Influenza A (H3N2), Denmark (WAHID Interface - OIE World Animal Health Information Database, 12/16/09, edited)
Influenza A (H3N2), Denmark
Information received on 16/12/2009 from Dr Jan Mousing, Chief Veterinary Officer, Danish Veterinary and Food Administration, Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Soborg, Denmark
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Information received on 16/12/2009 from Dr Jan Mousing, Chief Veterinary Officer, Danish Veterinary and Food Administration, Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Soborg, Denmark
- Summary
- Report type Follow-up report No. 3 (Final report)
- Start date 28/09/2009
- Date of first confirmation of the event 21/10/2009
- Report date 16/12/2009
- Date submitted to OIE 16/12/2009
- Date event resolved 16/12/2009
- Reason for notification Emerging disease
- Morbidity 25 %
- Mortality 0.8 %
- Zoonotic impact The potential for infecting humans is unknown but cannot be ruled out.
- Causal agent Influenza A (H3N2)
- Related reports
- Immediate notification (23/10/2009)
- Follow-up report No. 1 (30/10/2009)
- Follow-up report No. 2 (27/11/2009)
- Follow-up report No. 3 (16/12/2009)
- Outbreaks
- There are no new outbreaks in this report
- Epidemiology
- Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection
- Unknown or inconclusive
- Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection
- Epidemiological comments
- There have not been any new outbreaks reported in the last one and a half month and the official restrictions have been lifted on all the affected farms.
- The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration therefore considered the event to be resolved.
- Official restrictions were placed on the involved mink holdings and were lifted when clinical signs have been absent for at least seven days.
- The mortality has on average been of 0.8% in the affected holdings.
- The morbidity has been very different between the affected holdings (ranging from less than 1% to 97%) and has on average been approximately of 25%.
- Control measures
- Measures applied
- Quarantine
- Movement control inside the country
- Screening
- No vaccination
- No treatment of affected animals
- Measures to be applied
- No other measures
- Measures applied
- Future Reporting
- The event is resolved. No more reports will be submitted.
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