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AVIAN INFLUENZA (54): COTE D'IVOIRE (ABIDJAN) WILD BIRDS
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Date: Tue 20 Oct 2009
Source: Worldpoultry.net, OIE (World Animal Health Organisation)
report [edited]
<http://www.worldpoultry.net/news/ivory-coast-h5n1-infected-birds-reported-4443.html>
Ivory Coast: H5N1-infected birds reported
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Agricultural authorities in the Ivory Coast report that 30 wild
white-necked ravens have been found dead and 9 tested positive on the
highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1.
The birds died suddenly while they were flying over the secondary
school located at Cocody in Abidjan. The school was closed for 3
days. The staff members who handled the birds are under medical supervision.
The site and its surroundings have been completely disinfected using
Virkon. A surveillance zone was established within a 2 km [1.2 mi]
radius around the point where the birds fell.
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[Cote d'Ivoire officially notified OIE of this outbreak on 16 Oct
2009; see, with map, at
<http://www.oie.int/wahis/public.php?page=event_summary&reportid=8535>.
The diagnosis was carried out by the Central Laboratory of Animal
Pathology, Bingerville (National laboratory), which applied PCR.
Subscribers are referred to the posting 'Avian influenza, human (57):
Africa, phylogeny 20090322.1133'. - Mod.AS]
[Abidjan can be located on the HealthMap/ProMED-mail interactive map
of Cote d'Ivoire at <http://healthmap.org/r/00WH>. - Sr.Tech.Ed.MJ]
[see also:
Avian influenza, human (57): Africa, phylogeny 20090322.1133
2007
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Avian influenza (191): Benin, H5N1 conf 20071220.4091
Avian influenza, poultry vs migratory birds (25) 20070521.1613
Avian influenza (76): Ghana, conf. 20070502.1426
2006
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Avian influenza (166) - Cote d'Ivoire, China: OIE 20060731.2114
Avian influenza (121) - Burkina Faso 20060521.1442
Avian influenza - worldwide (103): Cote d'Ivoire 20060505.1297
Avian influenza - worldwide (98): Cote d'Ivoire, OIE 20060427.1218]
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