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South Korea: H5N1 in Fowl/Animals, 2 April 2008 +

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(LEAD) Gov't to halt poultry sales in traditional open markets
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SEOUL, April 30 (Yonhap) --

The government said Wednesday that it will temporarily halt the sale of ducks and chickens in traditional open markets to prevent the further spread of bird flu in the country.

The Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said the measures, which are to go into effect immediately, will involve markets in the country's provincial cities and towns.
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울주 AI의심 닭 충북과는 무관​
AI is independent of suspected chicken ulju Chungbuk </TD></TR><TR><TD class=view_sub_t>
간이 검사결과 음성 판명​
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Livestock farms in North Chungcheong Province, a petition ohchang Ulsan earthen pot is shipped pyesadwae avian influenza (AI) has nothing to do with the suspect, but said North Chungcheong Province.
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Ulsan, according to Mr. Park to help uljugun ungchonmyeon daebokri merchants through the middle of the last 21 days and cheongwongun Gimhae, Ulsan, 120 Nam in the purchase of 28, raising 104 chickens were pyesadwae AI has raised doubts.
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Accordingly ohchang farmers turning to ban the screening of an emergency maneuver dongdang putting in 40 to 10 marissik ousted four buildings, one result of all liver tests' negative 'turned out. ;)
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Also said: "ohchang petition through the earthen pot dealer breeding farms in the middle uljugun (100) and Pusan, including the captain of the five farmers to sell more than 1,000 dogs, but ulju farmers and the rest of the region is safe dalman our own state, appears likely infected "He said.
Turning to my farm outside the sterilized if conducted in preparation for the livestock around and spray saengseokhoereul penalties, including clinical observation yechal continually unfolding ramp.
Meanwhile, so far, 54 cases of suspected AI cocktails were reported, of Sunchang JeongeupIC Kimje Iksan, North Jeolla Province, South Jeolla Province Naju Lingyan, games Pyongtaek, South Chungcheong Province as AI hwakjin Nonsan in all 29 gobyeongwonseong Foods. :tiphat: http://209.85.171.104/translate_c?h...news.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=114506
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Avian influenza is spreading to the Gyeongsang provinces after hitting the Jeolla and Gyeonggi regions.

A case of bird flu has been confirmed in Ulsan, South Gyeongsang Province and another case is suspected in Daegu.

The Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries found the H-Five-type avian influenza virus at a chicken farm in Ulsan. The ministry will confirm whether the virus is highly pathogenic or not by Thursday.

The death of chickens at the farm in the southeastern coastal city was reported Monday.

Quarantine authorities will cull more than 100 chickens at the infected farm and three neighboring farms.

Inspectors are investigating whether poultry raised in a Daegu home was infected with the disease, as five fowl were found dead there. Five of the remaining fowl at the home tested positive for bird flu.

As of noon on Wednesday, 55 bird flu cases have been reported. Among them 29 were confirmed to be highly pathogenic. :tiphat:
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SEOUL, May 1 (Yonhap) -- A suspected bird flu case has been reported in Busan while two more outbreaks in the southeastern region of South Korea have been confirmed as virulent strains of the avian influenza, the government said Thursday.

The Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said quarantine experts have been dispatched to northern Busan, where sudden deaths of chickens have been reported.:tiphat: </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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Source: http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200805/s2233182.htm?tab=latest

SKorea probes another suspected bird flu outbreak

South Korea has reported a new suspected bird flu outbreak, as officials confirm two more cases of the virus despite a big poultry cull.

The agriculture ministry says experts have travelled to the southern port city of Busan following a report of chickens dying suddenly.

It says two outbreaks reported earlier in North Kyeongsang province have been confirmed as the virulent H5N1 strain of the virus.

More than five million chickens and ducks have been slaughtered since the latest outbreak was reported on April 5.

South Korea reported seven cases of H5N1 infection between November 2006 and March last year, resulting in the temporary suspension of poultry exports to Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan and elsewhere.
 
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Commentary http://www.recombinomics.com/feed.xml http://www.newsnow.co.uk/nn/Recombinomics

H5N1 Spread in Eastern South Korea

Recombinomics Commentary 13:30
May 1, 2008

The government said Wednesday that it will temporarily halt the sale of ducks and chickens in traditional open markets to prevent the further spread of bird flu in the country.

A suspected bird flu case has been reported in Busan while two more outbreaks in the southeastern region of South Korea have been confirmed as virulent strains of the avian influenza, the government said Thursday.

The above comments describe the record spread of H5N1 in South Korea, including new outbreaks in the southeast (see satellite map). Over 6 million birds have been culled and the sale of birds at open markets has been suspended.

The outbreaks are likely linked to wild bird migration. Whooper swans have tested positive in Japan this week The affected regions in southern Korea are under a whooper swan flyway from Mongolia. Last season, the H5N1 in South Korea and presumably Japan, were closely related to clade 2.2 H5N1 from a summer of 2006 outbreak at the largest lake in Mongolia, Uvs Lake. The clade 2.2.3 strain linked to Uvs Lake has also spread throughout Europe and the Middle East.

Japan has recently announced the activation of a pre-pandemic vaccine plan that begins with first responders and may include 10-20 million citizens. Similarly, the United States has ordered up to 38.5 million doses of a vaccine targeting clade 2.2 isolate from a bar-headed goose. Clade 2.2 is linked to migratory birds and reported in over 50 countries west of China, including those in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.:tiphat:
http://www.recombinomics.com/News/05010801/H5N1_Korea_East.html
 
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Whooper Swans have been known to inhabit the outer Aleutian Islands of Attu, Atka, Amchitka, Kanaga, & St. Paul in the late fall, winter, and early spring.

In late May and June, these islands act as magnets for Asian species that make their first North American appearance on the islands.

For an article with a lits of birds to be seen there, see http://www.surfbirds.com/trip_report.php?id=109

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Source: http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/business/2008/05/03/52/0501000000AEN20080503000400320F.HTML

2008/05/03 09:41 KST
Highly pathogenic bird flu strain killed chickens in Daegu: quarantine service

혻 혻 DAEGU, May 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's quarantine service said Saturday that a highly pathogenic strain of the bird flu virus was responsible for the sudden death of chickens at a private home in Daegu.

혻 혻 The National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service (NVRQS) said the H5N1 strain of the bird flu killed the five birds at the private home in the industrial city 302 kilometers southeast of Seoul.

혻혻 It said to prevent further spreading of the avian influenza, 260 chickens raised in three small-scale farms within a three kilometer radius of the home have been culled and buried.

혻혻 Quarantine officials said the five chickens were purchased at a local open air market and are tracking where the birds came from.

혻혻 Earlier in the week, the government said it would ban the sale of all poultry sold at traditional markets that are open at regular intervals. The measures were taken after experts said the recent outbreaks in the southeastern Gyeongsang region were caused by people buying birds from such markets, which have largely escaped government oversight owing to their relatively small size.

혻혻 Authorities meanwhile said that decontamination efforts were underway within 10 kilometers of the Daegu home with close observation being carried out on homes and small-time poultry farms within this zone.

혻혻 The government has been catching considerable flak for failing to contain the outbreaks, which have generally been centered around the Jeolla region in southwestern South Korea.

혻혻 yonngong@yna.co.kr
 
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    Accordingly, the authorities are defenses of the National Science geomyeokwon to the inspection commission and the chickens within a radius of 3 ㎞ (4100 yeomari got 12) and duck (1 yeomari got 100) for measures to restrict moves yesterday.

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Highly pathogenic bird flu strain killed chickens in Daegu: quarantine service

DAEGU, May 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's quarantine service said Saturday that a highly pathogenic strain of the bird flu virus was responsible for the sudden death of chickens at a private home in Daegu.

The National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service (NVRQS) said the H5N1 strain of the bird flu killed the five birds at the private home in the industrial city 302 kilometers southeast of Seoul.

It said to prevent further spreading of the avian influenza, 260 chickens raised in three small-scale farms within a three kilometer radius of the home have been culled and buried.

Quarantine officials said the five chickens were purchased at a local open air market and are tracking where the birds came from.

Earlier in the week, the government said it would ban the sale of all poultry sold at traditional markets that are open at regular intervals. The measures were taken after experts said the recent outbreaks in the southeastern Gyeongsang region were caused by people buying birds from such markets, which have largely escaped government oversight owing to their relatively small size.

Authorities meanwhile said that decontamination efforts were underway within 10 kilometers of the Daegu home with close observation being carried out on homes and small-time poultry farms within this zone.

The government has been catching considerable flak for failing to contain the outbreaks, which have generally been centered around the Jeolla region in southwestern South Korea.:tiphat: http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/business/2008/05/03/52/0501000000AEN20080503000400320F.HTML
 
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Chonbuk reached 120 billion won in damages AI <!-- 제목 -->


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<SCRIPT src="/nocut/takeJs/bestCutNew.js?ver=20080503111351" type=text/javascript></SCRIPT> Jeonbuk regional avian influenza 120 billion in direct and indirect losses of nearly a provisional tally.

According to the Chinese government and anti-epidemic authorities, salcheobun reward reward Obsolete eggs 3 billion won and 30.7 billion won and 3.7 billion won buhwajongran compensation, including direct damage amounted to 39.9 billion won.

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In addition, the breeding farms salcheobun suspended due to damage caused by indirect 73.8 billion, losses due to closure of six places buhwajang 13 billion won, and got four yugijil fertilizer plant closure and indirect damage caused by a loss of 79.5 billion won eokyeowon 8 this year.

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Busan and Daegu see latest outbreaks this week
May 03, 2008​
</TD></TR><TR><TD class=actxt id=articleBody style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 18px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 20px; LINE-HEIGHT: 27px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">Bird flu outbreaks in Korea are spreading to Korea??s southeast as poultry deaths from the H5 virus were reported in the cities of Busan and Daegu this week. The cases came one day after two new cases were confirmed Thursday in Ulsan, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Busan and Yeongcheon, 35 kilometers from Daegu, officials said yesterday.
Four chickens died at the Gijang farm in Busan and five chickens died in Suseong District in Daegu this week due to the avian influenza virus. All remaining 370 chickens at the infected sites were slaughtered.
The National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service is conducting more tests to determine if the virus that killed the chickens is the H5N1 strain,;) which is highly contagious to birds and can infect humans.
Government authorities had confirmed two cases of bird flu in the cities of Ulsan and Yeongcheon, Gyeongsang provinces, that led to culling of about 50,000 poultry within a 3-kilometer-radius of the infected farms.
Authorities also ordered a ban on the movement of about 600,000 fowls within a 10-kilometer-radius of the infected farms.
??We just finished slaughtering chickens at the bird flu-infected farms,?? said a Yeongcheon county official, declining to be named. ??We are very busy trying to stop the spread of bird flu outbreak in our region.??
The most recent confirmed outbreaks mean the bird flu that started at a Gimje farm in southwestern Korea at the beginning of April is now spreading southeast.
Since the first confirmed case of the H5N1 strain of avian influenza was found at a Gimje farm in North Jeolla in early April, 31 confirmed cases have been found in Jeolla, Gyeonggi, Chungcheong, and Gyeongsang provinces, prompting the slaughter of more than 6.4 million chickens and ducks. That exceeds the culling of 5 million poultry in the 2003 bird flu outbreak.:tiphat:
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2889342

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Bird flu spreading in South Korea, officials say



Agence France-Presse
First Posted 02:48pm (Mla time) 05/03/2008


SEOUL -- Bird flu outbreaks have spread to six of South Korea's nine provinces despite a massive cull which saw the slaughter of more than five million chickens and ducks last month, officials said Saturday.
An outbreak reported Wednesday at a farm around 300 kilometers (187 miles) southeast of Seoul was confirmed after blood tests as the virulent H5N1 strain of the disease, the agriculture ministry said.
It raised to 23 the total number of outbreaks reported across six provinces of South Korea.
Only the northeastern province of Gangweon, North Chungcheong in the centre and the southern island of Jeju have been unaffected so far, according to the ministry.
Meanwhile quarantine authorities denied allegations they had covered up an outbreak of avian influenza in the province of North Gyeongsang last month.
Responding to a television report, they said they had been cautious of the results of preliminary tests on poultry at Yeongcheon City, but final results confirmed the outbreak.
South Korea reported seven cases of H5N1 infection cases between November 2006 and March last year, resulting in temporary suspension of poultry exports to Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan and elsewhere.
Last June, however, the World Organization for Animal Health classified the country as free from the disease.
The H5N1 strain has killed more than 240 people worldwide since late 2003. No South Koreans are known to have contracted the disease.

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The U.S. Embassy cannot provide a background check or fingerprinting","metaData": {"geoArea": "99051.9","geoCountry": "South Korea","geoIsoCountryCode": "KR","geoLocation": "(127.85017, 36.448151)","geoName": "South Korea","geoPlaceType": "Country","type": "shortcuts:/us/instance/place/kr/country"} },"lw_1209846378_46": {"text": "FBI","extended": 0,"startchar": 10833,"endchar": 10835,"start": 10853,"end": 10855,"extendedFrom": "","predictedCategory": "ORGANIZATION","predictionProbability": "0.932106","weight": 0.35,"type": ["shortcuts:/us/instance/organization/government", "shortcuts:/us/tag/news/organization"],"category": ["ORGANIZATION"],"context": "criminal background check either by submitting their fingerprints to the FBI or by applying for a local police check where they" },"lw_1209846378_47": {"text": "http://www.asktheconsul.org/E2ec07.htm","extended": 0,"startchar": 11013,"endchar": 11050,"start": 11033,"end": 11070,"extendedFrom": "","predictedCategory": "","predictionProbability": "0","weight": 1,"type": ["shortcuts:/us/instance/identifier/URL"],"category": ["IDENTIFIER"],"context": "checks in the U.S. are explained on our website at http://www.asktheconsul.org/E2ec07.htm. Local police stations in the Republic of Korea are able" },"lw_1209846378_48": {"text": "FBI","extended": 0,"startchar": 11157,"endchar": 11159,"start": 11177,"end": 11179,"extendedFrom": "","predictedCategory": "ORGANIZATION","predictionProbability": "0.910494","weight": 0.35,"type": ["shortcuts:/us/instance/organization/government", "shortcuts:/us/tag/news/organization"],"category": ["ORGANIZATION"],"context": "able to take fingerprints that can be sent to the FBI for a background check. U.S. Embassies are, unfortunately, prohibited from" },"lw_1209846378_49": {"text": "http://seoul.immigration.go.kr/HP/IMM80/index.do","extended": 0,"startchar": 11850,"endchar": 11897,"start": 11870,"end": 11917,"extendedFrom": "","predictedCategory": "","predictionProbability": "0","weight": 1,"type": ["shortcuts:/us/instance/identifier/URL"],"category": ["IDENTIFIER"],"context": "at 500-9116, 500-9117, or 500-9118, or consult their website at http://seoul.immigration.go.kr/HP/IMM80/index.do or the Ministry of Justice website (in Korean only) at" },"lw_1209846378_50": {"text": "http://moj.korea.kr/moj/jsp/moj1_branch.jsp?_action=news_view&_property=p_sec_1&_id=155250149","extended": 0,"startchar": 11955,"endchar": 12047,"start": 11975,"end": 12067,"extendedFrom": "","predictedCategory": "","predictionProbability": "0","weight": 1,"type": ["shortcuts:/us/instance/identifier/URL"],"category": ["IDENTIFIER"],"context": "or the Ministry of Justice website (in Korean only) at http://moj.korea.kr/moj/jsp/moj1_branch.jsp?_action=news_view&_property=p_sec_1&_id=155250149. ------------------------------------------- 7. Recent Travel Warnings and Travel Alerts ------------------------------------------- The U.S. Department" },"lw_1209846378_51": {"text": "Burundi","extended": 0,"startchar": 12312,"endchar": 12318,"start": 12332,"end": 12338,"extendedFrom": "","predictedCategory": "PLACE","predictionProbability": "0.94754","weight": 0.35,"type": ["shortcuts:/us/instance/place/bi/country", "shortcuts:/us/instance/place/destination"],"category": ["PLACE"],"context": "warnings or travel alerts for the following countries and regions: Burundi 04/22/2008 China 04/25/2008 Comoros 04/07/2008 Haiti 04/11/2008 Lebanon 04/21/2008 Mexico","metaData": {"geoArea": "27068.2","geoCountry": "Burundi","geoIsoCountryCode": "BI","geoLocation": "(29.920389, -3.3879099)","geoName": "Burundi","geoPlaceType": "Country","type": "shortcuts:/us/instance/place/bi/country"} },"lw_1209846378_52": {"text": "China","extended": 0,"startchar": 12335,"endchar": 12339,"start": 12355,"end": 12359,"extendedFrom": "","predictedCategory": 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Embassy Contact Information ------------------------------ American Citizen Services U.S. Embassy Seoul 32, Sejongno, Jongno-gu Seoul 110-710, Korea - or - American Citizen Services","metaData": {"geoArea": "602.214","geoCountry": "South Korea","geoIsoCountryCode": "KR","geoLocation": "(126.97738, 37.557121)","geoName": "Seoul","geoPlaceType": "Town","geoState": "Seoul","geoTown": "Seoul","type": "shortcuts:/us/instance/place/kr/town","utc_offset": "+0900"} },"lw_1209846378_63": {"text": "Seoul 110-710, Korea","extended": 0,"startchar": 13519,"endchar": 13538,"start": 13539,"end": 13558,"extendedFrom": "","predictedCategory": "PLACE","predictionProbability": "0.868655","weight": 0.974431,"type": ["shortcuts:/us/instance/place/kr/zip"],"category": ["PLACE"],"context": "Information ------------------------------ American Citizen Services U.S. Embassy Seoul 32, Sejongno, Jongno-gu Seoul 110-710, Korea - or - American Citizen Services U.S. Embassy, Seoul Unit #15550 APO","metaData": {"geoArea": "23.6317","geoCountry": "한??*","geoIsoCountryCode": "KR","geoLocation": "(126.97087, 37.591179)","geoName": "110","geoPlaceType": "Zip","geoState": "서울","geoTown": "서울","geoZip": "110","type": "shortcuts:/us/instance/place/kr/zip"} },"lw_1209846378_64": {"text": "Seoul","extended": 0,"startchar": 13589,"endchar": 13593,"start": 13609,"end": 13613,"extendedFrom": "","predictedCategory": "PLACE","predictionProbability": "0.971773","weight": 0.35,"type": ["shortcuts:/us/instance/place/destination", "shortcuts:/us/instance/place/kr/town"],"category": ["PLACE"],"context": "Jongno-gu Seoul 110-710, Korea - or - American Citizen Services U.S. Embassy, Seoul Unit #15550 APO AP 96205-5550 Tel: 02-397-4114 Fax: 02-397-4101 DSN","metaData": {"geoArea": "602.214","geoCountry": "South Korea","geoIsoCountryCode": "KR","geoLocation": "(126.97738, 37.557121)","geoName": "Seoul","geoPlaceType": "Town","geoState": "Seoul","geoTown": "Seoul","type": "shortcuts:/us/instance/place/kr/town","utc_offset": "+0900"} },"lw_1209846378_65": {"text": "http://www.asktheconsul.org/","extended": 0,"startchar": 13684,"endchar": 13711,"start": 13704,"end": 13731,"extendedFrom": "","predictedCategory": "","predictionProbability": "0","weight": 1,"type": ["shortcuts:/us/instance/identifier/URL"],"category": ["IDENTIFIER"],"context": "" },"lw_1209846378_66": {"text": "http://www.usavisas.org/","extended": 0,"startchar": 13723,"endchar": 13746,"start": 13743,"end": 13766,"extendedFrom": "","predictedCategory": "","predictionProbability": "0","weight": 1,"type": ["shortcuts:/us/instance/identifier/URL"],"category": ["IDENTIFIER"],"context": "" },"lw_1209846378_67": {"text": "seoul_acs@state.gov","extended": 0,"startchar": 13757,"endchar": 13775,"start": 13777,"end": 13795,"extendedFrom": "","predictedCategory": "","predictionProbability": "0","weight": 1,"type": ["shortcuts:/us/instance/identifier/email_address"],"category": ["IDENTIFIER"],"context": "02-397-4114 Fax: 02-397-4101 DSN: 721-4114 English: http://www.asktheconsul.org/ Korean: http://www.usavisas.org/ E-mail: seoul_acs@state.gov End of newsletter text" }};YAHOO.Shortcuts.overlaySpaceId = "97546169";YAHOO.Shortcuts.hostSpaceId = "97546168";</SCRIPT>

U.S. State Department, U.S. Embassy Seoul
Consular Section, American Citizen Services (ACS) Newsletter
May 2008
</TT>3. Avian Flu Precautions
------------------------
There have been several instances of the H5N1 strain of avian flu in
poultry on farms throughout South Korea since April 3. The Embassy urges
Americans in South Korea to follow reports in the media and to take
precautions as suggested by the State Department at
http://travel.state.gov/travel/tips/health/health_3096.html
For additional up-to-date information on avian flu and a list of other
sources of information, please see the Embassy website at
http://seoul.usembassy.gov/avian_flu2.html. Also please visit the U.S.
Government’s official clearinghouse on pandemics at
www.pandemicflu.gov and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/.
:tiphat: http://seoul.usembassy.gov/index.html
 
Re: South Korea:H5N1 Spreading in Fowl, 2 April 2008 +

Re: South Korea:H5N1 Spreading in Fowl, 2 April 2008 +

niman said:
Commentray

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/05030801/H5N1_Korea_Migration_NE.html
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Commentary

H5N1 Spread in Korea Linked to Northeastern Migration?

Recombinomics Commentary 10:54
May 3, 2008

Bird flu outbreaks have spread to six of South Korea's nine provinces despite a massive cull which saw the slaughter of more than five million chickens and ducks last month, officials said Saturday.

An outbreak reported Wednesday at a farm around 300 kilometers (187 miles) southeast of Seoul was confirmed after blood tests as the virulent H5N1 strain of the disease, the agriculture ministry said.

It raised to 23 the total number of outbreaks reported across six provinces of South Korea.

Meanwhile quarantine authorities denied allegations they had covered up an outbreak of avian influenza in the province of North Gyeongsang last month.

Responding to a television report, they said they had been cautious of the results of preliminary tests on poultry at Yeongcheon City, but final results confirmed the outbreak.

The above comments confirm that H5N1 has spread throughout South Korea (see satellite map) and the disclosure of the spread has been delayed by the withholding of test results. This approach is similar to the control efforts by India.

South Korea has defined 11 outbreaks in OIE reports, which have not been filed since the middle of last month. The most recent report, and associated press releases, were careful to draw distinctions between highly pathogenic H5 and highly pathogenic H5N1, when in fact the only difference is the number of confirmatory tests that have been announced. Last season the H5N1 in south Korea was the Uvs Lake strain of H5N1, which is within a sub-clade (2.2.3) of clade 2.2. It is likely that this seasons outbreaks will be related, so the H5N1 will have the HA cleavage site GERRRKKR. Sequencing of the cleavage site is one of the first tests on influenza A positive samples. The series of test are confirmatory in nature. Samples with GERRRKKR will be H5 which will be highly pathogenic H5, which will be highly pathogenic H5N1, which will be clade 2.2 H5N1, which will be clade 2.2.3, which will be the Uvs Lake strain of clade 2.2.3. Thus, the distinction between highly pathogenic H5 and highly pathogenic H5N1 is only administrative, and dependent on the extent of completing a series of confirmatory tests.

These distinctions have been used to delay confirmation that the soldier infected with highly pathogenic H5 is infected with highly pathogenic H5N1.

However, these delays in testing can lead to delays in actions, which leads to an increase in spread. More than 6 million birds have been culled and live market trading has been suspended, but new outbreaks are confirmed as test results are announced.

This record break outbreak in South Korea has been followed by detection of H5N1 in northeastern Japan and southeastern Russia, which may be signaling migration of H5N1 to Alaska, which is likely seeded by the massive outbreaks in South Korea.

Release of H5N1 sequences from Korea, Japan, and Russia would be useful.


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