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Foot and mouth disease,
China (People's Rep. of)

Information received on 01/03/2010 from Dr Zhang Zhongqui, Deputy Director General , China Animal Disease Control Centre, Veterinary Bureau, Beijing, China (People's Rep. of)

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Start date	22/02/2010
Date of first confirmation of the event	28/02/2010
Report date	01/03/2010
Date submitted to OIE	01/03/2010
Reason for notification	Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	01/2010
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Foot and mouth disease virus
Serotype	O
Nature of diagnosis	Clinical, Laboratory (basic), Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to	the whole country
Related reports	Immediate notification (01/03/2010) Follow-up report No. 1 (12/03/2010) Follow-up report No. 2 (30/03/2010) Follow-up report No. 3 (01/04/2010) Follow-up report No. 4 (08/04/2010) Follow-up report No. 5 (12/04/2010) Follow-up report No. 6 (21/04/2010) Follow-up report No. 7 (23/04/2010) Follow-up report No. 8 (30/04/2010) Follow-up report No. 9 (02/05/2010) Follow-up report No. 10 (31/05/2010) Follow-up report No. 11 (21/06/2010) Follow-up report No. 12 (28/06/2010) Follow-up report No. 13 (05/07/2010)

New outbreaks
Outbreak 1 Huangjingwei, Baiyun District, Guangzhou, GUANGDONG

Date of start of the outbreak 22/02/2010

Outbreak status Resolved (12/03/2010)

Epidemiological unit Village
Affected animals

Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered
Swine 8382 1474 0 8382 0

Summary of outbreaks Total outbreaks: 1

Outbreak statistics

Species Apparent morbidity rate Apparent mortality rate Apparent case fatality rate Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Swine 17.59% 0.00% 0.00% 100.00%

* Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction and/or slaughter

Epidemiology

Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection
Unknown or inconclusive

Epidemiological comments The infected site is relatively isolated with no cloven-hoofed animals raised in close proximity. All susceptible animals have been destroyed.
Serotype O last occurred in the country in 1999.

Control measures

Measures applied
Stamping out
Movement control inside the country
Zoning
Disinfection of infected premises/establishment(s)
No vaccination
No treatment of affected animals

Measures to be applied
No other measures

Diagnostic test results
Laboratory name and type Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute (National laboratory)

Tests and results

Species Test Test date Result
Swine enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) 28/02/2010 Positive
Swine polymerase chain reaction (PCR) 28/02/2010 Positive
Swine virus isolation 28/02/2010 Positive

Future Reporting
The event is continuing. Weekly follow-up reports will be submitted.

Map of outbreak locations

Location of current outbreaks

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