Thursday, March 3, 2011

AVIAN INFLUENZA (22): PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY, WEST BANK, REQUEST FOR

A ProMED-mail post
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International Society for Infectious Diseases
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Date: Thu 3 Mar 2011
Source: SMS message, distributed by Israel's Avian Health Network
[in
Hebrew, trans. Mod.AS, edited]


An outbreak of HPAI H5N1 has been diagnosed in a turkey flock in the
village Silat al Harithiyah, West Bank, Palestinian Territories. The
flock is 75 days old with a very high mortality rate. Diagnosis was
carried out by PCR.

--
Communicated by:
Nati Elkin <nati@poultrymed.com>

[For the location of the village Silat al Harithiyah in the northern
part of the West-Bank, Jenin district, about 3 km from the boundary
with Israel
, see map at <http://healthmap.org/r/0xKm>.

Official confirmation from the Palestinian authorities and
information on the disease-control measures applied are anticipated.

Israel's Avian Health Network is a semi-governmental institution
engaged in the diagnosis and control of poultry diseases. - Mod.AS]


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