OIE Report: China (People's Rep. of)

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OIE Report: Highly pathogenic avian influenza,
China (People's Rep. of)

Information received on 19/12/2008 from Dr Yu Kangzhen, National Chief Veterinary Officer , Veterinary Bureau , Ministry of Agriculture , Beijing, China (People's Rep. of)

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Start date	09/12/2008
Date of first confirmation of the event	18/12/2008
Report date	19/12/2008
Date submitted to OIE	19/12/2008
Reason for notification	Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	07/2008
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Serotype	H5N1
Nature of diagnosis	Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to	the whole country

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Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type: Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (national reference laboratory for avian influenza) (OIE’s Reference Laboratory)

Tests and results:
Species Test Test date Result
Birds haemagglutination inhibition test (HIT) 18/12/2008 Positive
Birds intravenous pathogenicity index (IVPI) test 18/12/2008 Positive

Birds real-time reverse transcriptase/polymerase chain reaction (RRT-PCR) 18/12/2008 Positive

Map of outbreak locations