Flu Bird Flu In South America (undefined as type)

eeyore · Oct 8, 2008

<TABLE class=formlayout id=apex_layout_271110100662109808 summary=""><TBODY><TR><TD noWrap align=right>Archive Number</TD><TD noWrap align=left>20080925.3039</TD></TR><TR><TD noWrap align=right>Published Date</TD><TD noWrap align=left>25-SEP-2008</TD></TR><TR><TD noWrap align=right>Subject</TD><TD noWrap align=left>PRO/AH/EDR> Avian influenza (97): Mexico (Veracruz), LPAI, RFI</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

AVIAN INFLUENZA (97): MEXICO (VERACRUZ), LPAI, REQUEST FOR INFORMATION***********************************************A ProMED-mail post<http://www.promedmail.org>ProMED-mail is a program of theInternational Society for Infectious Diseases<http://www.isid.org>Date: Tue 23 Sep 2008Source: Diario del Istmo, Agencia Imagen del Golfo report [in Spanish, trans. & summ. CopyEd.MJ, edited]<http://www.diariodelistmo.com/istmo_nivel3.php?id_noticia=99606>An outbreak of bird flu was recorded in the northern area of the state of Veracruz, affecting 78 animals, which have already been slaughtered. Efrain Acosta Martinez, chief of the animal health program of SAGARPA [Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fishing, and Food] indicated that, in any case, surveillance continues, and an epidemiological barrier is already in place to stop the disease from spreading.Acosta Martinez added: "We have some outbreaks of avian influenza in backyards in the north, but we are already working hard [to control the situation]. We have evacuated the premises where the disease was detected, and we can say that we have it under control."The federal official also stated that the 78 cases were not detected in poultry farms but in animals raised in backyards. After the slaughter of the birds and epidemiological surveillance of the area, Veracruz retains its "free of avian flu" status. He explained that whenever a focus is detected, reaction has to be quick in order for the state to maintain its free-of-disease status; producers are compensated, [infected] animals are slaughtered, and long-term surveillance of the zone is implemented.[Byline: Karla Cancino]Other similar reports:<http://www.veracruzenred.com/nota.php?N=3D13&Id=26796><http://www.imagendelgolfo.com.mx/resumen.php?id=68700>--Communicated byroMED-mail<promed@promedmail.org>[This is stated to be a low pathogenic strain, although the strain type is not provided. In 2006 there was an outbreak of H5N2, low pathogenic in Chiapas state in southern Mexico. The officials are certainly taking it seriously. Ongoing surveillance is necessary to fully root out the disease from the back yard flocks. Information on the specific strain of avian influenza virus identified would be appreciated.For a map of Mexico with states, see <http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/americas/mexico_pol97.jpg>.For the interactive HealthMap/ProMED map of Mexico with links to recent ProMED-mail postings on events in Mexico and surrounding areas, see <http://healthmap.org/promed?v=24,-102.5,5>.- Mods.TG/MPP][see also:2006--

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