Author: Cornelius Eko Susanto | Friday, December 21, 2012
JAKARTA - MICOM: Until now the government has yet to determine the origin of the H5N1 virus attacks the sub-variant ( clade ) which caused the death of hundreds of thousands of ducks in Java. Tracking the origin of infection is important, because the ground will be the most accurate in determining management policy. " Tracing the beginning of the outbreak in ducks into PR (homework) researcher at the Ministry of Agriculture, "said Secretary Emil Agustiono Komnas Zoonosis when contacted on Friday (21/12) .
As proclaimed earlier, the initial attack by the virus clade occurred only in ducks in Brebes, Central Java, around the beginning of December. Incidentally city located on Java's north coast region is famous as the center of commodity-producing salted eggs. Emil found, epidemiologically disease, tracing the origin of the outbreak can be started from this city. Now there are two possible causes strong H5N1 virus clade 2.1 into clade 2.3.2. possibility first, there has been a local mutation in the H5N1 virus that has been there in the duck's body. As we know, almost all of Indonesia's bird flu is endemic. Ducks itself actually quite carier H5N1 virus, which means that although the virus body, but does not cause onset (illness).
With the mutation, the virus becomes more virulent and caused the deaths of hundreds of thousands of ducks that were previously immune. possibility of transmission of the two is from the outside, the transmission could be due to the import of poultry from countries infected with or transmitting viruses occur from the migration of wild birds. commented Emil, the two possible origins transmission should be investigated. If transmission occurs due to mutation of the virus, then you need to know what factors are causing it to happen and the extent of the movement of movements? Conversely if there is contagion from abroad, then imported poultry should be closed or watch migrating wild birds. (Tlc/OL-9) http://m.mediaindonesia.com/index.php/read/2012/12/21/371768/293/14/Mutasi_Virus_Flu_Burung_masih_Misterius
