Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1, China (People's Rep. of) (OIE, November 9 2012): No New Poultry Outbreaks, Final Report

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Highly pathogenic avian influenza, China (People's Rep. of)


Information received on 09/11/2012 from Dr Zhang Zhongqui, Director General , China Animal Disease Control Centre, Veterinary Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing, China (People's Rep. of)

• Summary
  • Report type Follow-up report No. 1 (Final report)
  • Date of start of the event 11/09/2012
  • Date of pre-confirmation of the event 18/09/2012
  • Report date 09/11/2012
  • Date submitted to OIE 09/11/2012
  • Date event resolved 18/10/2012
  • Reason for notification Reoccurrence of a listed disease
  • Date of previous occurrence 01/08/2012
  • Manifestation of disease Clinical disease
  • Causal agent Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
  • Serotype H5N1
  • Nature of diagnosis Suspicion, Clinical, Laboratory (basic), Laboratory (advanced)
  • This event pertains to the whole country
  • Related reports
    • Immediate notification (18/09/2012)
    • Follow-up report No. 1 (09/11/2012)
• Outbreaks
  • There are no new outbreaks in this report
• Epidemiology
  • Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection
    • Unknown or inconclusive
• Epidemiological comments
  • The OIE's Reference Laboratory, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute did the surveillance around the outbreak, including virus isolation tests, haemagglutination inhibition tests (HIT), reverse transcription - polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests.
  • The results are negative.
• Control measures
  • Measures applied
    • Stamping out
    • Quarantine
    • Movement control inside the country
    • Screening
    • Zoning
    • Vaccination in response to the outbreak (s): Administrative division ? Species - Total Vaccinated ? Details
      • GUANGDONG ? Birds ? 264457 - ?
    • Disinfection of infected premises/establishment(s)
    • No treatment of affected animals
  • Measures to be applied
    • No other measures
• Future Reporting
  • The event is resolved. No more reports will be submitted.

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