Read the latest situation report on avian influenza. Current evolution of avian influenza h5n1 viruses approaches to controlling, preventing and eliminating h5n1 hpai in endemic countries fao animal production and health paper no. Oie situation report for highly pathogenic avian influenza. Oie situation report for avian influenza 25 january 2018 2 current global situation as of 25 january 2018 1. H7n9 low pathogenic lp h7n9 virus was first detected in poultry in china in 20 and continues to circulate in several provinces of the country. Influenza is a common season pathology that occasionally presents pandemia, caused by a new influenza a virus subtype that results from the genomic recombination of. Oie situation report for avian influenza 31 august 2018 7 understanding the current global situation 1. The secure food supply plans for poultry, milk, pork and beef were developed to aid producers, transporters and food processors in the event of a foreign animal disease outbreak, like high pathogenicity avian influenza hpai. Avian influenza refers to the disease caused by infection with avian bird influenza flu type a viruses. Ai is a highly contagious disease and some strains can cause high mortality in poultry. Avian influenza refers to disease caused by infection with avian bird influenza flu type a viruses.
Oie hosts partners to kick off the allocation of funds to combat amr. Avian influenza, known informally as avian flu or bird flu, is a variety of influenza caused by viruses adapted to birds. International standards for the control of avian influenza. Several molecular assays for influenza a detection are available on the offlu website. Offlu is the oie fao global network of expertise on animal influenza working to reduce the negative impacts of animal influenza viruses by promoting effective collaboration between animal health experts and with the human health sector.
The type with the greatest risk is highly pathogenic avian influenza hpai. In 1999 two cases of human infections caused by avian. Type b and c influenza viruses are not known to infect poultry or do not cause disease in poultry. Is the current highly pathogenic avian influenza hpai situation exceptional and why. A free powerpoint ppt presentation displayed as a flash slide show on. Avian influenza a viruses can infect the respiratory and gastrointestinal tract of birds and have been isolated from more than 100 different species of wild birds around the world. Oie enero 2006 casos muertes casos muertes casos muertes casos muertes casos muertes casos muertes casos muertes 2003 00 0 000 33 000 03 3 2004 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 20 17 12 0 0 46 32 2005 0 0 8 5 16 11 61 19 5 2 4 4 94 41. Pdf on jan 1, 2009, a sanchez and others published influenza aviar. No significant change in indonesian bird flu virus pdf. Avian influenza ai or bird flu is a highly contagious viral infection which can affect all species of birds and can manifest itself in different ways depending mainly on the ability of the virus to cause disease pathogenicity and on the species affected.
Bird flu is similar to swine flu, dog flu, horse flu and human flu as an illness caused by strains of influenza viruses that have adapted to a specific host. The gene segments of the human h5n1 viruses were derived from avian influenza a viruses and not from circulating human influenza a viruses. The offices of the oie headquarters are closed from march 17, 2020. Molecular detection of influenza a and subtyping assays may be. Avian influenza ai is an infectious disease of birds caused by type a strains of the influenza virus. These viruses occur naturally among wild aquatic birds worldwide and can infect domestic poultry and other bird and animal species. Information on avian influenza avian influenza flu. This section presents data for the current global epidemics since the reemergence of hpai in domestic birds in 20 compared with previous years.