Pandemic influenza A/H1N1 2009, Finland (WAHID Interface - OIE World Animal Health Information Database, 11/30/09, edited)

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Pandemic influenza A/H1N1 2009, Finland (WAHID Interface - OIE World Animal Health Information Database, 11/30/09, edited)

Pandemic influenza A/H1N1 2009, Finland

Information received on 30/11/2009 from Dr Riitta Heinonen, Deputy Director General, Department of Food and Health, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, HELSINKI, Finland

• Summary
  • Report type Immediate notification (Final report)
  • Start date 18/11/2009
  • Date of first confirmation of the event 25/11/2009
  • Report date 30/11/2009
  • Date submitted to OIE 30/11/2009
  • Date event resolved 30/11/2009
  • Reason for notification Emerging disease
  • Morbidity 80 %
  • Mortality 0 %
  • Zoonotic impact It affects also humans
  • Causal agent Pandemic A/H1N1 virus

• New outbreaks
  • Outbreak 1 - Teuva, L?NSI-SUOMI
    • Date of start of the outbreak 18/11/2009
    • Outbreak status Resolved (30/11/2009)
    • Epidemiological unit Farm
    • Affected animals: Species - Susceptible - Cases - Deaths - Destroyed - Slaughtered
      • Swine - 950 - 800 - 0 - 0 - 0
      • Affected Population A farm with 150 sows and 800 fattening pigs. The fattening pigs were sick with lack of appetite, fever and mild respiratory signs. All pigs recovered fully in 1-2 days.

• Summary of outbreaks
  • Total outbreaks: 1
  • Outbreak statistics: Species - Apparent morbidity rate - Apparent mortality rate - Apparent case fatality rate - Proportion susceptible animals lost*
    • Swine - 84.21% - 0.00% - 0.00% - 0.00%
    • * Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction and/or slaughter

• Epidemiology
  • Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection
    • Contact with infected person

• Epidemiological comments
  • The farmers were sick with flu-like symptoms a few days before the pigs got sick.
  • The farm is under voluntary restrictions agreed by the industry, which consist of a two-week quarantine for delivery of fattening pigs to other farms and a four-week quarantine for delivery of breeding pigs to other farms.
  • Pigs sent to slaughter must be free of clinical signs.

• Control measures
  • Measures applied
    • Quarantine
    • No vaccination
    • No treatment of affected animals
  • Measures to be applied
    • No other measures

• Diagnostic test results
  • Laboratory name and type Finnish Food Safety Authority (National laboratory)
    • Tests and results: Species - Test - Test date - Result
      • Swine - real-time reverse transcriptase/polymerase chain reaction (RRT-PCR) - 25/11/2009 - Positive
  • Laboratory name and type National Institute for Health and Welfare (National laboratory)
    • Tests and results: Species - Test - Test date - Result
      • Swine - gene sequencing - 30/11/2009 - Positive
      • Swine - real-time reverse transcriptase/polymerase chain reaction (RRT-PCR) - 26/11/2009 - Positive

• Future Reporting
  • The event is resolved. No more reports will be submitted.

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