Pandemic influenza A/H1N1 2009, Finland (WAHID Interface - OIE World Animal Health Information Database, 11/30/09, edited)
Pandemic influenza A/H1N1 2009, Finland
Information received on 30/11/2009 from Dr Riitta Heinonen, Deputy Director General, Department of Food and Health, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, HELSINKI, Finland
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Information received on 30/11/2009 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 18/11/2009
- Date of first confirmation of the event 25/11/2009
- Report date 30/11/2009
- Date submitted to OIE 30/11/2009
- Date event resolved 30/11/2009
- Reason for notification Emerging disease
- Morbidity 80 %
- Mortality 0 %
- Zoonotic impact It affects also humans
- Causal agent Pandemic A/H1N1 virus
- New outbreaks
- Outbreak 1 - Teuva, L?NSI-SUOMI
- Date of start of the outbreak 18/11/2009
- Outbreak status Resolved (30/11/2009)
- Epidemiological unit Farm
- Affected animals: Species - Susceptible - Cases - Deaths - Destroyed - Slaughtered
- Swine - 950 - 800 - 0 - 0 - 0
- Affected Population A farm with 150 sows and 800 fattening pigs. The fattening pigs were sick with lack of appetite, fever and mild respiratory signs. All pigs recovered fully in 1-2 days.
- Outbreak 1 - Teuva, L?NSI-SUOMI
- Summary of outbreaks
- Total outbreaks: 1
- Outbreak statistics: Species - Apparent morbidity rate - Apparent mortality rate - Apparent case fatality rate - Proportion susceptible animals lost*
- Swine - 84.21% - 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
- Contact with infected person
- Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection
- Epidemiological comments
- The farmers were sick with flu-like symptoms a few days before the pigs got sick.
- The farm is under voluntary restrictions agreed by the industry, which consist of a two-week quarantine for delivery of fattening pigs to other farms and a four-week quarantine for delivery of breeding pigs to other farms.
- Pigs sent to slaughter must be free of clinical signs.
- Control measures
- Measures applied
- Quarantine
- No vaccination
- No treatment of affected animals
- Measures to be applied
- No other measures
- Measures applied
- Diagnostic test results
- Laboratory name and type Finnish Food Safety Authority (National laboratory)
- Tests and results: Species - Test - Test date - Result
- Swine - real-time reverse transcriptase/polymerase chain reaction (RRT-PCR) - 25/11/2009 - Positive
- Tests and results: Species - Test - Test date - Result
- Laboratory name and type National Institute for Health and Welfare (National laboratory)
- Tests and results: Species - Test - Test date - Result
- Swine - gene sequencing - 30/11/2009 - Positive
- Swine - real-time reverse transcriptase/polymerase chain reaction (RRT-PCR) - 26/11/2009 - Positive
- Tests and results: Species - Test - Test date - Result
- Laboratory name and type Finnish Food Safety Authority (National laboratory)
- Future Reporting
- The event is resolved. No more reports will be submitted.
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