Latest information on Avian
Influenza
Additional outbreaks of H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian
Influenza (HPAI) were suspected and/or confirmed in Thailand.
Human cases were also reported in Thailand and Viet am during
this review ......Details
Avian influenza (“bird
flu”) and the significance of its transmission to human
Avian influenza is an infectious disease of birds caused
by type A strains of the influenza virus. The disease,
which was first identified in Italy more than 100 years
ago, occurs worldwide ......Details
Situation, Notification, Achievements, and
Recommendations
Heavy losses in poultry populations commenced in the region in
mid 2003. Starting in Dec 2003, eight countries and territories
(Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Lao PDR, Republic of Korea,
Thailand and Viet Nam) ......Details
Control Strategies for Highly
Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1) in Asia Incident Action Plan
The overall goal for response to a Highly Pathogenic Avian
Influenza is to detect, control, and eradicate the agent as
quickly as possible to return individual farms to normal
production and the Country to disease free status ......Details
Human Health
The occurrence of avian influenza in Asia is unprecedented in
scope and geographical distribution.
There is a clear link between the occurrence of highly avian
influenza in humans and a history of exposure to poultry
infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza......Details
Regional and International
Co-ordination, approach to countries
Asian member countries of the FAO and OIE have outlined their
national strategies related to the control of highly pathogenic
avian influenza (HPAI). They will take into account the
recommendations from FAO-OIE Conferences held in Rome .....Details
Control and Eradication
Strategies
Disease awareness, early detection and notification, are
pre-requisites of effective control programs aimed at
eradication of the infection in poultry. Biosecurity is an
essential part of the control of avian influenza and must be
given due importance in planning of control measures.....Details
Avian Influenza - Disease Card
Avian influenza (AI) has been recognised as a highly lethal
generalised viral disease of poultry since 1901. In 1955, a
specific type of influenza virus was identified as the causal
agent of what was then called fowl plague.....Details
Avian Influenza - Safety Measures
WHO interim recommendations for the protection of persons
involved in the mass slaughtering of animals potentially
infected with highly pathogenic......Details
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