Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Vietnam
VIETNAM - This is a Follow-up report (No. 2) via OIE on the recent outbreak of Avian Influenza in Vietnam.
1 March 2004
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See also: 30 January 2004, 9th January 2004
Information received on 21 February 2004 from Dr Bui Quang Anh, Director, Department of Animal Health, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Hanoi:
End of previous report period: 24 January 2004 (see Disease Information, 17 [5], 20, dated 30 January 2004).
End of this report period: 19 February 2004.
New outbreaks:
| Location | No. of outbreaks |
| An Giang | 143 |
| Bac Liêu | 21 |
| Ben Tre | 60 |
| Bình Ðinh | 14 |
| Bình Duong | 19 |
| Cà Mau | 28 |
| Can Tho | 17 |
| Cao Bang | 1 |
| Ðà Nang | 23 |
| Ðac Lac | 27 |
| Ðiên Biên | 8 |
| Ðông Nai | 4 |
| Ðông Tháp | 73 |
| Hà Nam | 62 |
| Hà Tây | 51 |
| Hai Duong | 65 |
| Hung Yên | 22 |
| Kiên Giang | 8 |
| Lai Châu | 17 |
| Lâm Ðông | 8 |
| Long An | 152 |
| Phú Tho | 57 |
| Quang Nam | 22 |
| Quang Ngãi | 3 |
| Sóc Trang | 24 |
| Son La | 13 |
| T. Thiên Huê | 14 |
| Tây Ninh | 22 |
| Thái Nguyên | 27 |
| Thanh Hoá | 42 |
| Tiên Giang | 91 |
| Tông sô | 35 |
| Trà Vinh | 10 |
| Vinh Long | 42 |
| Vinh Phúc | 33 |
| Yên Bái | 24 |
| Total | 1,282 |
Total number of animals in the new outbreaks:
| species | susceptible | cases | deaths | destroyed* | slaughtered |
| avi | ... | ... | ... | 6,621,985 | ... |
Note by the OIE Animal Health Information Department: The number of birds mentioned in the 'destroyed' column includes the number of birds dead from the disease. This number does not include the data for the outbreaks in T?ng s?.
Diagnosis:
A. Laboratory where diagnosis was made: National Centre for Veterinary Diagnosis.
B. Diagnostic tests used: haemagglutination inhibition test positive on 6 January 2004.
C. Causal agent: avian influenza virus subtype H5N1.
Source: Office International des Epizooties - 27th February 2004
