Flu Burung, Balitbang Kementan Serukan Perketat Pengawasan Produk Impor China
Avian Influenza, IAARD Urges Tightens Supervision of Imports Chinese Products
Reporter : Gusmiati Waris
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
Jakarta (B2B) - Merebaknya flu burung virus H7N9 yang ´baru´ di China, Badan Penelitian dan Pengembangan Pertanian di Kementerian Pertanian mengingatkan masyarakat untuk waspada terhadap penyebaran virus. Indonesia harus segera mengantisipasi dengan melarang impor unggas dan produknya maupun barang-barang yang dapat berperan sebagai media pembawa virus H7N9.
"Selain itu harus mampu menguasai teknik deteksi virus AI H7N9 secara cepat dan akurat. Badan Litbang Pertanian yang memiliki Unit Pelaksana Teknis (UPT) sebagai laboratorium rujukan untuk diagnosa penyakit hewan harus berperan dalam mengantisipasi virus berbahaya tersebut," kata Haryono, Kepala Badan Penelitian dan Pengembangan Pertanian di Kementerian Pertanian kepada pers dalam diskusi panel di Jakarta, Selasa (30/4).
Menurutnya, perkembangan penyakit ini tergolong cepat sejak kasus pertama diketahui pada pertengahan Februari 2013, sehingga Badan Kesehatan Dunia (WHO) mengkhawatirkan kemungkinan terjadinya Pandemi walaupun sampai saat ini belum ada bukti penularan antarmanusia.
"Bahaya tersebut mendorong WHO dan para ahli internasional mengingatkan agar masing-masing negara di Asia mengantisipasi terhadap kemungkinan menyebarnya penyakit tersebut," ungkap Haryono.
Menurutnya, kejadian wabah H7N9 di China ini mengingatkan kita pada wabah AI H5N1 yang terjadi di Indonesia pada 2003 dan menyebabkan kematian jutaan ekor unggas bahkan kematian manusia pada 2005 hingga 2011, kemudian wabah AI H5N1 Clade 2.3.2 pada itik sekitar Oktober hingga Desember 2012.
"Virus AI dapat dikelompokkan menjadi dua kelompok, yakni virus AI Low Pathogenic (LPAI) dan virus AI Highly Pathogenic (HPAI). Virus H7N9 ´baru´ ini tergolong LPAI pada unggas tetapi saat ini virus tersebut cukup mematikan bagi manusia yang terinfeksi.
Virus novel H7N9 ini, kata Haryono, merupakan virus baru ´gabungan´ dari tiga virus AI asal unggas yang memiliki sifat patogen rendah (Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza/LPAI).
Menurut peneliti, tambah Haryono, Gao et.al (2013), gen yang ditemukan dari virus H7N9 ini berasal dari unggas (avian origin). Virus ini merupakan virus reassortment 6 gen internal dari virus avian influenza A (H9N2) A/brambling/Beijing/16/2012, gen HA berasal dari A/duck/Zhejiang/12/2011 (H7N3) , dan gen NA diduga berasal dari A/wildbird/Korea/A14/2011 (H7N9).
Jakarta (B2B) - Anticipate the outbreak of bird flu H7N9 virus is ´new´ in China, Indonesian Agency for Agricultural Research and Development Ministry of Agriculture (IAARD) warned the public to be alert to the spread of the virus. Indonesia should be immediately anticipates by banning imports of poultry and its products, as well as items that can be a carrier of the virus H7N9.
"In addition, should recognize the H7N9 AI virus detection techniques, quickly and accurate. Agricultural Research and Development Body has Technical Unit (UPT) as a reference laboratory for animal disease diagnosis must act anticipates the dangerous virus," said Haryono, Head of Indonesian Agency for Agricultural Research and Development Ministry of Agriculture (IAARD) to the press in a panel discussion in Jakarta, Tuesday (30/4).
According to him, the development of this disease has been rapid since the first known case in mid-February 2013, that the World Health Organization (WHO) concerned about the possibility of a pandemic, although until now there has been no evidence human transmission.
"The danger has prompted the WHO and international experts warn that each country in Asia anticipates to possible spread of the disease," said Haryono.
According to him, an outbreak of H7N9 in China is reminiscent of the H5N1 AI outbreaks that occurred in Indonesia in 2003 and caused the death of millions of birds and even human deaths in 2005 to 2011, then AI H5N1 Clade 2.3.2 on ducks around October to December 2012.
"AI viruses can be classified into two groups, namely viruses Low Pathogenic AI (LPAI) and Highly Pathogenic AI virus (HPAI). Virus H7N9 ´new´ is classified as LPAI in poultry, but this time the virus is quite lethal to humans who are infected.
The novel H7N9 virus, said Haryono, a new virus ´combination´ of three avian origin AI virus, which has a low pathogenic nature (Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza / LPAI).
According to the researchers, added Haryono, Gao et.al (2013), a gene found on the H7N9 virus from birds (avian origin). This virus is a reassortment virus 6 internal genes of the avian influenza virus A (H9N2) A/brambling/Beijing/16/2012, the HA gene derived from A/duck/Zhejiang/12/2011 (H7N3), and NA genes thought to have come from a / wildbird/Korea/A14/2011 (H7N9).
