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

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Source: http://in.reuters.com/article/health...23154020080419

South Korea confirms fresh bird flu case in poultry
Sat Apr 19, 2008 2:33pm IST

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's Farm Ministry reported on Saturday a new outbreak of bird flu at a chicken farm in the southwest, taking the total confirmed cases to 16 in poultry just over two weeks.

A ministry official said test results were confirmed positive for the H5N1 strain of the virus at a farm in Jeongeup, North Jeolla province, an area which saw an outbreak earlier this month.

It was one of three new suspected cases authorities said on Friday were investigating, as the worst outbreak in four years spread despite massive culling.

No human deaths from the disease have been reported so far from the country.

Yonhap News said South Korea has culled 3.7 million chickens and ducks out of nearly 4.8 million planned, the largest since the country killed 5.3 million between late 2003 and early 2004.

Quarantine workers and soldiers are working to complete culling in the hardest-hit North Jeolla province this weekend, the Farm Ministry official said.

South Korea had seven bird flu outbreaks between November 2006 and March last year.

Some 240 human deaths have been reported globally from the H5N1 strain and 381 confirmed cases of infection since 2003, according to World Health Organisation data.

(Reporting by Rhee So-eui; Editing by Sanjeev Miglani)

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Source: http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news...117_22783.html

04-20-2008 01:41
Korea Confirms Another Highly Pathogenic Bird Flu Outbreak

The government has confirmed an additional outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in the southwestern area of the country.

The Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said Saturday that the case of bird flu reported on Thursday at a chicken farm in Jeongeup, North Jeolla province, tested positive for the H5N1 virus. The farm is located four kilometers away from the area where the nation's third case of bird flu for this year was reported.

[HenryN]

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</TD></TR><TR><TD>SEOUL (Thomson Financial) - Almost 5 million poultry have been slaughtered in South Korea to contain the spread of bird flu since it hit the country earlier this month, the agriculture ministry said Sunday.

The avian influenza has hit 25 farms with 4.85 million chickens and ducks culled since the first outbreak on April 1, the ministry said in a statement.

The ministry statement on Sunday did not specify how many of the 25 outbreaks, though all involving the H5 virus, were of the "deadly" H5N1 strain that sometimes claims human lives.

"We have not made a full count of H5N1 outbreaks yet, which should be released after putting this epidemic under control first," Kim Chang-Sup, a director handling bird flu at the ministry, told Agence France-Presse Sunday.

"Simple test kits we use now in the field can verify if it is of avian influenza or not, but not of a subtype. If we confirm outbreaks, our priority goes to culling, not testing."

But Kim denied some news reports that 25 outbreaks were all of the H5N1 strain. Officials have privately confirmed at least seven H5N1 outbreaks.

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.

But last June the World Organisation 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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[HenryN]

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From April 15 OIE report

http://www.oie.int/wahid-prod/reports/en_fup_0000006963_20080415_182025.pdf

Out of the eleven outbreaks observed up to date in the country, five were confirmed as HPAI H5N1 subtype and six as HPAI H5 subtype.

[HenryN]

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Commentary

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/04200801/H5N1_Korea_Record.html

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Avian influenza early summer weather, especially in the killing occurred, and even more difficult to predict.

According to the authorities, Jeollabuk-do defenses yesterday afternoon in Gimje geumgumyeon yanggyejang reported suspicious jeopsudwae precision AI H5-type avian influenza virus is the result sahan Sword confirmed.

Therefore, the authorities raised the defenses of my farm 3km risk areas, including 40 million chickens Marie salcheobunhagiro 21 days. I found a few new Korean sites,but translation machines refuse the stories.This is a snip that says 40 million chickens in quarintine in 1 area for 21 days and the bf is becoming difficult to predict because it's spreading in warmer weather for the first time in Korea. http://jb.local.cbs.co.kr/Nocut/Show...&NewsCD=806554

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Record Levels of H5N1 in South Korea

Recombinomics Commentary 12:17
April 20, 2008

The avian influenza has hit 25 farms with 4.85 million chickens and ducks culled since the first outbreak on April 1, the ministry said in a statement.

The ministry statement on Sunday did not specify how many of the 25 outbreaks, though all involving the H5 virus, were of the "deadly" H5N1 strain that sometimes claims human lives.

"We have not made a full count of H5N1 outbreaks yet, which should be released after putting this epidemic under control first," Kim Chang-Sup, a director handling bird flu at the ministry, told Agence France-Presse Sunday.

But Kim denied some news reports that 25 outbreaks were all of the H5N1 strain. Officials have privately confirmed at least seven H5N1 outbreaks.

The above comments indicate South Korea is playing fast and loose with the facts regarding H5N1 infections throughout the southwestern portion of the country (see satellite map). The government has already filed OIE reports detailing 11 outbreaks by April 15. 6 were confirmed H5N1 and five were confirmed HPAI H5. HPAI H5 in South Korea in the proximity of HPAI H5N1 is H5N1. Although technically the N1 had not yet been determined, the HPAI would indicate that the cleavage site of H5 had been sequenced and it had a polybasic cleavage site, which would indicate the H5 was from H5N1 and probably the Uvs Lake strain of H5N1 (a more evolved version of the clade 2.2 Qinghai strain, which was reported for South Korea in the 2006/2007 outbreak.

An April 19 (Stars and Stripes) report from the US military in Korea indicates 20 outbreaks have been classified as HPAI H5 and 16 more farms were suspected H5N1, once again strongly suggesting that all 25 H5 outbreaks have been classified as HPAI H5, which means they will all be classified H5N1 after the N1 is determined.

Thus, stating that not all H5 outbreaks have been classified as H5N1 in the absence of a statement saying that not all H5 have been classified as HPAI H5 (which would subsequently be classified as H5N1) is at best misleading.

It is extremely likely that all 25 H5 outbreaks have already been classified as HPAI H5 and it is also extremely likely that the 15-20 suspect H5N1 outbreaks will test as HPAI H5, followed by the H5N1 Qinghai strain.

Thus, this outbreak will almost certain be the largest outbreak reported to date in South Korea (almost 5 million birds have already been culled), and would also highlight significant surveillance detection / reporting failures in neighboring countries, including Japan which has announce plans to implement a pre-pandemic vaccine program targeting 10-20 million citizens, beginning with first responders. http://www.recombinomics.com/News/04...ea_Record.html

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Farmer briefly halts quarantine efforts against bird flu Korean officials combating a deadly bird flu virus had to briefly halt

their quarantine activities Saturday when a man threatened to set
his farm on fire and harm himself unless the culling stopped,
police was quoted as saying by Yonhap News Agency.

The police in this remote area of Sunchang, some 360 kilometers south of Seoul, said the 37-year-old farmer doused a small part of his farmhouse with oil and threatened to set it afire while brandishing a weapon as if to injure himself.

The man, identified only by his surname Lee, demanded the quarantine officials withdraw after he saw 16,000 of his chickens culled, as part of the largest quarantine effort against the virus since 2006 in the country.

After half an hour of haggling, officials successfully persuaded the man's 63-year-old father to convince his son to allow the quarantine efforts to continue, the police said.

Korea has received reports of 46 suspected and confirmed outbreaks of bird flu as of Saturday morning, with 25 found to be linked to the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus.

Most of these cases are concentrated in Korea's southwestern areas that encompass Sunchang. A recent outbreak in Pyeongtaek, some 70 kilometers south of Seoul, raised concerns that the virus may be spreading further.

Quarantine officials said they have so far culled about 3.7 million poultry. They culled 5.6 million poultry in similar outbreaks in the winter of 2003 and destroyed 2.8 million more in 2006.

Even though no human death has been reported in Korea, some 240 people have reportedly died from the deadly H5N1 strain around the world, according to the World Health Organization.

Experts fear the virus, which usually spreads from birds to humans, could mutate into a form easily transmissible between people, triggering a deadly global pandemic.<!-- www.koreaherald.co.kr --> http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/


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Gobyeongwonseong the avian influenza (AI) outbreaks among poultry kept salcheobun down operations dongwondoen transported to a local hospital officials said.

Chonbuk Jeongeup noon 29 people on the 19th, added a sinjungri yanggyejang operations in salcheobun beolyideon sintae employees in eupsamuso Jo (40-degree F .8) let him down, Mr. breathing difficulties.

Cho reported by paramedics to a nearby hospital omgyeojyeo chuldonghan receiving treatment for life, and fortunately there is no hindrance reportedly regained consciousness.

Eupsamuso said, "Today was the first time Joe salcheobun operations at the scene of the Titanic mobilized a lot of dust in the hot wind that fell seems exhausted," he said. http://translate.google.com/translat...&hl=en&ie=UTF8


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Chonbuk AI salcheobun completed, the future of the system defenses.
Expressions jaeip hanging chickens until at least 93 days gobyeongwonseong avian influenza (AI) occurred in the region's poultry operations salcheobun finishing the 19th when both systems have gradually changed defenses.

According to the local AI jeonbukdo occurred from the date of the operation has completed salcheobun 21 (virus incubation period) after 3km radius of the area within the boundary area, the risk levels are one step natchwojyeo defenses bangyeokgwan map of cattle. Supervised exports of poultry. Accepted mouth .

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But already in the danger zone are all chickens in poultry such as ducks salcheobun stand in a big old farmhouse as it is not meaningful.

AI raised for 30 days after the 3-10km radius from the farm in the boundary area for poultry and yechal serum tests, and the AI bunbyeon further tests to confirm the outbreak, and more than likely does not exist to disable bangyeokdae (section).

At the same time, and had been tied up bangyeokdae disable the movement restrictions will be answered poultry.

However, even if the AI defenses raised in return for disabled can not immediately raise poultry.

Considering where the virus incubation period of 21 days to 21 days elapsed during the period to put back on breeding chickens to be tested.

At least there is no testing in the breeding of the National Science geomyeokwon a thorough examination of the virus detected is not only able to do the normal breeding.

This takes a minimum period of 93 job, in the process, if the virus is detected, and the situation is AI gajaebal go back to square one.

Meanwhile, the entire jeonbukdo salcheobun target of 4.16 million poultry for processing and final day to finish all of their tasks.

Lee Sung-jae in charge of livestock jeonbukdo defenses "for a long time to prevent the recurrence of AI in many ways, we will make a thorough examination," "AI balsaengji actual summit in poultry breeding, which takes takes more than 100 days," he said. http://209.85.135.104/translate_c?hl...19.99002175621

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Avian influenza early summer weather, especially in the killing occurred, and even more difficult to predict.

According to the authorities, Jeollabuk-do defenses yesterday afternoon in Gimje geumgumyeon yanggyejang reported suspicious jeopsudwae precision AI H5-type avian influenza virus is the result sahan Sword confirmed.

Therefore, the authorities raised the defenses of my farm 3km risk areas, including 40 million chickens Marie salcheobunhagiro 21 days. I found a few new Korean sites,but translation machines refuse the stories.This is a snip that says 40 million chickens in quarintine in 1 area for 21 days and the bf is becoming difficult to predict because it's spreading in warmer weather for the first time in Korea. http://jb.local.cbs.co.kr/Nocut/Show...&NewsCD=806554

AI is scary Chonbuk end of the first areas salcheobunyi Kimje avian influenza that occurred outside the boundary in the range salcheobun avian influenza occurring again.

Avian influenza early summer weather, especially in the killing occurred, and even more difficult to predict.

According to the authorities, Jeollabuk-do defenses yesterday afternoon in Gimje geumgumyeon yanggyejang reported suspicious jeopsudwae precision AI H5-type avian influenza virus is the result sahan Sword confirmed.

Therefore, the authorities raised the defenses of my farm 3km risk areas, including 40 million chickens Marie salcheobunhagiro 21 days.

Authorities are putting up defenses. Jeollabuk-do soldiers, and by the weekend sumgappeuge salcheobuneul proceed unless chugabalsaengman sigh expected to run out of the way, but went expectations.

Gimje further in the geumgu reported suspected avian influenza Jeonju received 19 adjacent area where the temperature is 28.4 degrees, and climb to record the weather in early summer.

In addition, on July 18, a day before the region CAMPUS do daytime maximum temperatures of 25.7, and 25.5 degrees was recorded in Jeonju Jeonju the same weather temperature is five degrees more than 6 pyeongnyeon dogaryang said that the high end of May.

Avian influenza has also been above 20 degrees Centigrade, the avian influenza activity, but this has been known to drop the prejudices that leapfrogs said.

This is the season when the avian influenza that occurred nine minutes without a semyieoseo dynamics research institutions should have added another AI challenge.

Deadline@cbs.co.kr

[Treyfish]

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Thanks,Doc!You are the man!

[HenryN]

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AI commando brigade in the region caused 200 people committed Sunchang




The Pentagon is avian influenza (AI) occurred in Sunchang Chonbuk commitment to the emergency 200 personnel from the 18th commando. The Pentagon official said, "a duck farm in Sunchang Chonbuk 'H5' Will AI virus is confirmed as the support for my salcheobuneul 203 Brigade commando forces committed 200" and "Up until now salcheobun support for the troops in the injected area Kimje 200 including 400 people, "he said.

Flu immunizations before they commit troops and the hangbayireoseuje (Tamiflu), taking its defenses suit and mask, protective glasses, wearing work.

The day after the operation with the local governments to return the goods defenses or discarded after a bath and new clothes, including infection prevention measures to be taken would galahipneun Pentagon officials explained.

Yisanghui Defense Minister visited the area yesterday afternoon Chonbuk Kimje, salcheobuneul plans to encourage support for the soldiers.

Threek@yna.co.kr

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[HenryN]

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The Pentagon on May 19 gobyeongwonseong avian influenza (AI) in the region kept balbyeonghan Chonbuk dalyina poultry including ducks commitment of 600 troops to support the salcheobuneul. The Pentagon official said, "Today, the 35 regional divisions and 7 Kimje 411 Airborne Brigade troops who, in Sunchang 203 commando brigades, each committed 200 troops" and "operating in the past five to 48 checkpoints injected force defenses to consider when So far, more than 2,000 troops were mobilized this year, "he said.

"The area in the 17th Kimje 151,000, and Kimje maemolhan yesterday, after 270,000 in Sunchang sunk in all areas" and "current target poultry processing of the remaining 420,000, respectively, Kimje and Sunchang, 3 10,000, the region is today Sunchang operation is terminated, "he explained.

The Defense Department task force after the withdrawal of the injected area Sunchang Kimje area has 411 soldiers to continue putting 20 min. Gwangwa poultry salcheobun with plans to complete the operation.

Flu Vaccinations commitment to the troops, of course, received a daily dose jeongssik hangbayireoseuje (Tamiflu) 1. In addition, the day after the operation, such as masks and suits with defenses defenses local governments to return or destroy materials and new clothes mokyokhan after infection and preventive measures taken galahipneun added that the Ministry of Defense said.

Hyunmin623@yna.co.kr

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[HenryN]

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Commentary

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/04200802/H5N1_Records.html