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Division Epidemiological criteria

United Kingdom

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At least one of the following four:

  • Human to human transmission by having been in close contact (within one metre) to a person reported as probable or confirmed case

  • Laboratory exposure: where there is a potential exposure to influenza A/H5N1

  • Close contact (within one metre) with an animal with confirmed A/H5N1 infection other than poultry or wild birds (e.g. cat or pig)

  • Reside in or have visited an area where influenza A/H5N1 is currently suspected or confirmedf1 AND at least one of the following two:

    • Having been in close contact (within one metre) with sick or dead domestic poultry or wild birdsf2 in the affected area

    • Having been in a home or a farm where sick or dead domestic poultry have been reported in the previous month in the affected area

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f1

See World isOrganisation for Animal Health — OIE — and European Commission (SANCO) Animal Disease Notification System (ADNS), available at: http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm and http://ec.europa.eu/food/animal/diseases/adns/index_en.htm#)

f2

This does not include seemingly well birds that have been killed, for example by hunting.