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South Africa - Outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5 in poultry in farms 2023

South Africa - High pathogenicity avian influenza viruses (poultry) (Inf. with) - Follow up report 24


GENERAL INFORMATION

COUNTRY/TERRITORY OR ZONE
ZONE

ANIMAL TYPE
TERRESTRIAL

DISEASE CATEGORY
Listed disease

EVENT ID
5032

DISEASE
High pathogenicity avian influenza viruses (poultry) (Inf. with)

CAUSAL AGENT
Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus

GENOTYPE / SEROTYPE / SUBTYPE
Untyped or partially typed

START DATE
2023/04/18

REASON FOR NOTIFICATION
Recurrence of an eradicated disease

DATE OF LAST OCCURRENCE
2023/04/24

CONFIRMATION DATE
2023/04/26

EVENT STATUS
On-going

END DATE- SELF-DECLARATION
REPORT INFORMATION

REPORT NUMBER
Follow-up report 24

REPORT ID
FUR_167485

REPORT REFERENCE
HPAI_H5_2023_FU24

REPORT DATE
2024/05/28

REPORT STATUS
Validated

NO EVOLUTION REPORT

EPIDEMIOLOGY

SOURCE OF EVENT OR ORIGIN OF INFECTION
  • Unknown or inconclusive
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL COMMENTS
Coordinates modified to protect confidentiality as required by South African Legislation. This event is reported separately from event 3649 in poultry since only H5 has been identified so far, N identification is ongoing.

QUANTITATIVE DATA SUMMARY

MEASURING UNIT
Animal

SpeciesSusceptibleCasesDeathsKilled and Disposed ofSlaughtered/ Killed for commercial useVaccinated Birds (DOMESTIC)NEW30010001000---TOTAL179572111273011147114911569100

DIAGNOSTIC DETAILS

CLINICAL SIGNS
YES

METHOD OF DIAGNOSTIC
Diagnostic test
Real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR)Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute (OVI)Birds12023/04/262023/04/26Positive
https://wahis.woah.org/#/in-review/5032
 
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