Gert van der Hoek
In Memoriam - Editor, Senior Moderator
Indonesia 2009 update
Date: Wed 2 Sep 2009
Source: FAOAIDE news Animal Influenza Disease Emergency Situation
Update No 61, 31 Aug 2009 [edited]
Indonesia continues to report a high number of H5N1 HPAI outbreaks in
poultry, as it has for the past 3 years. HPAI is endemic on Java,
Sumatra, Sulawesi and probably Bali islands, with sporadic outbreaks
reported elsewhere.
Village prevalence varies widely. Only 2 of its 33
provinces have not reported the occurrence of H5N1 HPAI.
The high
number of reported outbreaks each month is partially explained by the
implementation of the participatory disease surveillance and response
(PDSR) [see footnote*] programme that targets village-type poultry
production systems (mainly backyard) and reports evidence of virus
circulation in the village environment.
The programme is financially
supported by FAO with USAID and AusAID, and is operating in 331/448
(74 percent) districts through 31 Local Disease Control Centres
(LDCCs) in 27 out of 33 provinces in Java, Sumatra, Bali, Sulawesi and
Kalimantan, including all known endemically infected areas. Larger and
less densely-populated provinces!report HPAI outbreaks less often than
more densely populated
provinces.
During June [2009], PDSR officers visited 2112 villages, of
which 193 (7.1 percent) were infected (187 were newly found, while the
remaining 6 carried over the infection status from the previous
month). This was lower than the May 2009 infection rate of 9.1
percent. During the previous 6 months, PDSR officers visited 10 667
villages (16.5 percent) in the 331 Districts under PDSR surveillance.
Since May 2008, they have visited about 34 percent of villages under
coverage of the program. An average of 14.3 percent of the villages
visited during the previous 3 months were classified as infected at
the time of visit. Bali continued to have infected villages. Cases
over the last 6 months were concentrated in provinces on Java and
Sulawesi islands other than Gorontalo and North Sulawesi Provinces.
* PDSR case definition in Indonesia: When poultry mortality events are
encountered in which more than one bird died suddenly, with or without
clinical signs, Participatory Disease Surveillance and Response (PDSR)
teams carry out an influenza type A rapid test. A mortality event
consistent with clinical HPAI and a positive rapid test in affected
poultry is considered a confirmed detection of HPAI in areas where
HPAI has previously been confirmed by laboratory testing.
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[The FAOAIDEnews issue 61 of 31 Aug 2009 (13 pages) includes
additional information, such as a comprehensive report on the Central
Asia Regional Network for the Prevention and Control of Avian
Influenza, information on other infected countries, maps and tables.
It is expected to become available soon on FAO's website at
<http://www.fao.org/eims/secretariat/empres/eims_search/simple_s_result.asp?topic_docrep=172>. -
Date: Wed 2 Sep 2009
Source: FAOAIDE news Animal Influenza Disease Emergency Situation
Update No 61, 31 Aug 2009 [edited]
Indonesia continues to report a high number of H5N1 HPAI outbreaks in
poultry, as it has for the past 3 years. HPAI is endemic on Java,
Sumatra, Sulawesi and probably Bali islands, with sporadic outbreaks
reported elsewhere.
Village prevalence varies widely. Only 2 of its 33
provinces have not reported the occurrence of H5N1 HPAI.
The high
number of reported outbreaks each month is partially explained by the
implementation of the participatory disease surveillance and response
(PDSR) [see footnote*] programme that targets village-type poultry
production systems (mainly backyard) and reports evidence of virus
circulation in the village environment.
The programme is financially
supported by FAO with USAID and AusAID, and is operating in 331/448
(74 percent) districts through 31 Local Disease Control Centres
(LDCCs) in 27 out of 33 provinces in Java, Sumatra, Bali, Sulawesi and
Kalimantan, including all known endemically infected areas. Larger and
less densely-populated provinces!report HPAI outbreaks less often than
more densely populated
provinces.
During June [2009], PDSR officers visited 2112 villages, of
which 193 (7.1 percent) were infected (187 were newly found, while the
remaining 6 carried over the infection status from the previous
month). This was lower than the May 2009 infection rate of 9.1
percent. During the previous 6 months, PDSR officers visited 10 667
villages (16.5 percent) in the 331 Districts under PDSR surveillance.
Since May 2008, they have visited about 34 percent of villages under
coverage of the program. An average of 14.3 percent of the villages
visited during the previous 3 months were classified as infected at
the time of visit. Bali continued to have infected villages. Cases
over the last 6 months were concentrated in provinces on Java and
Sulawesi islands other than Gorontalo and North Sulawesi Provinces.
* PDSR case definition in Indonesia: When poultry mortality events are
encountered in which more than one bird died suddenly, with or without
clinical signs, Participatory Disease Surveillance and Response (PDSR)
teams carry out an influenza type A rapid test. A mortality event
consistent with clinical HPAI and a positive rapid test in affected
poultry is considered a confirmed detection of HPAI in areas where
HPAI has previously been confirmed by laboratory testing.
--
http://www.promedmail.org/pls/otn/f..._BACK_PAGE,F2400_P1001_PUB_MAIL_ID:1000,79050
[The FAOAIDEnews issue 61 of 31 Aug 2009 (13 pages) includes
additional information, such as a comprehensive report on the Central
Asia Regional Network for the Prevention and Control of Avian
Influenza, information on other infected countries, maps and tables.
It is expected to become available soon on FAO's website at
<http://www.fao.org/eims/secretariat/empres/eims_search/simple_s_result.asp?topic_docrep=172>. -