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Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Print This Page Update on the highly pathogenic avian influenza In Thailand
THAILAND - This is a report via OIE on the latest HPAI outbreak in Thailand.
Information received on 31/01/2007 from Dr. Yukol Limlamthong, Director-General, Department of Livestock Development, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, BANGKOK, Thailand
Summary
| Report type | Follow-up report No. 2 |
| Start date | 09/01/2007 |
| Date of confirmation of event | 15/01/2007 |
| Report date | 31/01/2007 |
| Date submitted to OIE | 31/01/2007 |
| Reason for notification | Reoccurrence of listed disease |
| Date of previous occurrence | 16/07/2006 |
| Manifestation of disease | Clinical disease |
| Causal agent | Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus |
| Serotype | H5N1 |
| Nature of diagnosis | Suspicion, Clinical, Laboratory (basic), Laboratory (advanced), Necropsy |
| Report pertains to | Entire country |
| Related reports | |
| Outbreaks | There are no new outbreaks in this report |
Epidemiology
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| Epidemiological comments | Thailand is conducting from 3 January to 3 February 2007 its first intensive surveillance this year. This outbreak is the first finding in 2007. It corresponds to the current avian influenza case definition upon active clinical surveillance campaign. |
Control measures
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| Measures to be applied |
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Diagnostic test results
| Laboratory name and type | Lower Northern Veterinary Research and Development (Pitsanuloke) Centre, Department of Livestock Development. (Local laboratory) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Laboratory name and type | Lower Northern Veterinary Research and Development (Pitsanuloke) Centre, Department of Livestock Development. (Local laboratory) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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