OIE: Highly pathogenic influenza A viruses (infection with H5N1) (non-poultry including wild birds) (2017-), Lithuania
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Summary
Report type: immediate notification
Started: 9 Feb 2022
Confirmed: 21 Feb 2022
Reported: 25 Feb 2022
Reason for notification: new strain in the country
Causal agent: Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype: H5N1
Nature of diagnosis: clinical, laboratory
This event pertains to the whole country.
Outbreak location 1: City, Kauno
Started: 17 Feb 2022
Ended: 22 Feb 2022
Epidemiological unit: body of water
Total animals affected:
Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths / Killed and disposed of /
Slaughtered or killed for commercial use / Vaccinated
Mute swan (_Cygnus olor_): Anatidae-Anseriformes / - / 1 / 1 / - / - /
-
Affected population: the information about the dead mute swan (_Cygnus
olor_) in the city at the river bank was received in the framework of
enhanced passive surveillance.
Outbreak location 2: City, Kauno
Started: 9 Feb 2022
Ended: 17 Feb 2022
Epidemiological unit: body of water
Total animals affected:
Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths / Killed and disposed of /
Slaughtered or killed for commercial use / Vaccinated
Mute swan (_Cygnus olor_): Anatidae-Anseriformes / - / 1 / 1 / - / - /
-
Affected population: the information about the dead mute swans
(_Cygnus olor_) in the middle of the city at the riverbank was
received in the framework of enhanced passive surveillance.
Epidemiology
Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection: contact with wild
species.
Epidemiological comments: the information about the dead mute swan
(_Cygnus olor_) in the city at the riverbank was received in the
framework of enhanced passive surveillance.
Control measures applied in domestic: surveillance outside containment
and or the protection zone; surveillance within containment and or the
protection zone; official disposal of carcasses, by-products, and
waste; movement control inside the country; control of wildlife
reservoirs.
Control measures applied in wild: surveillance outside containment and
or the protection zone; surveillance within containment and or the
protection zone; official disposal of carcasses, by-products, and t.
Diagnostic test results
Laboratory name and type / Species / Outbreaks / Test / Test date /
Result
National Food and Veterinary Risk Assessment Institute (NFVRAI)
(national laboratory) / mute swan / 2 / real-time polymerase chain
reaction (real-time PCR) /17 to 22 Feb 2022 / positive
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Report type: immediate notification
Started: 9 Feb 2022
Confirmed: 21 Feb 2022
Reported: 25 Feb 2022
Reason for notification: new strain in the country
Causal agent: Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype: H5N1
Nature of diagnosis: clinical, laboratory
This event pertains to the whole country.
Outbreak location 1: City, Kauno
Started: 17 Feb 2022
Ended: 22 Feb 2022
Epidemiological unit: body of water
Total animals affected:
Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths / Killed and disposed of /
Slaughtered or killed for commercial use / Vaccinated
Mute swan (_Cygnus olor_): Anatidae-Anseriformes / - / 1 / 1 / - / - /
-
Affected population: the information about the dead mute swan (_Cygnus
olor_) in the city at the river bank was received in the framework of
enhanced passive surveillance.
Outbreak location 2: City, Kauno
Started: 9 Feb 2022
Ended: 17 Feb 2022
Epidemiological unit: body of water
Total animals affected:
Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths / Killed and disposed of /
Slaughtered or killed for commercial use / Vaccinated
Mute swan (_Cygnus olor_): Anatidae-Anseriformes / - / 1 / 1 / - / - /
-
Affected population: the information about the dead mute swans
(_Cygnus olor_) in the middle of the city at the riverbank was
received in the framework of enhanced passive surveillance.
Epidemiology
Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection: contact with wild
species.
Epidemiological comments: the information about the dead mute swan
(_Cygnus olor_) in the city at the riverbank was received in the
framework of enhanced passive surveillance.
Control measures applied in domestic: surveillance outside containment
and or the protection zone; surveillance within containment and or the
protection zone; official disposal of carcasses, by-products, and
waste; movement control inside the country; control of wildlife
reservoirs.
Control measures applied in wild: surveillance outside containment and
or the protection zone; surveillance within containment and or the
protection zone; official disposal of carcasses, by-products, and t.
Diagnostic test results
Laboratory name and type / Species / Outbreaks / Test / Test date /
Result
National Food and Veterinary Risk Assessment Institute (NFVRAI)
(national laboratory) / mute swan / 2 / real-time polymerase chain
reaction (real-time PCR) /17 to 22 Feb 2022 / positive
- USCDC: Avian Influenza A(H5N1) U.S. Situation Update and CDC Activities 4 days ago
- USCDC: Urgent field correction notice 5 days ago
- Joint FAO/WHO/WOAH preliminary assessment of recent influenza A(H5N1) viruses 5 days ago
- Primers and probes for H5 and N1 qRT-PCR detection [CNIC] 6 days ago
- USDA: Actions to Protect Livestock Health From Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Avian Influenza 7 days ago
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