AVIAN INFLUENZA (47): WORLD UPDATE, FAO

Date: 11 Oct 2010
Source: FAOAIDEnews, Animal Influenza Disease Emergency Situation Update No
70 [summarised, edited]
<http://www.fao.org/docrep/013/ak783e/ak783e00.pdf>


At a glance: The latest HPAI outbreaks for the period 1 - 30 Sep 2010
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Note: AIDEnews publishes reports of confirmed HPAI cases using the
following sources: OIE, European Commission, FAO, and national governments.

Africa -- Egypt
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A total of 13 H5 HPAI positive cases were reported in 7 governorates from 1
to 30 Sep 2010:
Beni Suef (2), Fayoum (6), Giza (1), Menoufia (6), Qualioubia (3)
Governorates (number of outbreaks in the governorate is in brackets). All
of the outbreaks were in household poultry, except for one commercial farm
in the Qualioubia Governorate that had been vaccinated.

Asia -- Indonesia
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The Participatory Disease Surveillance and Response (PDSR) programme
through 33 Local Disease Control Centres covers 71 192 villages in 84 per
cent of Indonesia -- 448 districts and municipalities in 29 of its 33
provinces.

During July 2010, PDSR conducted surveillance in 1868 villages (2.6 per
cent). The overall HPAI incidence was 0.5 infected villages per 1000
villages under surveillance. The province with the highest incidence values
was Bengkuli (4.7 per 1000 villages). The number of newly infected villages
found during [July] was: 17 in Sumatra, 17 in Java, 2 in Kalimantan, and 3
in Sulawesi.

During August 2010, PDSR conducted surveillance in 1488 villages (2.1 per
cent). The overall HPAI incidence was 0.6 infected villages per 1000
villages under surveillance. The province with the highest incidence values
was Bengkuli (12.6 per 1000 villages). The number of newly infected
villages found during [August] by island was: 23 in Sumatra, 15 in Java, 5
in Kalimantan, and 1 in Sulawesi.

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communicated by:
Juan Lubroth
Chief, Animal Health Service/CVO-FAO Animal Production and Health Division
Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations
<http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/home/en/index.htm>

[The above issue 70 of FAOAIDEnews, available at the above URL, includes
the following items:
1. Avian Influenza: continued support is required
2. Satellite telemetry supports determination of HPAI
3. Most recent H5N1 AI outbreaks (country names), 2006-2010
4. At a Glance (copied above)
5. Summary of confirmed HPAI outbreaks (list of countries infected since
2003, pertaining to the dates of 1st and latest outbreaks, animals infected
to date, and human cases/death to date).

Item 5 lists 11 countries in Africa, 19 in Asia, 7 in the Near East and 26
in Europe. 10 of the affected European countries experienced H5N1 cases in
wild birds only.

The countries which have reported the highest number of human
cases/mortalities are: Indonesia (168/139), Vietnam (119/59), Egypt
(112/36), China (39/26), and Thailand (25/17).