PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (145) - USA: home remedy, bleach/household cleansers

Poisoning, COVID-19 -- United States
At least 4 states have seen an increase in the number of cases of people ingesting household cleaners in an effort to prevent or cure the coronavirus. Illinois, New York, Maryland, and Michigan have all seen increases.
Over the weekend, Illinois Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike warned people not to take those products as a form of home remedy.
"Some recent examples include the use of detergent solution for a sinus rinse and gargling with a bleach and mouthwash mixture in an attempt

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PRO/EDR> Methanol poisoning - Iran (02): inappropriate rumor-based COVID-19 treatment

COVID-19, Poisoning -- Iran
More than 700 people have died in Iran after ingesting toxic methanol, erroneously thinking it can cure the new coronavirus. The national coroner's authority said alcohol poisoning killed 728 Iranians between 20 Feb and 7 Apr 2020. Last year [2019] there were only 66 deaths from alcohol poisoning, according to the report.
Alcohol poisoning has seen a 10-fold increase in Iran in the past year, according to a government report released earlier in April [2020], amid the coronavirus

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PRO/AH/EDR> Undiagnosed pediatric inflammatory syndrome (02): France, UK, COVID-19 susp, RFI

COVID-19 -- France
The United Kingdom and Italy have in recent days sounded an alarm about a new disease with possible links to novel coronavirus. France has more than a dozen cases of children with inflammation around the heart after Britain sounded an alarm about a new disease with possible links to novel coronavirus. French health minister Olivier Veran said there was not enough evidence to confirm a link with the coronavirus sweeping the globe, but France was taking the cases "very seriously."
Britain's

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PRO/AH/EDR> Vesicular stomatitis - USA (02): (AZ,TX) horse, mixed st.

Vesicular Stomatitis -- United States
In its 22 Apr 2020 Situation Report, the Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed Arizona's 1st case of vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) for 2020. As a result, one premises in Cochise County is under quarantine. Cochise is Arizona's southeastern-most county.
The index premises houses 2 horses and 5 calves. Only one of the horses has shown clinical signs (oral lesions) of VSV. The signs reportedly appeared around 16

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PRO/AH/EDR> Lumpy skin disease - Syria: (LA) cattle, OIE

Lumpy Skin Disease -- Syria
Information received on [and dated] 30 Apr 2020 from Dr Hussein Al Souliman, director, Animal Health Directorate, Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Damascus, Syria
Summary:
Report type: immediate notification
Date of start of the event: 2 Apr 2020
Date of confirmation of the event: 30 Apr 2020
Date submitted to OIE: 30 Apr 2020
Reason for notification: recurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence: 8 Jan 2020
Manifestation of disease: clinical disease
Causal

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PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (144): China, South Korea, countries w/ high local transmission

COVID-19 -- China
Regarding health monitoring related to the spread of the new coronavirus [SARS-CoV-2] on the national territory:
- 203 591 cumulative cases
- 104 657 people are currently positive for the virus;
- 71 252 people have recovered;
- 19 210 patients are hospitalized with symptoms, 1795 in intensive care, and 83 652 are in home isolation;
- 27 682 deaths have been reported; however, this number can only be confirmed after the Istituto Superiore di Sanita has established the actual cause of

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PRO/AH/EDR> West Nile virus (02): Americas (Brazil)

West Nile Virus -- Brazil
West Nile fever virus infection is transmitted by _Culex_ mosquitoes (a common mosquito). It is an arbovirus like dengue, Zika, and chikungunya [viruses].
According to the Ministry of Health, there is no available treatment for mild or moderate cases -- the patient stays at rest and drinks liquids. For serious cases, attention in the intensive care unit is necessary.
Symptoms
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According to the Ministry of Health, about 20% of individuals with West Nile fever are symptomatic [as

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PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (143): USA (NY) zoo, tiger, lion, tests

COVID-19 -- United States


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PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (142): global, care home, WHO

COVID-19 -- Worldwide/Unknown
2 Feb 2020: 17 187 / ... / 80 024 / ... / 81 589 / ... / 82 830 / 82 836 / 82 858 / 82 858 / Mainland China
2 Feb 2020: 15 / ... / 3726 / ... / 9976 / ... / 10 738 / 10 752 / 10 761 / 10 761 / South Korea
Countries with major activity (more than 5000 cases with community spread)
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2 Feb 2020: 11 / ... / 76 / ... / 215 081 / ... / 987 160 / 1 010 356 / 1 035 765 / 1 045 717 / USA
2 Feb 2020: 1 / ... / 84 / ... / 104

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PRO/PL> Xylella fastidiosa - new host species

Xylella Fastidiosa -- Worldwide/Unknown
Thirty-seven new plant species have been identified as hosts of the _Xylella fastidiosa_ pathogen. Most were naturally (not artificially) infected and were found both in EU countries (France, Italy, Portugal, and Spain) and non-EU countries (USA and Iran). The new hosts include common ornamental, wild, and commercial plants such as fleabane (_Erigeron_ sp.), _Helichrysum stoechas_, pistachio (_Pistacia vera_), and persimmon (_Diospyros kaki_). The newly identified hosts are included in the

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PRO/AH/EDR> African swine fever - Asia (13): China, domestic, spread

African Swine Fever -- China
As China has largely brought the coronavirus pandemic under control within its borders, another highly contagious disease -- one affecting livestock -- is reappearing and raising questions about the accuracy of the country's reporting.
For about 4 months from mid-November 2019, pig farms in China reported no new cases of African swine fever (ASF), the deadly hemorrhagic disease that last year [2019] resulted in the loss of around 120 million hogs in the country. Chinese authorities said in

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PRO/EDR> Dengue/DHF update (05): Americas

Dengue -- Costa Rica
Cases by Country / Week updated / Serotype / Total / Confirmed / Severe / Deaths
North America
USA / 16 [w/e 18 Apr 2020] / D? / 133 / 133 / 0 / 0
Central America and Mexico
Belize / 7 [w/e 15 Feb 2020] / D1,3 / 473 / 156 / 0 / 0
Costa Rica / 12 [w/e 21 Mar 2020] / D1,2 / 1574 / 101 / 0 / 0
El Salvador / 15 [w/e 11 Apr 2020] / D2 / 2440 / 20 / 4 / 0
Guatemala / 11 [w/e 14 Mar 2020] / D1,2,3 / 2808 / 1130 / 1 / 1
Honduras / 13 [w/e 28 Mar 2020] / D1,2 / 11 460 / 21 / 982 / 982 /

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PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (140): China, South Korea, countries w/ high local transmission

COVID-19 -- China
Regarding health monitoring related to the spread of the new coronavirus [SARS-CoV-2] on the national territory:
- 201 505 cumulative cases
- 105 205 people are currently positive for the virus;
- 68 941 people have recovered;
- 19 723 patients are hospitalized with symptoms, 1863 in intensive care, and 83 619 are in home isolation;
- 27 359 deaths have been reported; however, this number can only be confirmed after the Istituto Superiore di Sanita has established the actual cause of

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PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (139): global, cruise ship overview, WHO

COVID-19 -- Worldwide/Unknown
2 Feb 2020: 17 187 / ... / 80 024 / ... / 81 589 / ... / 82 830 / 82 836 / 82 858 / Mainland China
2 Feb 2020: 15 / ... / 3726 / ... / 9976 / ... / 10 738 / 10 752 / 10 761 / South Korea
Countries with major activity (more than 5000 cases with community spread)
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2 Feb 2020: 11 / ... / 76 / ... / 215 081 / ... / 987 160 / 1 010 356 / 1 035 765 / USA
2 Feb 2020: 1 / ... / 84 / ... / 104 119 / ... / 226 629 / 229 422

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PRO/AH/EDR> Japanese encephalitis & other - India (03): (BR)

Japanese Encephalitis -- India
Twin sisters, aged 4, died of acute encephalitis syndrome in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district within hours of each other, a senior doctor said here on Tuesday [28 Apr 2020].
The girls, daughters of a labourer from Musahari block of the district, succumbed to the disease at Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital (SKMCH) on Monday [27 Apr 2020], its Superintendent S K Shahi said. They were admitted to the government hospital on [24 Apr 2020], he said.
The Sri Krishna Medical College and

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PRO/EDR> Norovirus - USA: frozen raspberries, cruise ships, 2019

Norovirus -- United States
Passengers contemplating boarding another cruise after the coronavirus pandemic might already be planning to pass up the buffet next time they sail due to social-distancing concerns, assuming ships don't do away with them anyway. But a new report published Friday [24 Apr 2020] by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention spotlights the smoothie bar, too.
The study identified frozen fruit -- namely raspberries -- used to make smoothies as the culprit of a norovirus outbreak that infected

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PRO/PL> Orange rust, sugar cane - Mauritius: new strain susp.

Other Plant Disease -- Mauritius
Orange rust caused by _Puccinia kuehnii_ was observed in Mauritius in March 2018 [ProMED-mail post https://bit.ly/2WaOCnV] on cultivar M 2705/06 under selection. Typical symptoms of cinnamon to yellowish brown lesions, with pustules protruding on the underside of leaves and occurring at times in patches were observed.
The causal agent of orange rust was confirmed by light microscopy, PCR using specific primers and sequencing of PCR fragments. It could be distinguished

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PRO/AH/EDR> Avian influenza (41): Hungary (BK, CS) poultry, HPAI H5N8, spread

Avian Influenza H5N8 -- Hungary
Cases of the H5N8 strain of the bird flu have been confirmed in 226 farms in Hungary's southern Bacs-Kiskun and Csongrad counties, leading to the culling of 3.5 million animals, the chief veterinary officer said on Monday [27 Apr 2020].
In areas where farms stood too close to each other, 870 000 poultry had to be culled to thin the stock and stop the virus from spreading, Lajos Bognar said. The farmers' damage totals at several billion forints [one billion Hungarian forints = ca. USD 3

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PRO/EDR> Malaria - Yemen

Malaria -- Yemen
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) yesterday [27 Apr 2020] warned of an "increasing risk of malaria outbreak in Yemen," as rain floods the country. "With the start of the rain season, a risk of a malaria outbreak in Yemen increases," MSF said on Twitter, on the occasion of the World Malaria Day [25 Apr 2020].
"While Yemen is currently preparing for a possible spread of COVID-19 the rest of the health system needs to be kept running, or else we must expect a rise in deaths from other diseases

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PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (138): India, wild tiger, fatal

COVID-19 -- India
[edited]

All forest department officials of Pench Tiger Reserve, who were quarantined after the death of T-21 tiger, have completed their quarantine period and all are fit now. The tiger died on [4 Apr 2020] in Pench Tiger Reserve. National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) had issued alert after tiger was found COVID-19 positive in US. Pench Tiger Reserve is spread in Seoni and Chhindwara districts in Madhya Pradesh.
The T-21 tiger died due to lungs infection and high fever.

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PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (137): China, South Korea, countries w/ high local transmission

COVID-19 -- China
Regarding health monitoring related to the spread of the new coronavirus [SARS-CoV-2] on the national territory:
- 199 414 cumulative cases
- 105 813 people are currently positive for the virus;
- 66 624 people have recovered;
- 20 353 patients are hospitalized with symptoms, 1956 in intensive care, and 83 504 are in home isolation;
- 26 977 deaths have been reported; however, this number can only be confirmed after the Istituto Superiore di Sanita has established the actual cause of

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PRO/EDR> Measles update (13): corr

Measles -- Bolivia
I would like to thank the ProMED-mail readers who brought to my attention the misleading statements mistakenly included in my comments ([4] Bolivia: atypical case), taken from the organization The National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC); specifically, "Published medical research indicates that vaccine failure due to waning immunity can occur, despite multiple doses of measles vaccine. Measles vaccine-acquired immunity is reported to wane in at least 5% of cases within 10 to 15 years after

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PRO/AH/EDR> Angiostrongylus vasorum, canine - UK: (England) spread

Other Animal Disease -- United Kingdom
Dog owners are being warned to be vigilant about a deadly infection their pet can catch just by playing in the garden, as numbers rise.
Dogs could be at risk of serious illness from the increasingly common lungworm disease which can be caused by the animals eating garden slugs, a leading vet charity says.
As slug numbers increase thanks to recent warm, wet weather, families at home are being asked to be mindful of the increased risk of lungworm when letting dogs play in back gardens

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PRO/PL> Tomato spotted wilt virus, potato - Australia: epidemiology

Other Plant Disease -- Australia
A project was undertaken to determine the drivers behind epidemics of _Tomato spotted wilt virus_ (TSWV) in potato crops. While major epidemics in potato are rare, when they do occur - as during the late 1990s and early 2000s in parts of southern Australia - significant losses will occur. TSWV infection in tubers can lead to internal blackening and necrosis. Often the symptoms may not be obvious from the outside of the tuber.
Major outbreaks in the late 1990s coincided with the first

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PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (135): Netherlands (NB) farmed mink

COVID-19 -- Netherlands
[edited]

A coronavirus infection among mink being raised on 2 fur farms in the Netherlands has forced the closure of several roads with people warned not to come within 400 meters [approx. 0.25 mi] of the farms. The 2 locations are in Gemert-Bakel and Laarbeek, about 10 km [approx. 6.2 mi] apart in the province of Noord-Brabant.
The virus was believed to be spread from humans at the farms to the mink, and not the other way around.
"As a precautionary measure, RIVM [public health

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PRO/AH/EDR> Undiagnosed pediatric inflammatory syndrome - UK: COVID-19 suspected, alert, RFI

COVID-19 -- United Kingdom
Please note this is a statement intended for medical professionals who look after critically ill children.
If you are a parent, please be assured that serious illness as a result of COVID-19 still appears to be a very rare event in children. If your child is unwell or has the symptoms of sepsis, then please seek medical attention in the usual way as set out in guidance from the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health:

Over the weekend, PICS members received an email alert from

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PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (134): China, South Korea, countries w/ high local transmission

COVID-19 -- China
Regarding health monitoring related to the spread of the new coronavirus [SARS-CoV-2] on the national territory:
- 197 675 cumulative cases
- 106 103 people are currently positive for the virus;
- 64 928 people have recovered;
- 21 372 patients are hospitalized with symptoms, 2009 in intensive care, and 82 722 are in home isolation;
- 26 644 deaths have been reported; however, this number can only be confirmed after the Istituto Superiore di Sanita has established the actual cause of

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PRO> Lassa fever - West Africa (17): Nigeria

Lassa Fever -- Nigeria
Key points
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Table 1: Summary of current week (16), cumulative from epiweeks 1-16, 2020, and comparison with previous year (2019)
Current week (16) [13-19 Apr 2020) / Cumulative weeks 1-16 / Cumulative 2019 weeks 1-16
Suspected cases: 89 / 4475 / 2289
Confirmed cases: 6 / 979 / 546
Probable cases: 0 / 14 / 15
Deaths: 0 / 188 / 123
Case fatality rate (CFR [%]): 25 / 19.5 / 22.7
Number of states affected: 5 / 27 / 21
Local government areas (LGAs) affected: 3 / 127 /

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PRO/EDR> Measles update (13)

Measles -- Worldwide/Unknown
Story Highlights
- A statement from the Measles & Rubella Initiative indicates that the COVID-19 pandemic could cause dozens of measles immunization campaigns worldwide to be postponed or suspended.
- The initiative estimates that more than 117 million children could be at risk of missing their measles vaccinations as a result.
- To address member concerns, the AAFP has developed resources on office preparedness and preventive and nonurgent care, including immunizations.
As the numbers

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PRO/EDR> COVID-19 update (132): China, South Korea, countries w/ high local transmission

COVID-19 -- China
Regarding health monitoring related to the spread of the new coronavirus [SARS-CoV-2] on the national territory:
- 193 351 192 994 total cases at the moment;
- 105 847 people are currently positive for the virus;
- 63 120 people have recovered;
- 21 533 patients are hospitalized with symptoms, 2102 in intensive care, and 82 212 are in home isolation;
- 26 384 deaths have been reported; however, this number can only be confirmed after the Istituto Superiore di Sanita has established the

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PRO/EDR> Antibiotic resistance: COVID-19, empiric antibiotics, secondary bacterial infect

COVID-19, Antimicrobial resistance -- Worldwide/Unknown
Growing evidence suggests that, as the COVID-19 pandemic moves across the world, it may drag a 2nd slow-motion pandemic behind it. Even though COVID-19 is a viral illness not affected by antibiotics, early data from hospitals shows that very high proportions of patients -- more than 90% in some cohorts -- are being treated with those drugs to cure or protect against secondary infections during respiratory illnesses or hospitalization. That's being accompanied by an unmeasured but possibly huge

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PRO/AH/EDR> African horse sickness - Thailand: (SK) spread, st 1, OIE

African Horse Sickness -- Thailand
Information received on [and dated] 24 Apr 2020 from Dr Sorravis Thaneto, director general, Livestock Development, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Bangkok, Thailand
Summary
Report type: follow-up report no. 4
Date of start of the event: 24 Feb 2020
Date of confirmation of the event: 27 Mar 2020
Date submitted to OIE: 24 Apr 2020
Reason for notification: 1st occurrence of a listed disease in the country
Causal agent: African horse sickness virus
Serotype: 1
Nature of

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PRO/EDR> COVID-19 update (131): global, Australia, USA outbreaks, WHO

COVID-19 -- Worldwide/Unknown
2 Feb 2020: 17 187 / ... / 80 024 / ... / 81 589 / ... / 82 747 / 82 758 / 82 788 / 82 798 / 82 804 / 82 816 / 82 816 Mainland China
2 Feb 2020: 15 / ... / 3726 / ... / 9976 / ... / 10 674 / 10 683 / 10 694 / 10 702 / 10 708 / 10 718 / 10 718 South Korea
Countries with major activity (more than 5000 cases with community spread)
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2 Feb 2020: 11 / ... / 76 / ... / 215 081 / ... / 763 836 / 792 759 / 819 164 / 830 572

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PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (130): USA (NY) zoo, tiger, lion, new cases

COVID-19 -- United States
Four more tigers and 3 lions at the Bronx Zoo in New York City have tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19, the zoo announced Wednesday afternoon [22 Apr 2020], following a National Geographic inquiry. This comes nearly 3 weeks after one tiger at the zoo was confirmed to have the virus and 6 other cats were said to be exhibiting symptoms.
The diagnosis of the tiger, named Nadia, represented "the 1st time, to our knowledge, that a [wild] animal has gotten sick from COVID-19 from

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PRO/AH/EDR> Undiagnosed deaths, coyote - Canada: (BC) poisoning, poss dog affected, RFI

Poisoning -- Canada
The British Columbia (BC) Conservation Officer Service is investigating after animals died or got sick from poisoning in recent weeks.
A statement said 2 coyotes were found dead near Pemberton Meadows area in the past several weeks. And a 3rd was found more recently on Wednesday [22 Apr 2020].
"Subsequent testing confirmed the animals died from poisoning," the statement read.
Meanwhile, the BC services said dogs around the area also got sick from contaminated processed meat. "All

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PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (129): China, S. Korea & high local transmission countries, Ecuador

COVID-19 -- China
Regarding health monitoring related to the spread of the new coronavirus [SARS-CoV-2] on the national territory:
- 192 994 total cases at the moment;
- 106 527 people are currently positive for the virus;
- 60 498 people have recovered;
- 22 068 patients are hospitalized with symptoms, 2173 in intensive care, and 82 286 are in home isolation;
- 25 969 deaths have been reported, however, this number can only be confirmed after the Istituto Superiore di Sanita has established the actual

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PRO/AH/EDR> African swine fever - Asia (12): China (SA, JS) domestic, spread, OIE

African Swine Fever -- China
Information received on [and dated] 13 Apr 2020 from Dr Huang Baoxu, secretary of the Party Leadership Group, Animal Health and Epidemiology Centre, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Qingdao, China (People's Rep. of)
Summary
Report type: immediate notification
Date of start of the event: 10 Apr 2020
Date of confirmation of the event: 12 Apr 2020
Reason for notification: recurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence: 4 Dec 2019
Manifestation of disease: clinical

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PRO/AH/EDR> Newcastle disease - North Macedonia: (GB) poultry, OIE

Newcastle Disease -- Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)
Information received on [and dated] Thu 23 Apr 2020 from Dr Zoran Atanasov, director, Food and Veterinary Agency, Food and Veterinary Agency, Food and Veterinary Agency, North Macedonia, Skopje, Former Yug. Rep. of Macedonia [North Macedonia]
Summary
Report type: immediate notification (final report)
Date of start of the event: 1 Apr 2020
Date of confirmation of the event: 22 Apr 2020
Date event resolved: 13 Apr 2020
Reason for notification: 1st occurrence of a listed

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PRO/AH/EDR> Undiagnosed deaths, bovine - Kazakhstan: (EK) RFI

Undiagnosed -- Kazakhstan
In the rural village of Koktal, East Kazakhstan region, compensation is being paid for dead animals. The head of the region, Danial Akhmetov, wrote about it on his social network page, Sputnik Kazakhstan reports.
Akhmetov noted that he was aware of the situation in the village of Koktal, Urjar district, and a special commission from the region is investigating the situation.
"Now that the quarantine regime has been introduced in the region, security measures have been tightened in the

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PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (127): China, S. Korea & high local transmission countries

COVID-19 -- China
China: 1 / 17 (1.7%)
Asia ex-China: 1 / 112 (11.0%)
Europe: 0 / 442 (43.3%)
Americas: 2 / 446 (43.7%)
Africa: 0 / 3 (0.3%)
Australia: 0 / 1 (0.1%)
Total: 4 / 1021
Where confirmed: New / Total
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Point of entry: 2 / 425 (41.6%)
Community: 2 / 596 (58.4%)
Nationality: New / Total
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Korean: 4 / 936 (91.7%)
Other: 0 / 85 (8.3%)
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[In the past 24 hours, the tally of confirmed cases of COVID-19

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PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (126): global, US (NY State) serosurvey, WHO

COVID-19 -- Worldwide/Unknown
2 Feb 2020: 17 187 / ... / 80 024 / ... / 81 589 / ... / 82 747 / 82 758 / 82 788 / 82 798 / 82 804 / Mainland China
2 Feb 2020: 15 / ... / 3726 / ... / 9976 / ... / 10 674 / 10 683 / 10 694 / 10 702 / 10 708 / South Korea
Countries with major activity (more than 5000 cases with community spread)
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2 Feb 2020: 11 / ... / 76 / ... / 215 081 / ... / 763 836 / 792 759 / 819 164 / 830 572 / 880 204 / USA
2 Feb 2020: 1

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PRO/PL> Citrus canker, lime - Mexico: 1st rep (TM)

Other Plant Disease -- Mexico
As part of the activities conducted by the National System for Phytosanitary Epidemiological Surveillance in Mexico, 4 plants of Mexican lime [cultivar] less than 3 years old were detected with citrus canker (_Xanthomonas citri_) in a non-commercial area. [The bacterium] was found in foliage on communal land [in a] rural area [of the] Municipality of Matamoros, State of Tamaulipas.
The National Service for Agri-Food Health, Safety and Quality, through the Plant Health Directorate, has

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PRO> Scrub typhus - Nepal: (GA)

Scrub Typhus -- Nepal
Doctors at the District Hospital in Myagdi warn of a spike in dengue and scrub typhus cases with the onset of summer. The hospital recently diagnosed a teenager with both dengue and scrub typhus.
According to doctors, a 17-year-old boy from Arman in Mangala Rural Municipality was tested positive for dengue and scrub typhus. The patient was admitted to the District Hospital in Myagdi following complaints of headache, fever, and joint pain 4 days ago. On 16 Feb [2020], a 45-year-old woman

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PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (125): China, S. Korea & high local transmission countries

COVID-19 -- United States
Regarding health monitoring related to the spread of the new coronavirus [SARS-CoV-2] on the national territory:
- 187 327 total cases at the moment;
- 107 699 people are currently positive for the virus;
- 54 543 people have recovered;
- 23 805 patients hospitalized with symptoms, 2384 2471 in intensive care, and 81 510 are in home isolation;
- 25 085 deaths have been reported, however, this number can only be confirmed after the Istituto Superiore di Sanita has established the actual

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PRO/AH/EDR> White spot disease - Australia: (QL) prawn, crab, OIE

Other Animal Disease -- Australia
Information received on [and dated] Tue 21 Apr 2020 from Dr. Mark Schipp, Chief Veterinary Officer, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Australian Government, Canberra, Australia
Summary
Report type: immediate notification (final report)
Date of start of the event: 6 Apr 2020
Date of confirmation of the event: 15 Apr 2020
Date event resolved: 21 Apr 2020
Reason for notification: Recurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence: Mar 2018
Manifestation of

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PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (124): USA (NY) cat, lion, OIE

COVID-19 -- United States
Information received on [and dated] Wed 22 Apr 2020 from Dr. Mark Davidson, associate administrator, USDA-APHIS, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, United States of America
Summary
Report type: follow-up report No 2
Date of start of the event: 27 Mar 2020
Date of confirmation of the event: 4 Apr 2020
Reason for notification: emerging disease
Morbidity: 2 (scale 0 to 5)
Mortality: 0 (scale 0 to 5)
Zoonotic impact: zoonotic potential currently unknown
Causal agent:

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PRO/AH/EDR> Pseudorabies (Aujeszky's disease) - France: (AR) wild boar, OIE

Other Animal Disease -- France
Information received on [and dated] Tue 21 Apr 2020 from Dr Loic Evain, Deputy Director General, CVO, Directorate General for Food, Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Paris, France
Summary
Report type: immediate notification
Date of start of the event: 6 Apr 2020
Date of confirmation of the event: 6 Apr 2020
Report date: 21 Apr 2020
Date submitted to OIE: 21 Apr 2020
Reason for notification: recurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence: 14 Jan 2020
Manifestation of

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PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update: (123): USA (NY) animal, cat, conf.

COVID-19 -- United States
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) today [Wed 22 Apr 2020] announced the 1st confirmed cases of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus causing COVID-19) infection in 2 pet cats. These are the 1st pets in the United States to test positive for SARS-CoV-2.
The cats live in 2 separate areas of New York state. Both had mild respiratory illness and are expected to make a full recovery.

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PRO/EDR> COVID-19 update (122): global, prison outbreak, WHO

COVID-19 -- Worldwide/Unknown
2 Feb 2020: 17 187 / ... / 80 024 / ... / 81 589 / ... / 82 747 / 82 758 / 82 788 / 82 788 Mainland China
2 Feb 2020: 15 / ... / 3726 / ... / 9976 / ... / 10 674 / 10 683 / 10 694 / 10 694 South Korea
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2 Feb 2020: 11 / ... / 76 / ... / 215 081 / ... / 763 836 / 792 759 / 819 164 / 830 572 USA
2 Feb 2020: 1 / ... / 84 / ... / 104 119 / ... /

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PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (121): research updates

COVID-19 -- Worldwide/Unknown
Collection of specimens from the surface of the respiratory mucosa with nasopharyngeal swabs is a procedure used for the diagnosis of COVID-19 in adults and children (1-4; see source URL for complete references). The procedure is also commonly used to evaluate patients with suspected respiratory infection caused by other viruses and some bacteria. This video (see source URL) describes the collection of nasopharyngeal specimens for detection of COVID-19, the illness caused by infection with

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PRO/EDR> Measles update (12)

Measles -- Argentina
James L Goodson, senior measles scientist at the Global Immunization Division at CDC's Center for Global Health, and colleagues discuss measles immunization, surveillance activities, and progress toward measles elimination in the Eastern Mediterranean region (EMR), writing, "To accelerate progress toward measles elimination in EMR, the visibility of efforts to achieve the measles elimination goal must be raised, including the benefits of achieving measles elimination. ... To achieve

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PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (120): China, S. Korea & high local transmission countries

COVID-19 -- United States
Regarding health monitoring related to the spread of the new coronavirus [SARS-CoV-2] on the national territory:
- 183 957 total cases at the moment;
- 107 709 people are currently positive for the virus;
- 51 600 people have recovered;
- 24 134 patients hospitalized with symptoms, 2471 in intensive care, and 81 104 are in home isolation;
- 24 648 deaths have been reported, however, this number can only be confirmed after the Istituto Superiore di Sanita has established the actual cause

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PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (119): global, serosurveys, WHO

COVID-19 -- Worldwide/Unknown
2 Feb 2020: 17 187 / ... / 80 024 / ... / 81 589 / ... / 82 747 / 82 758 / 82 788 / Mainland China
2 Feb 2020: 15 / ... / 3726 / ... / 9976 / ... / 10 674 / 10 683 / 10 694 / South Korea
Countries with major activity (more than 5000 cases with community spread)
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2 Feb 2020: 11 / ... / 76 / ... / 215 081 / ... / 763 836 / 792 759 / 819 164 / USA
2 Feb 2020: 1 / ... / 84 / ... / 104 119 / ... / 198 674 / 200 210 /

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PRO> Novel viruses - Brazil

Other Human Disease -- Brazil
Elizabeth Fahsbender, Antonio Charlys da-Costa, Danielle Elise Gill, Flavio Augusto de Padua Milagres, Rafael Brustulin, et al. Plasma virome of 781 Brazilians with unexplained symptoms of arbovirus infection include a novel parvovirus and densovirus.
Abstract
Plasma from patients with dengue-like symptoms was collected in 2013 to 2016 from the Brazilian states of Tocantins and Amapa. 781 samples testing negative for IgM against dengue, Zika, and chikungunya viruses and for flaviviruses,

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PRO/AH/EDR> Guinea worm - Ethiopia: (GA) WHO, susp

Guinea Worm -- Ethiopia
After reporting zero human cases for more than 2 years, Ethiopia has recorded 6 suspected new human cases (1) of dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease) over the past 2 weeks. All of them are from Gog district in the region of Gambela.
"All the 6 suspected new cases of infection are people who used water from farm side-ponds and all of them are now being followed-up in a containment centre (2)" said Dr Zeyede Kebede, Acting NTD Programme Coordinator, WHO Country Office, Ethiopia. "4 of the

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PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (118): China, S. Korea & high local transmission countries

COVID-19 -- United States
Regarding health monitoring related to the spread of the new coronavirus [SARS-CoV-2] on the national territory, there are 181 228:
- Positive: 108 237
- Recoveries: 48 877
- Patients hospitalized with symptoms: 24 906; 2537 in intensive care (lowest number in a month to date); 80 758 in home isolation
- Deaths: 24 114 died (this number can be confirmed only after the Istituto Superiore di Sanita has established the actual cause of the death).
Case distribution by province: number of

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PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (117): global, pandemic surge models, WHO

COVID-19 -- Worldwide/Unknown
2 Feb 2020: 17 187 / ... / 80 024 / ... / 81 589 / ... / 82 747 / 82 758 / Mainland China
2 Feb 2020: 15 / ... / 3726 / ... / 9976 / ... / 10 674 / 10 683 / South Korea
Countries with major activity (more than 5000 cases with community spread)
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2 Feb 2020: 11 / ... / 76 / ... / 215 081 / ... / 763 836 / 792 759 / USA
2 Feb 2020: 1 / ... / 84 / ... / 104 119 / ... / 198 674 / 200 210 / Spain
2 Feb 2020: 2 / ... / 1694 /

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PRO/PL> Greening, citrus - Kenya: 1st rep Asian greening; Ethiopia, Uganda: surveys

Other Plant Disease -- Kenya
Surveys were conducted in Uganda (300 sites), Ethiopia (170 sites) and Kenya (9 sites) to assess the status of citrus greening in these countries, identify the associated Liberibacter species in citrus plants and their psyllid vectors.
In Ethiopia, citrus greening symptoms were not seen at low altitudes

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PRO/AH/EDR> Ebola update (19): Congo DR (NK,IT) WHO, cases, summaries, response

Ebola -- DR Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has tracked 2 new Ebola cases, raising the outbreak's resurgence total to 5 cases [note WHO most recent case number is 6] that have emerged just as the country was poised to announce an end to an outbreak that began in August 2018.
All 5 of the recent cases have been in Beni, one of the hot spots of the outbreak.
Yesterday [16 Apr 2020] demonstrations broke out across Beni as citizens criticized the government's response to the flare-up of cases

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PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (116): China, S. Korea & high local transmission countries

COVID-19 -- United States
Regarding health monitoring related to the spread of the new coronavirus [SARS-CoV-2] on the national territory, there are 178 972 total cases
- Positive: 108 257
- Recoveries: 47 055; 25 033 hospitalized with symptoms; 2635 in intensive care;
- Deaths: 23 660 ( this number can be confirmed only after the Istituto Superiore di Sanita has established the actual cause of the death.
Case distribution by province: number of cases (number of new cases in past 24 hours)
Lombardy: 66 236

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PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (115): global, more naval ship outbreaks, WHO

COVID-19 -- Worldwide/Unknown
2 Feb 2020: 17 187 / ... / 80 024 / ... / 81 589 / ... / 82 249 / 82 295 / 82 295 / 82 367 / 82 719 / 82 735 / 82 747 /Mainland China
2 Feb 2020: 15 / ... / 3726 / ... / 9976 / ... / 10 564 / 10 591 / 10 591 / 10 635 / 10 653 / 10 661 / 10 674 / South Korea
Countries with major activity (more than 5000 cases with community spread)
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2 Feb 2020: 11 / ... / 76 / ... / 215 081 / ... / 586 941 / 613 886 / 622 412 / 677 570 /

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PRO/AH/EDR> Panleukopenia virus, feline - India: (KL) lethal

Other Animal Disease -- India
In the wake of a tiger in a New York zoo testing positive for Covid-19 recently, the death of 13 cats in Mananthavady last week has created panic among villagers of Lakshamveedu Colony, Kaniyaram and Kuzhinilam under Mananthavady Municipality [see comment]. In Lakshamveedu and Kuzhinilam areas, 10 and 3 cats were found dead, respectively.
However, in the primary investigation, the district veterinary epidemiologist confirmed that the cause of death was feline panleukopenia virus (FPV), also

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PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (114): China, South Korea & high local transmission countries

COVID-19 -- Worldwide/Unknown
Regarding health monitoring related to the spread of the new coronavirus [SARS-CoV-2] on the national territory, at the moment 172 434 people are positive for the virus.
42 727 people were healed.
- Recoveries: 42 727
- Patients hospitalized with symptoms: 25 786; 2812 in intensive care; 78 364 in home isolation.
- Deaths: 22 745 (this number can be confirmed only after the Istituto Superiore di Sanita has established the actual cause of the deaths).
Case distribution by province:

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PRO/AH/EDR> Japanese encephalitis & other - India (02): (BR)

Japanese Encephalitis -- India
Amid the coronavirus outbreak, Bihar has now reported 9 cases of acute encephalitis syndrome [AES], also known as brain fever, which killed more than 300 children in the state last year [2019].
Last month [March 2020], a 3-year-old boy died due to acute encephalitis syndrome at the ICU of state-run Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital (SKMCH) in Muzaffarpur around 48 hours after his admission, said Gopal Shankar Sahni, the head of the pediatric department of the facility.
The SKMCH

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PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (113): USA (NY) cats, animals, suspected, RFI

COVID-19 -- United States


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PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (112): global, WHO

COVID-19 -- Worldwide/Unknown
2 Feb 2020: 17 187 / ... / 80 024 / ... / 81 589 / ... / 82 295 / 82 295 / 82 367 / 82 719 / 82 719 Mainland China
2 Feb 2020: 15 / ... / 3726 / ... / 9976 / ... / 10 591 / 10 591 / 10 635 / 10 653 / 10 653 South Korea
Countries with major activity (more than 5000 cases with community spread)
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2 Feb 2020: 11 / ... / 76 / ... / 215 081 / ... / 613 886 / 622 412 / 677 570 / 710 021 / 728 293 USA
2 Feb 2020: 1 / ... / 84 /

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PRO/AH/EDR> Kyasanur Forest disease - India (18): (KA) human

Kyasanur Forest Disease -- India
Three persons have tested positive for Kyasanur Forest disease (KFD), also known as monkey fever, in the district since Thursday [16 Apr 2020].
On Thursday [16 Apr 2020], a 44-year-old woman from Muppane village in the Sharavathi backwater region in Sagar taluk tested positive for KFD. She was suffering from high fever and pain in joints since 12 Apr [2020]. She has been hospitalised and is being closely monitored. Another woman from Thorebailu village in Tirthahalli taluk who was suffering

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PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (111): China, S. Korea & high local transmission countries

COVID-19 -- China
At Civil Protection Department Headquarters, the Operational Committee keeps working to ensure the coordination of all operations by the components and operational structures of the National Civil Protection Service.
Regarding health monitoring related to the spread of the new coronavirus [SARS-CoV-2] on the national territory, there are 168 941 total cases.
- Positive: 106 962
- Recoveries: 42 727
- Deaths: 22 745 died (this number can be confirmed only after the Istituto Superiore di

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PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (110): global, asymptomatic, ship & homeless shelter, WHO

COVID-19 -- Worldwide/Unknown
2 Feb 2020: 17 187 / ... / 80 024 / ... / 81 589 / ... / 82 249 / 82 295 / 82 295 / 82 367 / 82 719 / Mainland China
2 Feb 2020: 15 / ... / 3726 / ... / 9976 / ... / 10 564 / 10 591 / 10 591 / 10 635 / 10 653 / South Korea
Countries with major activity (more than 5000 cases with community spread)
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2 Feb 2020: 11 / ... / 76 / ... / 215 081 / ... / 586 941 / 613 886 / 622 412 / 677 570 / 710 021 / USA
2 Feb 2020: 1 / ... /

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PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (109): China, S. Korea & high local transmission countries

COVID-19 -- China
Regarding health monitoring related to the spread of the new coronavirus [SARS-CoV-2] on the national territory, there are 168 941. At the moment 106 607 people are positive for the virus.
- Recoveries: 40 164
- Patients hospitalized with symptoms: 26 893; 2936 in intensive care; 76 778 in home isolation.
- Deaths: 22 170 (this number can be confirmed only after the Istituto Superiore di Sanita has established the actual cause of the death).
Case distribution by province: number of

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PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (108): global, Wuhan revision cases and deaths, WHO

COVID-19 -- Worldwide/Unknown
2 Feb 2020: 17 187 / ... / 80 024 / ... / 81 589 / ... / 82 249 / 82 295 / 82 295 / 82 367 / Mainland China
2 Feb 2020: 15 / ... / 3726 / ... / 9976 / ... / 10 564 / 10 591 / 10 591 / 10 635 / South Korea
Countries with major activity (more than 5000 cases with community spread)
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2 Feb 2020: 11 / ... / 76 / ... / 215 081 / ... / 586 941 / 613 886 / 622 412 / 677 570 / USA
2 Feb 2020: 1 / ... / 84 / ... / 104 119 / ... /

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PRO/AH/EDR> Ebola update (18): Congo DR (NK, IT) WHO, cases, summaries, vaccine res, RFI

Ebola -- DR Congo
The new vaccine takes a novel approach, according to the study. The researchers designed a bivalent, spherical Ebola virus-like particle (VLP) that incorporates 2 genetically diverse glycoproteins (one each from the Zaire Ebola virus and Sudan Ebola virus) on a spherical core.
This approach will not cause illness in the recipient as the VLPs lack the genetic material and do not multiply. The vaccine works by stimulating immune responses against Ebola that generate virus-fighting antibodies

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PRO/AH/EDR> Rabbit hemorrhagic disease - USA (02): (TX)

Hemorrhagic Fever -- United States
The following procedures can reduce the chance of RHDV2 and other contagious diseases from affecting domestic rabbits.
- House rabbits indoors, if possible
- Do not allow pet, feral, or wild rabbits to come in contact with your rabbits or gain entry to the facility or home.
- Always wash your hands with warm soapy water between pens and before and after entering your rabbit area.
- Keep a closed rabbitry. Do not introduce new rabbits from unknown or untrusted sources.
- If you bring new

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PRO/AH/EDR> Vesicular stomatitis - USA (01): (NM) horse, st. Indiana

Vesicular Stomatitis -- United States
The goal in the management of the disease is to accomplish effective control while minimizing the negative economic impacts to livestock owners.
Vesicular stomatitis is a viral disease that primarily affects horses and cattle and rarely swine, sheep, goats, llamas, and alpacas. The transmission of VSV is not completely understood but includes insect vectors such as black flies, sand flies, and biting midges.
The incubation period ranges from 2-8 days. Clinical signs include vesicles,

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PRO/AH/EDR> Anthrax, rabies - Kazakhstan: spatial ecological review

Rabies, Anthrax -- Kazakhstan
Citation:
Abdrakhmanov SK, Mukhanbetkaliyev YY, Korennoy FI, et al. Zoning of the republic of Kazakhstan as to the risk of natural focal diseases in animals: the case of rabies and anthrax. Geography, Environment, Sustainability. 2020; 13(1): 134-144. .
Abstract
Rabies and anthrax, being natural focal diseases, are characterized by the ability to persist in areas with a certain combination of environmental factors without human intervention. These infections annually cause sporadic

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PRO/EDR> COVID-19 update (107): China, S. Korea & high local transmission countries

COVID-19 -- China
Regarding health monitoring related to the spread of the new coronavirus [SARS-CoV-2] on the national territory, there are 165 155 total cases. At the moment 104 291 people are positive for the virus.
- Recoveries: 38 092
- Patients hospitalized with symptoms: 27 643; 3079 in intensive care; 74 696 in home isolation
- Deaths: 21 645 (this number can only be confirmed after the Istituto Superiore di Sanita has established the actual cause of the death).
Case distribution by province:

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PRO/AH/EDR> Foot & mouth disease - India: (MN) cattle

Foot and Mouth -- India
The unknown disease that has infected cattle in some areas of Churachandpur district has been confirmed to be foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), stated Veterinary and Animal Husbandry (V&AH) Services Director Dr H Chaoba.
Speaking to the media at his Sanjenthong office today [14 Apr 2020], Dr H Chaoba said that reports were received on 7 and 8 Apr [2020] about an unknown disease striking cattle at Thingkhanphai village of Churachandpur district and surrounding villages.
[Collected] samples

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PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (106): global, WHO

COVID-19 -- Worldwide/Unknown
2 Feb 2020: 17 187 / ... / 80 024 / ... / 81 589 / ... / 82 249 / 82 295 / 82 295 / Mainland China
2 Feb 2020: 15 / ... / 3726 / ... / 9976 / ... / 10 564 / 10 591 / 10 591 / South Korea
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2 Feb 2020: 11 / ... / 76 / ... / 215 081 / ... / 586 941 / 613 886 / 622 412 / USA
2 Feb 2020: 1 / ... / 84 / ... / 104 119 / ... / 170 099 / 174 060 / 177 633 /

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PRO/AH/EDR> Koala retrovirus - Australia: bat origin

-- Australia
Hayward JA, Tachedjian M, Kohl C, et al. Infectious KoRV-related retroviruses circulating in Australian bats. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2020. pii: 201915400. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1915400117; .
Before the discovery of the koala endogenous retrovirus (KoRV), mammalian endogenous retroviruses were thought not to produce infectious particles. KoRV retains its ability to form virus particles capable of 'de novo' horizontal infection transmission. Due to this, it is thought to be undergoing a process

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PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (105): China, S. Korea & high local transmission countries, forensic

COVID-19 -- United States
KCDC asked voters to carefully follow the infection prevention guidelines when casting their votes for the general election tomorrow (15 Apr 2020).
- Voters should wash their hands thoroughly before and after going to polling places, wear a facemask at polling stations, and keep a distance of at least 1 meter from other voters.
- At the entrance to the polling station, voters will undergo temperature checks, disinfect their hands with hand sanitizer, and put on disposable gloves. Voters

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PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (104): global, community mitigation & mobility, WHO

COVID-19 -- Worldwide/Unknown
2 Feb 2020: 17 187 / ... / 80 024 / ... / 81 589 / ... / 82 160 / 82 249 / 82 295 / Mainland China
2 Feb 2020: 15 / ... / 3726 / ... / 9976 / ... / 10 537 / 10 564 / 10 591 / South Korea
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2 Feb 2020: 11 / ... / 76 / ... / 215 081 / ... / 560 433 / 586 941 / 613 886 / USA
2 Feb 2020: 1 / ... / 84 / ... / 104 119 / ... / 166 831 / 170 099 / 174 060 /

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PRO/AH/EDR> Ebola update (17): Congo DR (NK, IT) WHO cases, perspective

Ebola -- DR Congo


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PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (103): research updates

COVID-19 -- Worldwide/Unknown
The Stanford Health Care Clinical Virology Laboratory serves adult and pediatric tertiary care hospitals and affiliated primary care and specialty clinics in the San Francisco Bay Area in California. We performed a retrospective study that evaluated all nasopharyngeal and bronchoalveolar lavage samples collected between [1 Jan and 26 Feb 2020], from inpatients and outpatients who had negative results by routine respiratory virus testing (respiratory pathogen or respiratory viral panels

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PRO/AH/EDR> Plague, animal - USA: (WY) cougar

Plague -- United States
In Yellowstone, cougars are facing an epidemic of their own: Bubonic plague.
The flea-borne disease, most famous for killing half of Europe during the medieval ages, is showing up in the cougar population inhabiting the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem [GYE], according to a recent study.
Findings suggest it could be widespread. Of the 28 big cats researchers tested, 12 were infected or had been infected, according to the study published in Environmental Conservation.
"This suggests that:

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PRO/AH/EDR> Kyasanur Forest disease - India (17): (KA) human

Hemorrhagic Fever -- India
A total of 5 new positive cases of Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD), also known as monkey fever, have been reported in the district since [Wed 8 Apr 2020].
On [Wed 8 Apr 2020], the blood samples of 4 persons tested positive for KFD; including 3 persons from Tirthahalli taluk and one from Sagar taluk [subdivisions of Shivamogga/Shimoga district] who is the father of the 4-year-old boy from Seegemakki in Sharavathi river [Sagartaluk] backwater region who was diagnosed for KFD recently. All 4

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PRO/AH/EDR> Decapod iridescent virus, shrimp - China: (GD)

Other Animal Disease -- China
Shrimp farmers in China are watching with growing horror as a mysterious virus decimates aquaculture farms in the southern province of Guangdong, slashing output of the popular seafood and threatening the livelihood of tens of thousands of households.
The virus, known as Decapod iridescent virus 1, or DIV1, was first detected as early as 2014, but came back with a vengeance last spring [2019] and again in February this year [2020], affecting about a quarter of the area under shrimp

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PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (102): China, S. Korea & high local transmission countries

COVID-19 -- United States
Regarding health monitoring related to the spread of the new coronavirus [SARS-CoV-2] on the national territory, there are 159 516 total cases. At the moment 103 616 people are positive for the virus; 35 435 people have recovered. There are 28 023 patients hospitalized with symptoms, 3260 are in intensive care, and 72 333 are in home isolation.
There have been 20 465 reported deaths, however, this number can only be confirmed after the Istituto Superiore di Sanita has established the actual

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PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (101): global, review of diagnostic testing, WHO

COVID-19 -- Worldwide/Unknown
2 Feb 2020: 17 187 / ... / 80 024 / ... / 81 589 / ... / 82 160 / 82 249 / Mainland China
2 Feb 2020: 15 / ... / 3726 / ... / 9976 / ... / 10 537 / 10 564 / South Korea
Countries with major activity (more than 5000 cases with community spread)
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2 Feb 2020: 11 / ... / 76 / ... / 215 081 / ... / 560 433 / 586 941 / USA
2 Feb 2020: 1 / ... / 84 / ... / 104 119 / ... / 166 831 / 170 099 / Spain
2 Feb 2020: 2 / ... / 1694 /

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PRO/AH/EDR> Heartland virus - USA

Tick-borne disease -- United States
J E Staples, D M Pastula, A J Panella, I B Rabe, O I Kosoy, W L Walker, J O Velez, A J Lambert, Investigation of Heartland virus disease throughout the United States, 2013-2017
Abstract
Background
Heartland virus (HRTV) was 1st described as a human pathogen in 2012. From 2013-2017, CDC implemented a national protocol to evaluate patients for HRTV disease, better define its geographic distribution, epidemiology and clinical characteristics, and develop diagnostic assays for this novel

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PRO/PL> Brown rot, potato - Uganda: survey

Other Plant Disease -- Uganda
First documented in Uganda in 1958, bacterial wilt [BW] is widespread, limiting yields and degrading seed [tuber] quality. But little is known about the extent of the disease and the type of pathogen strains involved. BW is not always apparent: the harvest can look healthy, but will not be fit as seed [tubers]. "There has been no monitoring and documentation of BW in Uganda," said Kalpana Sharma, CIP. Many African countries do not have measures in place to prevent its spread [and] do not have

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PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (100): China, S. Korea & high local transmission countries

COVID-19 -- United States
Situation in Spain
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In Spain to date [12 Apr 2020], 166 019 cases have been registered, 16 972 have died, and 62 391 were cured (Table 1 and Figure 1). The Autonomous Communities with the highest cumulative incidence in the last 14 days are La Rioja [520.8], Castile-La Mancha [415.8], Madrid [358.8], and Navarre [299.3] (Figure 2 Figure 3). The distribution by age groups of hospitalized, ICU and deceased cases is shown in Table 2.
Autonomous Community: Total / last 24

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PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (99): global, Austria asymptomatic infections, WHO

COVID-19 -- Austria
2 Feb 2020: 17 187 / ... / 80 024 / ... / 81 589 / ... / 81 708 / 81 740 / 81 802 / 81 865 / 81 907 / 81 853 / 81 953 / 82 160 / Mainland China
2 Feb 2020: 15 / ... / 3726 / ... / 9976 / ... / 10 284 / 10 331 / 10 384 / 10 423 / 10 450 / 10 480 / 10 480 / 10 537 / South Korea
Countries with major activity (more than 5000 cases with community spread)
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PRO/PL> Taphrina, stone fruit - India: (UT)

Other Plant Disease -- India
Fruit trees in Nainital district are becoming afflicted with taphrina fungus. Hail experienced earlier this year [2020] had damaged the fruit trees, on top of which taphrina is threatening to severely damage the peach and plum production in the mountainous regions.
The district horticulture officer said that farmers should have sprayed in November [2019] to protect their trees from taphrina. Currently, peach trees have been afflicted by this fungus, which causes the green leaves to turn

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PRO/AH/EDR> Lassa fever - West Africa (16): Nigeria

Lassa Fever -- Nigeria
Key points
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Table 1: Summary of current week (14), cumulative from epiweeks 1-14, 2020, and comparison with previous year (2019)
Current week (14) [30 Mar - 5 Apr 2020) / Cumulative weeks 1-14 / Cumulative 2019 weeks 1-14
Suspected cases: 93 / 4287 / 2133
Confirmed cases: 12 / 963 / 537
Probable cases: 0 / 14 / 15
Deaths: 3 / 188 / 122
Case fatality rate (CFR [%]): 25 / 19.5 / 22.7
Number of states affected: 5 / 27 / 21
Local government areas (LGAs) affected: 9 / 126 /

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PRO/AH/EDR> African horse sickness - Thailand (03): serotype 1, spread

African Horse Sickness -- Thailand
The death toll from the outbreak of African horse sickness [AHS] in Thailand stands at more than 150, according to media reports.
However, the confirmed death toll in Thailand's latest update to the World Organisation for Animal Health [OIE], dated 10 Apr 2020, stands at less than half that, with 5 additional deaths confirmed since last week's report.
The discrepancies will relate to delays in the official reporting of data and obtaining confirmation of the cause of death.
The country

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PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (98): China, S. Korea & high local transmission countries

COVID-19 -- Worldwide/Unknown
Situation in Spain
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In Spain to date [11 Apr 2020], 161 852 cases have been registered, 16 353 have died, and 59 109 were cured (Table 1 and Figure 1). The Autonomous Communities with the highest cumulative incidence in the last 14 days are La Rioja, Castilla La Mancha, Madrid, and Navarra (Figure 2y Figure 3). The distribution by age groups of hospitalized, ICU and deceased cases is shown in Table 2.
Autonomous Community: Total / last 24 hours / Incidence per 100 000

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PRO/AH/EDR> Rabies (10): Americas (USA) raccoon, dog, bull, human exp

Rabies -- United States
The Oneida County Health Department is urging residents to know how to recognize the signs of rabies after a raccoon in the town of Sangerfield tested positive for rabies on 18 Mar [2020].
The health department says 2 adults and a dog were exposed to the rabid raccoon. Both adults were given post-exposure prophylaxis, while the dog was reportedly current on its vaccinations and received a booster shot.
According to the department, signs of rabies include the following:
- The animal is

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PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (97): global, new countries, WHO

COVID-19 -- Worldwide/Unknown
2 Feb 2020: 17 187 / ... / 80 024 / ... / 81 589 / ... / 81 708 / 81 740 / 81 802 / 81 865 / 81 907 / 81 853 / 81 953 Mainland China
2 Feb 2020: 15 / ... / 3726 / ... / 9976 / ... / 10 284 / 10 331 / 10 384 / 10 423 / 10 450 / 10 480 / 10 480 South Korea
Countries with major activity (more than 5000 cases with community spread)
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2 Feb 2020: 11 / ... / 76 / ... / 215 081 / ... / 336 830 / 367 004 / 400 412 / 435 128 / 468

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PRO/EDR> Hepatitis C - USA: CDC, expanded screening

Hepatitis C -- United States
Citation:
Schillie S, Wester C, Osborne M, et al. CDC Recommendations for Hepatitis C Screening Among Adults - United States, 2020. MMWR Recomm Rep 2020. 69(RR-2): 1-17. doi: .
Summary:
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major source of morbidity and mortality in the United States. HCV is transmitted primarily through parenteral exposures to infectious blood or body fluids that contain blood, most commonly through injection drug use. No vaccine against hepatitis C exists, and no

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PRO/AH/EDR> Rabbit hemorrhagic disease - Mexico: (CH) domestic, serotype not typed, OIE

Other Animal Disease -- Mexico
Information received on Fri 10 Apr 2020 from Dr. Gay Gutierrez Juan, Director-General of Animal Health, National Service of Health, Safety and Agro-Food Quality (SENASICA), Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development (SADER), Mexico City, Mexico
Summary
Report type: Immediate notification
Date of start of the event: 3 Apr 2020
Date of confirmation of the event: 8 Apr 2020
Report date: 9 Apr 2020
Date submitted to OIE: 10 Apr 2020
Reason for notification: Recurrence of a listed

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PRO/AH/EDR> Yellow fever - Africa (08): South Sudan, WHO

Yellow Fever -- South Sudan
On 3 Mar 2020, the Ministry of Health of South Sudan reported 2 presumptive positive cases of yellow fever in Kajo Keni County, Central Equatoria State, South Sudan. Both the cases were subsequently confirmed positive by plaque reduction neutralization testing (PRNT) at the regional reference laboratory, Uganda Viral Research Institute (UVRI) on 28 Mar [2020].
The cases were identified through a cross-border rapid response team investigation mounted in response to the recently declared

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PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (96): China, S. Korea & high local transmission countries

COVID-19 -- United States
Situation in Spain
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In Spain, to date [10 Apr 2020], 157 022 cases have been reported, of which 15 843 have died and 55 668 have recovered (table 1 and figure 1 -- at source URL above). The Autonomous Communities with the greater cumulative incidence in the last 14 days are La Rioja (580.8 per 100 000 population), Castile-La Mancha (449.1 per 100 000 population), Madrid (383.3 per 100 000 population), and Navarre (322.1 per 100 000 population), (figures 2, 3). The

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PRO/EDR> Malaria - Namibia: (KW, KE)

Malaria -- Namibia
The ministry of health in Kavango West and Kavango East regions has reported about 827 malaria cases, while inhabitants are being encouraged to use mosquito repellents to curb the spread.
"We are having cases, but we are not in an outbreak; we are keeping it under control, but the cases that we have now are more than what we had last year [2019]. Remember we experienced low rainfall last year," said the regional chief medical officer for the 2 Kavango regions, Dr. Abiola Adesina.
Adesina

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PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (95): global, Italy lockdown, obesity risk factor, WHO

COVID-19 -- Worldwide/Unknown
2 Feb 2020: 17 187 / ... / 80 024 / ... / 81 589 / ... / 81 708 / 81 740 / 81 802 / 81 865 / 81 907 / 81 853 / Mainland China
2 Feb 2020: 15 / ... / 3726 / ... / 9976 / ... / 10 284 / 10 331 / 10 384 / 10 423 / 10 450 / 10 480 / South Korea
Countries with major activity (more than 5000 cases with community spread)
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2 Feb 2020: 11 / ... / 76 / ... / 215 081 / ... / 336 830 / 367 004 / 400 412 / 435 128 / 468 566 / 502 876 /

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PRO/AH/EDR> Ebola update (16): Congo DR (NK, IT) WHO, cases, summaries

Ebola -- DR Congo


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PRO/AH/EDR> African swine fever - Asia (11): China (GS, CQ) domestic, spread, OIE

African Swine Fever -- China
Information received on [and dated] 4 Apr 2020 from Dr Huang Baoxu, secretary of the Party Leadership Group, Animal Health and Epidemiology Centre, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Qingdao, China (People's Rep. of)
Summary
Report type: immediate notification
Date of start of the event: 30 Mar 2020
Date of confirmation of the event: 1 Apr 2020
Reason for notification: recurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence: 28 Nov 2019
Manifestation of disease: clinical

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PRO/AH/EDR> African swine fever - Europe (14): Moldova, domestic, wild boar, update, OIE

African Swine Fever -- Moldova
The Falesti event started on 17 Dec 2019. A total of 35 outbreaks (submitted) have been reported to date (10 Apr 2020). The event is continuing with the last follow-up report no. 24 provided on 9 Apr 2020.
Total animals affected:
Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths / Killed and disposed of / Slaughtered
Wild boar / - / 88 / 88 / 0 / 0
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Date: Thu 9 Apr 2020
Source: OIE, WAHIS (World Animal Health Information

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PRO/AH/EDR> E. coli EHEC - USA (04): potential hydroponic/aquaponic risk

E. coli -- United States
_Escherichia coli_ is part of the normal microflora of the intestines of mammals. However, among the enteric pathogens, it is one of the leading causes of intestinal diseases, especially Shiga toxigenic _E. coli_, which can cause diarrhoea, haemorrhagic colitis and complications like haemolytic uraemic syndrome and thrombotic thrombocytopaenic purpura. _E. coli_ is considered a serious public health problem. Water and fish samples were subjected to biochemical tests to confirm the presence of

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PRO/AH/EDR> Foot & mouth disease - Malawi (02): (NU) cattle, not typed, OIE

Foot and Mouth -- Malawi
Information received on [and dated] Wed 8 Apr 2020 from Dr. Patrick Chikungwa, Director of Department of Animal Health and Livestock Development, Department of Animal Health and Livestock Development, Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development, Lilongwe, Malawi
Summary
Report type: Immediate notification
Date of start of the event: 6 Feb 2020
Date of confirmation of the event: 16 Mar 2020
Report date: 8 Apr 2020
Date submitted to OIE: 8 Apr 2020
Reason for notification:

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PRO/AH/EDR> Avian influenza (40): USA (SC) poultry, HPAI H7N3, OIE

Avian Influenza -- United States
Information received on [and dated] Thu 9 Apr 2020 from Dr. Mark Davidson, Associate Administrator, USDA-APHIS, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, USA
Summary
Report type: Immediate notification
Date of start of the event: 6 Apr 2020
Date of confirmation of the event: 8 Apr 2020
Reason for notification: Recurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence: 11 Aug 2017
Manifestation of disease: Clinical disease
Causal agent: High pathogenic avian

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PRO/AH/EDR> African swine fever - Europe (13): Poland (WP) domestic pig, commercial farm

African Swine Fever -- Poland
An outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) was confirmed on Monday [6 Apr 2020] on a farm near the village of Wieckowice near Poznan in western Poland [Wielkopolskie/Greater Poland], less than 150 km (93 mi) from the border with Germany [see map at ].
The outbreak is Poland's 2nd in 2020 and the 1st in the Poznan region, an important centre of pig farming.
The source of the infection were ASF-positive piglets that the farm owner, Smithfield Foods' subsidiary Agri Plus, purchased in

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PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (93): global, serology tests, risks of supply & quality, WHO

COVID-19 -- Worldwide/Unknown
2 Feb 2020: 17 187 / ... / 80 024 / ... / 81 589 / ... / 81 708 / 81 740 / 81 802 / 81 865 / 81 907 / Mainland China
2 Feb 2020: 15 / ... / 3726 / ... / 9976 / ... / 10 284 / 10 331 / 10 384 / 10 423 / 10 450 / South Korea
Countries with major activity (more than 5000 cases with community spread)
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2 Feb 2020: 11 / ... / 76 / ... / 215 081 / ... / 336 830 / 367 004 / 400 412 / 435 128 / 468 566 / USA
2 Feb 2020: 1 / ... /

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PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (94): countries with high local transmission, African realities

COVID-19 -- United States
- From a bar (Liquid Soul) in Seocho-gu, Seoul, 4 cases have been confirmed since [6 Apr 2020]. Epidemiological investigation is underway.
- From a wine bar (UnWined) in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, 4 additional cases have been confirmed since [4 Apr 2020]. In total, 17 cases (wine bar = 13; family/acquaintances of confirmed cases = 4) have been confirmed. (The figures on Table 2 are based on cases reported to KCDC before 0:00 of [9 Apr 2020] and may differ from above.)
- In addition, 2

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PRO/PL> Stripe rust, wheat - UK: new strain susp.

Other Plant Disease -- United Kingdom
Growers are being urged to check wheat crops for yellow rust infections even if they are growing a variety with a high resistance rating, following concerns that a new race of the disease is being seen in the UK. Across the country farmers are seeing unprecedented levels of yellow rust, especially in later sown winter wheat crops.
"We think that this level of infection is due to either a mutation of the current yellow rust race or a completely new race of the disease being present in the

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PRO/AH/EDR> Undiagnosed death, dog - USA: (WI) poisoning susp., wild animals affected

Undiagnosed -- United States
Authorities are investigating another possible dog poisoning in northern Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources says a recent dog death in Forest County may be related to other animal poisonings in the area.
"The lab results are not in on the cause of death of the dog, but authorities suspect it may be related [to previous cases - Mod.TG]," reads a statement from DNR's Joanne Haas.
The dog's owners had been walking their German shepherd on a leash on public land in

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PRO/AH/EDR> Avian Influenza (39): USA (SC) poultry, HPAI H7N3

Avian Influenza -- United States
The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic H7N3 avian influenza (HPAI) in a commercial turkey flock in Chesterfield County, South Carolina. This is the 1st confirmed case of HPAI in commercial poultry in the United States since 2017. It appears this HPAI strain mutated from a low pathogenic strain that has been found in poultry in that area recently.
No human cases of this H7N3 avian

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PRO/AH/EDR> Salmonellosis, st Virchow - Netherlands: Brazilian chicken

Salmonella -- Netherlands
Chicken meat from Brazil is being investigated as the source of _Salmonella_ illnesses in the Netherlands. Between the end of 2019 and mid-February 2020, the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) identified a cluster of 6 _Salmonella_ Virchow infections distributed across the country using whole genome sequencing (WGS), but no epidemiological link among them was reported.
An outbreak investigation by RIVM and the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety

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PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (92): Countries with high local transmission

COVID-19 -- Worldwide/Unknown
Case distribution by province: number of cases (number of new cases in past 24 hours)
Lombardy: 52 414 (1089)
Emilia-Romagna: 18 234 (409)
Piedmont: 13 883 (540)
Veneto: 12 410 (485)
Tuscany: 6379 (206)
Liguria: 4906 (149)
Marche: 4859 (149)
Lazio: 4266 (117)
Campania: 3268 (120)
Apulia: 2514 (70)
Trento: 2602 (126)
Friuli Venezia Giulia: 2218 (65)
Sicily: 2097 (51)
Bolzano: 1835 (24)
Abruzzo: 1859 (60)
Umbria: 1289 (26)
Sardinia: 975 (40)
Calabria: 833 (16)
Aosta Valley:

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PRO/PL> Blast disease, rice - Viet Nam: alert

Other Plant Disease -- Vietnam
The changing seasons' weather brings a high risk of disease outbreaks to the winter-spring rice crop in the northern provinces, said [the] Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development. [He] requested agriculture sectors to enhance measures to prevent the outbreaks and their impacts on the rice crop. Cold weather with high humidity and prolonged drizzle was favourable for harmful insects that could spread diseases on rice.
According to the Plant Protection Department, the rice fields in the

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PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (91): global, WHO

COVID-19 -- Worldwide/Unknown
2 Feb 2020: 17 187 / ... / 80 024 / ... / 81 589 / ... / 81 740 / 81 802 / Mainland China
2 Feb 2020: 15 / ... / 3726 / ... / 9976 / ... / 10 331 / 10 384 / South Korea
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2 Feb 2020: 11 / ... / 76 / ... / 215 081 / ... / 367 004 / 400 412 / 406 693 / USA
2 Feb 2020: 1 / ... / 84 / ... / 104 119 / ... / 136 675 / 141 942 / 146 690 / Spain
2 Feb

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PRO/AH/EDR> Severe fever w/ thrombocytopenia synd. - South Korea

Other Human Disease -- South Korea
Citation: Jae Keun Chung, Choon Mee Kim, Dong-Min Kim, Na-Ra Yun, Jung Wook Park, Jinjong Seo, and Yang Soo Kim. Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Associated with Manual De-Ticking of Domestic Dogs. 2020; Vector-Borne and Zoonotic DiseasesVol. 20(4): 285-294 DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2019.2463.
Abstract
Background: Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is an emerging infectious disease. SFTS is caused by the SFTS virus, a novel phlebovirus, and is spread by

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PRO/AH/EDR> Invasive mosquitoes - USA: (CA) control

Pests -- United States
Abstract
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The range of the mosquito _Aedes aegypti_ continues to expand, putting more than 2 billion people at risk of arboviral infection. The sterile insect technique (SIT) has been used to successfully combat agricultural pests at large scale, but not mosquitoes, mainly because of challenges with consistent production and distribution of high-quality male mosquitoes. We describe automated processes to rear and release millions of competitive, sterile male _Wolbachia_-infected

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PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (90): countries with high local transmission

COVID-19 -- United States
Regarding health monitoring related to the spread of the new coronavirus [SARS-CoV-2] on the national territory, there are 135 586 total cases. At the moment 94 067 people are positive for the virus; 24 392 people have recovered, 1550 more than yesterday [6 Apr 2020]. There are 28 718 patients hospitalized with symptoms, 3792 are in intensive care, and 61 557 are in home isolation.
There have been 17 127 reported deaths, however, this number can only be confirmed after the Istituto

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PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (89): global, cruise ships, WHO

COVID-19 -- Worldwide/Unknown
2 Feb 2020: 17 187 / ... / 80 024 / ... / 81 589 / ... / 81 708 / 81 740 / 81 802 / Mainland China
2 Feb 2020: 15 / ... / 3726 / ... / 9976 / ... / 10 284 / 10 331 / 10 384 / South Korea
Countries with major activity (more than 5000 cases with community spread)
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2 Feb 2020: 11 / ... / 76 / ... / 142 070 / ... / 245 066 / ... / 336 830 / 367 004 / 400 412 / USA
2 Feb 2020: 1 / ... / 84 / ... / 104 119 / ... / 131 646 / 136

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PRO/AH/EDR> Yellow fever - Africa (07): Ethiopia (SN) WHO

Yellow Fever -- Ethiopia
WHO: Weekly bulletin on outbreaks and other emergencies, week 14: 30 Mar-5 Apr 2020
Data as reported by 5 Apr 2020 17:00
Event description
On 3 Mar 2020, the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) reported 3 suspected yellow fever cases in Ener Enor woreda [3rd level administrative districts], Gurage zone, Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region (SNNPR). These cases were reported from the same household (father, mother, and son) located in a rural kebele. Of the 3 samples,

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PRO/AH/EDR> Rabbit hemorrhagic disease - Iceland: (SU) feral rabbit, RHDV2, OIE

Hemorrhagic Fever -- Iceland
Information received on [and dated] Wed 1 Apr 2020 from Dr Sigurborg Daoadottir, Chief Veterinary Officer, Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority, Ministry of Industries and Innovation, Selfoss, Iceland.
Summary
Report type: immediate notification
Date of start of the event: 23 Mar 2019
Date of confirmation of the event: 30 Mar 2019
Reason for notification: recurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence: 2002
Manifestation of disease: clinical disease
Causal agent:

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PRO/AH/EDR> Tuberculosis - Mexico: increased cases, RFI

Tuberculosis -- Mexico
The coronavirus is not the only threat to Mexico. In the 1st 2 months of 2020, 8029 cases of respiratory tuberculosis were reported, almost double that recorded in the same period of 2019: 4448.
[Byline: Rebecca Bowen]
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[The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has noted that tuberculosis (TB) has been a concern for border areas in both Mexico and the United States. At the time (2005), both countries reported approximately 15

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PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (88): Germany, animals, research, pig, chicken, bat, ferret

COVID-19 -- Germany
SARS-CoV-2 is a recently emerged zoonotic pathogen, and susceptibility of different animals that are either known virus reservoirs, might serve as animal models or are possibly in close contact with infected humans is still understudied. Here we report on SARS-CoV-2 infection experiments in fruit bats, ferrets, pigs and chickens.
Animals were intranasally inoculated with 10^5 TCID50 and monitored for virus shedding by samples taken from the upper respiratory tract as well as fecal samples.

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PRO/AH/EDR> Contagious equine metritis - UK: (Scotland) horse, OIE

Other Animal Disease -- United Kingdom
Information received on [and dated] 6 Apr 2020 from Dr. Christine Middlemiss, Chief Veterinary Officer, DEFRA, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs , London, United Kingdom
Summary
Report type: Immediate notification
Date of start of the event: 1 Apr 2020
Date of confirmation of the event: 3 Apr 2020
Reason for notification: Recurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence: 11 Sep 2012
Manifestation of disease: subclinical infection
Causal agent: _Taylorella

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PRO/AH/EDR> Kyasanur Forest disease - India (16): (KA)

Kyasanur Forest Disease -- India
A 55-year-old farmer from Udukere village in Tirthahalli [subdivision of a district] has died due to Kyasanur Forest disease (KFD), also known as monkey fever, at a private hospital at Manipal in Udupi district [Karnataka] on Monday [6 Apr 2020].
With this, the total number of persons who have succumbed to KFD in Shivamogga district since [1 Jan 2020] has risen to 5. The deceased was suffering from high fever, fatigue, and pain in joints. His blood samples tested positive for KFD. He was

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PRO/AH/EDR> Avian influenza, human (03): China (GD) H9N2, WHO

Avian Influenza -- China
Between 27 Mar and 2 Apr 2020, one new case of human infection with avian influenza A(H9N2) virus was reported to WHO in the Western Pacific Region. The case is a 3-year-old female from Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, China, who had a history of environmental exposure to domestic poultry before the onset of symptoms. She had mild illness and no symptoms have been detected in her contacts.
In 2020, there are 3 cases reported so far, 2 from China and one from India. A total of 30 cases of human

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PRO/AH/EDR> Rabies (09): Eurasia, Armenia (SU) dog, OIE

Rabies -- Armenia
Information received on [and dated] 6 Apr 2020 from Dr Georgi Avetisyan, head, Food Safety Inspection Body of the Government of the Republic of Armenia, e ARM Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia
Summary
Report type: immediate notification (final report)
Start date: 31 Mar 2020
Date of confirmation of the event: 2 Apr 2020
Reason for notification: 1st occurrence of a listed disease
Manifestation of disease: clinical disease
Causal agent: rabies

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PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (87): countries with high local transmission, Congo DR

COVID-19 -- United States
Regarding health monitoring related to the spread of the new coronavirus [SARS-CoV-2] on the national territory, there are 132 547 total cases. At the moment 93 187 people are positive for the virus; 22 837 people have recovered. There are 28 976 patients hospitalized with symptoms, 3898 are in intensive care, and 60 313 are in home isolation.
There have been 16 523 reported deaths, however, this number can only be confirmed after the Istituto Superiore di Sanita has established the actual

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PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (86): global, economic health security, new countries, WHO

COVID-19 -- Worldwide/Unknown
2 Feb 2020: 17 187 / ... / 80 024 / ... / 81 589 / ... / 81 708 / 81 740 / Mainland China
2 Feb 2020: 15 / ... / 3726 / ... / 9976 / ... / 10 284 / 10 331 / South Korea
Countries with major activity (more than 5000 cases with community spread)
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2 Feb 2020: 11 / ... / 76 / ... / 142 070 / ... / 245 066 / ... / 336 830 / 367 004 / USA
2 Feb 2020: 1 / ... / 84 / ... / 104 119 / ... / 131 646 / 136 675 / Spain
2 Feb 2020: 2

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PRO/PL> Begomoviruses, basil - Uganda: new pathogens

Other Plant Disease -- Uganda
Begomoviruses are plant viruses that cause major losses to many economically important crops. Although they are poorly understood, begomoviruses infecting wild plants may have an important role as reservoirs in the epidemiology of viral diseases.
This study reports the discovery and genomic characterization of three novel bipartite begomoviruses from wild and cultivated African basil (_Ocimum gratissimum_) plants collected in Uganda, East Africa. Based on the symptoms shown by the infected

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PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (85): USA (NY) tiger, OIE

COVID-19 -- United States
Information received on [and dated] 6 Apr 2020 from Dr. from Dr Mark Davidson, associate administrator, USDA-APHIS, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, United States of America
Summary
Report type: immediate notification
Date of start of the event: 27 Mar 2020
Date of confirmation of the event: 4 Apr 2020
Reason for notification: emerging disease
Morbidity: 2 (scale 0 to 5)
Mortality: 0 (scale 0 to 5)
Zoonotic impact: zoonotic potential currently unknown
Causal

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PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (84): USA, tigers

COVID-19 -- United States


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PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (83): countries with high local transmission, Turkey

COVID-19 -- United States
Regarding health monitoring related to the spread of the new coronavirus [SARS-CoV-2] on the national territory, there are 128 948 total cases. At the moment 91 246 people are positive for the virus; 21 815 people have recovered. There are 28 949 patients hospitalized with symptoms, 3977 are in intensive care, and 58 320 are in home isolation.
There have been 15 887 reported deaths, however, this number can only be confirmed after the Istituto Superiore di Sanita has established the actual

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PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (82): global, Google & Vodafone tracking, new countries, WHO

COVID-19 -- Worldwide/Unknown
2 Feb 2020: 17 187 / ... / 80 024 / ... / 81 470 / 81 518 / 81 554 / 81 589 / 81 620 / 81 639 /81 669 / 81 708 / Mainland China
2 Feb 2020: 15 / ... / 3726 / ... / 9661 / 9786 / 9887 / 9976 / 10 062 / 10 156 / 10 237 / 10 284 / South Korea
Countries with major activity (more than 5000 cases with community spread)
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2 Feb 2020: 11 / ... / 76 / ... / 142 070 / 164 248 / 188 530 / 215 081 / 245 066 / 277 161 / 311 357 / 336

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PRO/PL> Crown rot, fennel - Italy: (SC) new fungus

Other Plant Disease -- Italy
A new fennel fungal disease caused by a new genus and species, _Ochraceocephala foeniculi_, was observed for the 1st time in 2017 on 5% of the "Apollo" fennel cultivar grown in sampled localities in Catania province, Italy. Now it has spread to 2 more cultivars, causing crop losses of around 20-30%. The new pathogen damages the fennel with necrotic lesions on the crown, root, and stem. The fungal species obtained from symptomatic tissues was identified based on morphological characteristics

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