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Interim Report – August 2011 #1 (04.08.11)
GREECE
West Nile Virus (WNV)
On 1st August 2011 the Ministry of Rural Development and Food in Athens, Greece notified OIE of the occurrence of clinical West Nile virus infection in two horses among 35 animals on a premises in Attiki. Initial clinical diagnoses were confirmed by positive results in real time PCR, competitive ELISA and IgM capture ELISA conducted by the Virology Department (National laboratory) of the Institute of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases at the Centre of Athens Veterinary Institutes. In addition in the framework of active sero-surveillance being undertaken a single subclinical infection was confirmed on 3rd August 2011 in a horse on a premises with 11 horses in Kentriki Macedonia. Diagnosis was with positive results by competitive ELISA and IgM capture ELISA conducted by the Virology Department (National laboratory) of the Institute of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases at the Centre of Athens Veterinary Institutes.
MONGOLIA
Equine Influenza
On 19th July 2011 the Chief Veterinary Officer , Veterinary and Animal Breeding Agency, Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, notified OIE of the occurrence of clinical H3N8 equine influenza in seven horses among 418 animals in Songinokhairhan district, Ulaanbaatar City, Mongolia. Diagnoses were confirmed by positive results in haemagglutination inhibition (HI) tests and virus isolation conducted by the State Central Veterinary Laboratory (National laboratory).
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International Collating Centre