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Interim Report – December 2011 #1 (2.12.11)

FRANCE
Equine Influenza 
On 2nd December 2011 Réseau d’Epidémio-Surveillance en Pathologie Equine (RESPE) reported a case of equine influenza in one horse in Loire Atlantique, France. Equine influenza virus infection was confirmed by PCR on a nasopharyngeal swab sample taken from a male horse of unspecified age and breed. Four of 40 animals are reported affected with signs of  cough, nasal discharge and fever that commenced on 27th November 2011. Further work is in progress to characterise the strain of equine influenza virus involved in the outbreak.

 

ITALY
Dourine (Trypanosoma equiperdum)
On 1st December 2011 the Chief Veterinary Officer, Department for Veterinary Public Health, Food Safety and Collegial Bodies for Health Protection, Ministry of Health, Rome, Italy, reported to the OIE a subclinical case of Dourine in the area of Puglia, Bari, Italy. The single horse was among 49 susceptible horses present on the premises. Infection with Trypanosoma equiperdum was confirmed by PCR performed on 25th November 2011 by the Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute (IZS), Teramo (National laboratory). Disease control measures including quarantine, movement restrictions and screening have been implemented.



UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Eastern Equine Encephalomyelitis (EEE)
No additional cases of EEE have been confirmed since early November, with the current national total standing at 62 cases.

West Nile Virus (WNV)
One additional case of WNE was diagnosed in Texas since November 23rd, bringing the current national total of cases to 114 in 29 states with the highest number of confirmed infections in California (39). 

 

VARIOUS COUNTRIES
Atypical Myopathy
On 2nd December 2011, the Atypical Myopathy Alert Group (AMAG), coordinated through the University of Liege, Belgium, reported that 97 clinical cases that were compatible with the diagnosis of atypical myopathy that had been communicated to them so far in autumn 2011.  These cases were recorded in Belgium (13 cases), France (27 cases), Germany (14 cases), Great-Britain (30 cases), Switzerland (7 cases), Austria (2 cases), USA (3 cases) and Canada (1 case).

 

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International Collating Centre