OUTBREAK REFERENCE

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START DATE

2022/11/16

END DATE

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DETAILED CHARACTERISATION

Clade: 2.3.4.4b - Lineage: Reassortment Eurasian and North American

FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION

Venezuelan Exclusive Economic Zone

SECOND ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION

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THIRD ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION

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EPIDEMIOLOGICAL UNIT

Natural park

LOCATION

Puerto Piritu, municipio Fernando de Peñalver, estado Anzoátegui

Latitude, Longitude

10.06273 , -65.04667

OUTBREAKS IN CLUSTER

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MEASURING UNIT

Animal

AFFECTED POPULATION DESCRIPTION

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Species

 

Susceptible

Cases

Deaths

Killed and Disposed of

Slaughtered/ Killed for commercial use

Vaccinated

Peruvian pelican (WILD)

NEW

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172

172

0

0

0

TOTAL

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172

172

0

0

0

METHOD OF DIAGNOSTIC

Diagnostic test

https://wahis.woah.org/#/in-event/4760/dashboard

Edited December 2, 20223 yr by niman

map update

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Edited December 2, 20223 yr by niman

On 25 November 2022, the National Institute of Integral Agricultural Health (INSAI) received a report of mortality observed in pelicans in mangroves in Puerto Píritu lagoon, in the area of the ecological recreational park "Luis Cabeza Martínez", north of Anzoátegui State. Four birds were necropsied and tissue samples were taken and sent to the National Institute of Hygiene Rafael Rangel (INHRR), where the first laboratory diagnosis was obtained on 27 November, and the H5 subtype was identified. Subsequently, the Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research (IVIC) confirmed the diagnosis and completed the characterization of the virus as H5N1 on 29 November 2022. There are no commercial poultry farms in the area. Active epidemiological surveillance is being maintained in backyard poultry and passive surveillance in wild birds.