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Emergency Response Following Suspicion of an Avian Influenza Outbreak
Author(s) -
Dalla Pozza M.,
Ceolin C.,
Marangon S.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
zoonoses and public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.87
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1863-2378
pISSN - 1863-1959
DOI - 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2007.01083.x
Subject(s) - outbreak , preparedness , influenza a virus subtype h5n1 , legislature , limiting , emergency management , action (physics) , intervention (counseling) , control (management) , biosecurity , contingency plan , medicine , medical emergency , business , computer security , political science , virology , virus , computer science , mechanical engineering , physics , quantum mechanics , psychiatry , law , engineering , pathology , artificial intelligence
Summary The management of a suspected index case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI) is crucial to the subsequent actions aimed at limiting the spread of infection and ultimately in prompt eradication of the virus. In this study, the legislative basis, basic concepts and actions behind a successful disease management programme are reviewed. These include actions at local veterinary headquarters and at farm level which must be coordinated centrally to ensure the flow of information essential to decision making. The success of any emergency intervention strategy is dependent upon the level of preparedness, including action plans to source manpower, equipment and on the degree of communication between relevant parties. Availability of information on the successes and failures in field outbreak management, will inevitably result in improved AI control worldwide.