Beware of a new type of AI virus transmission to humans
By Nur Fitri Arifenie - Thursday, January 3, 2013 | 7:40 pm
. Attacks avian influenza (AI) aka bird flu (H5N1) is increasingly widespread. After infecting hundreds of thousands of birds in Java, bird flu has now pushed to the outside Java.
Hardiman, Head of the Central Veterinary Research Agricultural Research and Development Agency, said the spread of bird flu virus in ducks has occurred in nine provinces in Indonesia, namely in Central Java, East Java, West Java, Yogyakarta, Banten, Lampung, Riau, West Sulawesi, and South Sulawesi.
But the death of the local ducks that are found on farms and not in commercial farms. "We're working to spread is not up to the Bali ducks there as demand is high," said Hardiman.
Although already spread into nine provinces, the government has not set a status of bird flu in ducks as a plague.
Hardiman sure, Central Veterinary Research has completed studies on the bird flu virus that attacks the ducks lately. As a result, the bird flu virus came from abroad.
Bird flu virus in the clade 2.3.2 is not the result of mutations that have attacked clade2.1 local poultry. "But we're not sure if this virus from wild bird migration or importation of birds from both legal and illegal," said Indi Damayanti, researchers Central Veterinary Research.
Clearly, the bird flu virus in Indonesia has bird flu proximity to the specifications coming from Vietnam and the People's Republic of China in Guangzhou. Although clade 2.3.2 in Indonesia has not been transmitted from birds to humans, all parties asked warily.
Based on the behavior of the bird flu virus clade 2.3.2 in some countries such as Vietnam, China, Hong Kong and Bangladesh, found transmission from birds to humans. In Vietnam and Hong Kong cases of human deaths due to bird flu virus with the clade 2.3.2.
"Awareness of transmission to humans should be improved because H5N1 is a viral zoonosis (infection that can be transmitted from animals to
human or otherwise), "said Indi.
Center for Veterinary research results showed that clade 2.3.2 viruses not only infect ducks, but also pushed into the traditional market. Thus, the virus has spread to the public sector and the risk of infecting other birds and humans.
According Indi, penanggulanan bird flu virus clade 2.3.2 clade2.1 the same as biosecurity, vaccination, depopulation, traffic monitoring poultry, surveillance, restrukrurisasi poultry, and public awarness. The government is also preparing a vaccine to ward clade 2.3.2.
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