Vol. 2 No. 2 (2016): ANCAMAN VIRUS FLU BURUNG DALAM PERSPEKTIF PERTAHANAN NEGARA

Avian influenza virus naturally already exists in wild birds’ body (as host), so as the spreading of avian influenza outbreak is predicted to occur in wild birds migration pathways when the season changes in the Northern and Southern hemisphere. One of its characteristics is easy to mutate in every phase through its animal/human hosts, so that continuous report on its “epidemiological” development is required. The most urgent threat to note is the potential use of avian influenza virus as a raw material for “biological weapons” and as an instrument of terror. In order to anticipate this threat, we need a security concept which involves institutions/agencies related to levels and stages of emerging threats. Law No. 3/2002 in article 7 paragraph (3) puts governmental agencies and institutions as the spearhead in accordance with their respective field and function to handle a wide range of threats in integrated manner, including the threat of avian influenza.