Positive
National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases, Bhopal (OIE Reference Laboratory)	House Crow	real-time reverse transcriptase/polymerase chain reaction (RRT-PCR)	26/02/2019	Positive

Future Reporting

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

See Also:

http://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Reviewreport/Review?page_refer=MapFullEventReport&reportid=29716

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