Pandemic A/H1N1 virus, Italy (OIE, WAHID Interface, 1/12/10, edited)

[Giuseppe]

Pandemic A/H1N1 virus, Italy (OIE, WAHID Interface, 1/12/10, edited)

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Pandemic A/H1N1 virus, Italy

Information received on 12/01/2010 from Prof. Dr Romano Marabelli, Capo Dipartimento, Dipartimento Sanita Pubblica Veterinaria, Nutrizione e Sicurezza Alimenti , Ministero Lavoro,Salute e Politiche Sociali, ROME , Italy

• Summary
  • Report type Immediate notification (Final report)
  • Start date 03/12/2009
  • Date of first confirmation of the event 10/12/2009
  • Report date 12/01/2010
  • Date submitted to OIE 12/01/2010
  • Date event resolved 22/12/2009
  • Reason for notification Emerging disease
  • Morbidity 75 %
  • Mortality 0 %
  • Zoonotic impact It affects also humans
  • Causal agent Pandemic A/H1N1 virus

• New outbreaks
  • Summary of outbreaks
    • Total outbreaks: 1
      • Location(s) - SICILIA (Luparello, Palermo)
      • Total animals affected: Species - Susceptible - Cases - Deaths - Destroyed - Slaughtered
        • Swine - 13 - 9 - 0 - 0 - 1

• Outbreak statistics
  • Species - Apparent morbidity rate - Apparent mortality rate - Apparent case fatality rate - Proportion susceptible animals lost*
    • Swine - 69.23% - 0.00% - 0.00% - 7.69%
    • * Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction and/or slaughter

• Epidemiology
  • Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection
    • Unknown or inconclusive

• Control measures
  • Measures applied
    • No vaccination
    • No treatment of affected animals
  • Measures to be applied
    • No other measures

• Diagnostic test results
  • Laboratory name and type Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute (IZS), Brescia, National Reference Laboratory (National laboratory)
    • Tests and results: Species - Test - Test date - Result
      • Swine - haemagglutination inhibition test (HIT) - 18/12/2009 - Positive
      • Swine - real-time PCR - 10/12/2009 - Positive

• Future Reporting
  • The event is resolved. No more reports will be submitted.

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[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Pandemic A/H1N1 virus, Italy (OIE, WAHID Interface, 1/12/10, edited)

Italy - Swine flu in pigs 17 Jan 2010
The Italian veterinary authority sent an Immediate Notification dated 12 January to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).
The report describes a first outbreak in Italy of H1N1 flu on a small farm near Palermo. Nine pigs of the herd of 13 animals were affected, one of which was later slaughtered.
According to the report, two animals showed influenza-like symptoms on 3 December 2009 and were found positive by real time PCR. On 10 December 2009, all the animals were sampled and 9 of 12 were found antibodies positive (HIT) (except one of the two first viral positive cases, which was slaughtered) and all of them were virus-negative (PCR). The symptomatic animals recovered fully in few days.

http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/170110/italy___swine_flu_in_pigs_.aspx