title: Regaining Australia's equine influenza-free status: a national perspective.
abstract: The first cases of equine influenza (EI) in Australia were reported in late August 2007. By 14 March 2008, provisional freedom from EI was declared and in December 2008 Australia was officially declared EI-free, 12 months after the last reported clinical case. Containment, and ultimate eradication, of EI was achieved through a combination of movement restrictions, zoning, vaccination and enhanced biosecurity measures that drew on the resources and expertise of industry and state and federal governments. Through these measures, the EI outbreak, which peaked in October 2007, was contained to just 3% of Australia, with no new cases reported after 9 December 2007, just four months after the outbreak began.
authors.affiliation: Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia. Graeme.Garner@daff.gov.au
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Garner
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Scanlan
authors.forename: B D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Cowled
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carroll
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D006736:Horses; D015994:Incidence; D053123:Influenza A Virus, H3N8 Subtype / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009976:Orthomyxoviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D011159:Population Surveillance