GENERAL INFORMATION
COUNTRY/TERRITORY OR ZONE
ZONE
ANIMAL TYPE
TERRESTRIAL
DISEASE CATEGORY
Listed disease
EVENT ID
4789
DISEASE
Influenza A viruses of high pathogenicity (Inf. with) (non-poultry including wild birds) (2017-)
CAUSAL AGENT
Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
GENOTYPE / SEROTYPE / SUBTYPE
H5N1
START DATE
2022/12/14
REASON FOR NOTIFICATION
First occurrence in the country
DATE OF LAST OCCURRENCE - CONFIRMATION DATE
2022/12/20
EVENT STATUS
On-going
END DATE - SELF-DECLARATION
NO REPORT INFORMATION
REPORT NUMBER
Follow-up report 25
REPORT ID
FUR_163428
REPORT REFERENCE - REPORT DATE
2023/10/19
REPORT STATUS
Validated
NO EVOLUTION REPORT
The epidemiological situation remains unchanged since the last report
EPIDEMIOLOGY
SOURCE OF EVENT OR ORIGIN OF INFECTION
- Unknown or inconclusive
After the case occurred in the town of El Platanal, Colón (brown pelican), epidemiological investigation teams were sent to track and verify the impact on wild and domestic birds in the area and surrounding communities: Ciri, Aguacate, Río Diego, El Limón, Boca de Toabré, Sabanita Verde, San Lucas, La Huaca and Cuatro Calles. As of February 12, 326 families were visited, with a total population of 1,920 backyard poultry (subsistence breeding). No affected birds have been reported in these communities; however, investigations are ongoing. On February 3, birds were reported affected in the communities of Santa María Belén, Province of Colón and Concepción in the Province of Veragua. Field visits were made and samples were taken, obtaining a confirmatory positive result for HPAI H5N1 on February 10. In the community of Santa María Belén, Province of Colón, depopulation teams were sent to cull 337 backyard poultry on site and in the neighboring community of Rio Veraguas, 756 birds were culled, for a total of 1,093 birds. In the community of Concepción in the Province of Veragua, depopulation teams culled 381 birds. In the community of Guázaro, 712 birds were culled. Epidemiological surveillance is being maintained in the community. Given the control and surveillance actions, and the absence of new cases of disease in wild and backyard birds within the focal, perifocal and surveillance zones corresponding to La Concepción, Río Guázaro and Santa María de Belén, these outbreaks have been closed.
QUANTITATIVE DATA SUMMARY
MEASURING UNIT
Animal
SpeciesSusceptibleCasesDeathsKilled and Disposed ofSlaughtered/ Killed for commercial useVaccinated Wildlife (species unspecified) (WILD)NEW------TOTAL-20200 Birds (DOMESTIC)NEW------TOTAL2193307218600 Brown Pelican (WILD)NEW------TOTAL-139400 All speciesNEW------TOTAL21934516219200
DIAGNOSTIC DETAILS
CLINICAL SIGNS
YES
METHOD OF DIAGNOSTIC
Diagnostic test
| Real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) | National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL), Ames, Iowa | Wildlife (species unspecified) | 1 | 2022/12/20 | 2022/12/20 | Positive |
| Real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) | Laboratorio de diagnóstico de enfermedades vesiculares - LADIVES | Wildlife (species unspecified) | 1 | 2022/12/15 | 2022/12/15 | Positive |
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