African swine fever,
Korea (Rep. of)

Information received on 08/11/2019 from Dr Dae Gyun Kim, Chief Veterinary Officer, Director General, Animal Health Policy Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Sejong-si, Korea (Rep. of)

Summary

Report type	Follow-up report No. 19
Date of start of the event	16/09/2019
Date of confirmation of the event	17/09/2019
Report date	08/11/2019
Date submitted to OIE	08/11/2019
Reason for notification	First occurrence of a listed disease in the country
Causal agent	African swine fever virus
Nature of diagnosis	Laboratory (advanced), Necropsy
This event pertains to	the whole country
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New outbreaks (7)

Outbreak 1

Baeckyeon-ri, Goonae-myeon, Paju-si, Gyeonggi-Do

Date of start of the outbreak

29/10/2019

Outbreak status

Continuing (or date resolved not provided)

Epidemiological unit

Forest

Affected animals

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Wild boar:Sus scrofa(Suidae)		1	1	0	0

Outbreak 2

Jeongja-ri, Goonae-myeon, Paju-si, Gyeonggi-Do

Date of start of the outbreak

29/10/2019

Outbreak status

Continuing (or date resolved not provided)

Epidemiological unit

Forest

Affected animals

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Wild boar:Sus scrofa(Suidae)		1	1	0	0

Outbreak 3

Dapgok-ri, Sinseo-myeon, Yeoncheon-gun, Gyeonggi-Do

Date of start of the outbreak

31/10/2019

Outbreak status

Continuing (or date resolved not provided)

Epidemiological unit

Forest

Affected animals

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Wild boar:Sus scrofa(Suidae)		1	1	0	0

Outbreak 4

Jinhyeon-ri, Wonnam-myeon, Cheorwon-gun, Gangwon-Do

Date of start of the outbreak

01/11/2019

Outbreak status

Continuing (or date resolved not provided)

Epidemiological unit

Forest

Affected animals

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Wild boar:Sus scrofa(Suidae)		1	1	0	0

Outbreak 5

Jukdae-ri, Wonnam-myeon, Cheorwon-gun, Gangwon-Do

Date of start of the outbreak

06/11/2019

Outbreak status

Continuing (or date resolved not provided)

Epidemiological unit

Forest

Affected animals

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Wild boar:Sus scrofa(Suidae)		1	1	0	0

Outbreak 6

hapo-ri, Jindong-myeon, Paju-si, Gyeonggi-Do

Date of start of the outbreak

06/11/2019

Outbreak status

Continuing (or date resolved not provided)

Epidemiological unit

Forest

Affected animals

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Wild boar:Sus scrofa(Suidae)		1	1	0	0

Outbreak 7

Jinhyeon-ri, Wonnam-myeon, Cheorwon-gun, Gangwon-Do

Date of start of the outbreak

06/11/2019

Outbreak status

Continuing (or date resolved not provided)

Epidemiological unit

Forest

Affected animals

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Wild boar:Sus scrofa(Suidae)		1	0	1	0

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 7

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Wild boar:Sus scrofa(Suidae)		7	6	1	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Wild boar:Sus scrofa(Suidae)	**	**	85.71%	**

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

**Not calculated because of missing information

Epidemiology

Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection	Unknown or inconclusive
Epidemiological comments	Epidemiological investigation is ongoing.

Control measures

Measures applied	Ante and post-mortem inspections Disinfection Control of wildlife reservoirs Official disposal of carcasses, by-products and waste Vaccination permitted (if a vaccine exists) No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	Vector surveillance Control of vectors Disinfestation

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type	Species	Test	Test date	Result
National Institute of Environmental Research (National laboratory)	Wild boar	real-time PCR	30/10/2019	Positive
National Institute of Environmental Research (National laboratory)	Wild boar	real-time PCR	01/11/2019	Positive
National Institute of Environmental Research (National laboratory)	Wild boar	real-time PCR	02/11/2019	Positive
National Institute of Environmental Research (National laboratory)	Wild boar	real-time PCR	07/11/2019	Positive
National Institute of Environmental Research (National laboratory)	Wild boar	real-time PCR	08/11/2019	Positive

Future Reporting

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

Map of outbreak locations