Highly pathogenic influenza A viruses (infection with) (non-poultry including wild birds),
Sweden

Information received on 07/01/2021 from Dr Hakan Henrikson, Chief Veterinary Officer, Swedish Board of Agriculture, Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation, Jönköping, Sweden

Summary

Report type	Follow-up report No. 5
Date of start of the event	01/11/2020
Date of confirmation of the event	26/11/2020
Report date	07/01/2021
Date submitted to OIE	07/01/2021
Reason for notification	Recurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	06/05/2018
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	Highly pathogenic influenza A virus
Serotype	H5N8
Nature of diagnosis	Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to	the whole country
Related reports	Immediate notification (27/11/2020) Follow-up report No. 1 (08/12/2020) Follow-up report No. 2 (09/12/2020) Follow-up report No. 3 (16/12/2020) Follow-up report No. 4 (23/12/2020) Follow-up report No. 5 (07/01/2021) Follow-up report No. 6 (12/01/2021) Follow-up report No. 7 (20/01/2021) Follow-up report No. 8 (21/01/2021)

Outbreaks

There are no new outbreaks in this report

Epidemiology

Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection	Contact with wild species
Epidemiological comments	In accordance with the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code, Article 10.4.1, point 8, this event does not change the disease free status of Sweden as these are wild birds, and therefore do not fall within the OIE definition of poultry.

Control measures

Measures applied	Official destruction of animal products Official disposal of carcasses, by-products and waste Stamping out Vaccination prohibited No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	No other measures

Future Reporting

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