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PRO/AH/EDR> Canine distemper, wildlife – Russia: (Far East) tiger, conservation concern, vacc
Canine distemper -- RussiaGilbert M, Sulikhan N, Uphyrkina O, et al. Distemper, extinction, and vaccination of the Amur tiger. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2020: 202000153. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2000153117. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33229566; .The pathogen flow at the carnivore wildlife-domestic interface is a major conservation concern, especially where feral dogs are abundant. Documentation of outbreaks in wild carnivores due to exposure to cat and dog pathogens abound throughout the world. There have Read more [...]
PRO/EDR> Measles update (27): global surge
Measles -- Worldwide/UnknownThe coronavirus pandemic is thwarting the fight to eradicate measles as scientists warn outbreaks across the world have surged over the last 4 years.A report published by the World Health Organisation and US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says between 2016 and 2020, cases shot up to 869 770.This is the most reported cases since 1996 and a rise of around a staggering 556 percent.Yet in 2016 the number of cases globally was 132 490 a drop from 853 479 in the Read more [...]
PRO/EDR> Measles update (26): Africa (South Sudan) WHO
Measles -- South SudanMeasles is a highly contagious, serious disease caused by a virus. It is normally passed through direct contact and through the air. The virus infects the respiratory tract, then spreads throughout the body. Measles is a human disease and is not known to occur in animals.--Communicated by:ProMED-mail from HealthMap Alerts[Because the population of 25 counties in the states is not given, it is difficult to know the percentage of the childhood population that will be covered by Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (508): quarantine, mutations, PPE, WHO, global
COVID-19 -- Malaysiavan Dorp L, Richard D, Tan CCS, et al. No evidence for increased transmissibility from recurrent mutations in SARS-CoV-2. Nat Commun 11, 5986 (2020). ]******[3] Malaysia: outbreak in PPE manufacturing plant, shortagesDate: Tue 24 Nov 2020Source: The Associated Press (AP) [edited]Malaysia's Top Glove Corp., the world's largest maker of rubber gloves, said Tuesday [24 Nov 2020] it expects a 2-to-4-week delay in deliveries after more than 2000 workers at its factories were Read more [...]
PRO/PL> Undiagnosed disease, cassava – Zambia: (NW)
Other Plant Disease -- ZambiaA suspected fungal disease has broken out in Manyinga district of North-Western province leaving several cassava fields destroyed. The disease has also affected some gardens.An area Agricultural Extension officer who made an on-spot check disclosed that the rotting of tubers and drying up of leaves are caused by [a] fungus suspected to have been carried off from the remains of uprooted indigenous trees that were in the fields before planting cassava.He revealed that to Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (507): animal, mink, Netherlands spread, Italy control
COVID-19 -- NetherlandsThe number of mink farms [in the Netherlands] where the coronavirus has been discovered has risen to 70. At a mink farm in Putten, one of the animals was also found to be infected with the virus this week, the Ministries of Health and Agriculture report. The animals are killed. The company has about 3000 mother animals.A letter to Parliament [see commentary] stated that the samples were examined by the Animal Health Service (GD) last Thursday [19 Nov 2020] in the context of Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (506): Argentina (BA, SE) animal, cat, dog, OIE
COVID-19 -- ArgentinaInformation received on [and dated] 18 Nov 2020 from from Dra. Ximena Melon, Directora Nacional de Sanidad Animal, Servicio Nacional de Sanidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria (SENASA), Ministerio de Agricultura; Ganaderia y Pesca, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, ArgentinaSummaryReport type: immediate notification (final report)Date of start of the event: 1 Sep 2020Date of confirmation of the event: 6 Sep 2020Date event resolved: 16 Nov 2020Reason for notification: emerging Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Rocky Mountain spotted fever – USA (02): tick host preference and temperature
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever -- United StatesDisease-carrying ticks that normally prefer dogs may start to prefer the blood of humans as climate change cranks up the heat around the world, according to new research presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH).Experiments revealed that brown dog ticks [_Rhipicephalus sanguineus_], which can transmit the life-threatening Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) and normally prefer to feed on dogs, become Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Avian influenza (95): UK, wild bird, HPAI H5N8
Avian Influenza H5N8 -- United KingdomIt has been confirmed that the strain of bird flu found in a dead goose in Weymouth is highly pathogenic -- leading to a warning for bird keepers to remain alert for signs of disease to protect their flocks.The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has also confirmed that a swan has tested positive for the H5N8 strain of avian influenza in Poole, although it is not yet known whether the strain is highly infectious.The wild goose was found Read more [...]
The Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG): Not Good Enough, Not Safe Enough – FireEngineering.com
The Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG): Not Good Enough, Not Safe Enough FireEngineering.com
PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (505): Europe restrictions, reinfection, WHO, global
COVID-19 -- Worldwide/UnknownCases of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) reinfection have been reported in Hong Kong, Belgium, the Netherlands, and the USA.[1,2,3,4] Here we report the 1st confirmed case of SARS-CoV-2 reinfection in Ecuador and South America. For full methodological details, see the appendix (pp 1, 2 [available at the source URL above]).On [12 May 2020], a 46-year-old man presented in Quito, Ecuador, with 3 days of intense headache and drowsiness. On [16 Read more [...]
For Thanksgiving 2020: a toast to our safe and essential supply chains
This week, a lot of Americans will sit down to much smaller Thanksgiving dinners than usual. It’s been a challenging year on so many levels. Nevertheless, they will raise their glasses and say a toast to the things they’re grateful for. If Labelmaster were hosting Thanksgiving, here’s how our toast might go: Here’s to the...
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PRO/AH/EDR> Chapare virus – Bolivia: (LP) person-to-person transmission, 2019
Other Human Disease -- BoliviaResearchers determined that Chapare virus likely spread from person to person during a deadly outbreak in Bolivia, according to findings presented at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Annual Meeting.Chapare virus belongs to a family of viruses known as arenaviruses, which include pathogens such as Lassa and Machupo viruses. Arenaviruses are usually spread via contact with an infected rodent or its feces, according to the CDC.Researchers found that Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Yellow fever – Africa (21): Nigeria (BE)
Yellow Fever -- NigeriaOver 20 people have died as a deadly yellow fever outbreak continues to ravage some part Benue State.The Supervisory Commissioner of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Godwin Eyiwona, yesterday [23 Nov 2020] said yellow fever, which killed 20 people in Ogbadibo Local Government Area of the state, has spread to 2 other council areas. Eyiwona stated this during the flag-off of vaccination against the disease at the Ibrahim Babangida Square (IBB) in Makurdi, the state capital.The supervisory Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Rabies (31): Africa (Liberia) dog, human exp, OIE
Rabies -- LiberiaInformation received on [and dated] 19 Nov 2020 from Dr Joseph RN Anderson, Director of Livestock/Veterinary Services, Animal Health Services, Ministry of Agriculture, Monrovia, LiberiaReport type: immediate notificationDate of start of the event: 17 Nov 2020Date of confirmation of the event: 18 Nov 2020Reason for notification: 1st occurrence of a listed diseaseManifestation of disease: clinical diseaseCausal agent: rabies virusSerotype: RABVNature of diagnosis: laboratory Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Avian influenza (94): Croatia (KK) poultry HPAI H5N8, OIE
Avian Influenza H5N8 -- CroatiaInformation received on [and dated] 21 Nov 2020 from Dr Tatjana Karacic, Assistant Minister, Chief Veterinary Officer, Veterinary Services, Ministry of Agriculture, Zagreb, CroatiaSummaryReport type: immediate notificationDate of start of the event: 17 Nov 2020Date of confirmation of the event: 21 Nov 2020Reason for notification: recurrence of a listed diseaseDate of previous occurrence: 7 Jun 2017Manifestation of disease: clinical diseaseCausal agent: highly pathogenic Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Avian influenza (93): Italy (LM) poultry, LPAI H5, OIE
Avian Influenza -- ItalyInformation received on [and dated] 20 Nov 2020 from Dr Davide Lecchini, Chief Veterinary Officer, Directorate General for Veterinary Health and Veterinary Medicinal Products (DGSAF), Ministry of Health, Rome, ItalyReport type: immediate notificationDate of start of the event: 17 Nov 2020Date of confirmation of the event: 18 Nov 2020Reason for notification: reoccurrence of a listed diseaseDate of previous occurrence: 20 Jun 2020Manifestation of disease: sub-clinical Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (504): vaccine efficacy, Africa, WHO, global
COVID-19 -- Worldwide/Unknown"NIAID and Okairos (a company later acquired by GSK) developed an Ebola vaccine candidate (now licensed to the Sabin Vaccine Institute) that uses a chimpanzee adenovirus (cAd3) vector, or carrier, to deliver Ebola genetic material. The gene inserts express an Ebola virus protein designed to prompt the human body to make an immune response."The cAd3-EBO Z vaccine (designed to protect against the Ebola Zaire virus species) proved to be safe and immunogenic when evaluated Read more [...]
Chemical plant proposed for White House | News – The Connection
Chemical plant proposed for White House | News The Connection
DG Digest: OSHA publishes ICR on fire extinguishers and the TSA issues ICR on cargo screening.
The coming week finds the nation preparing to celebrate a Thanksgiving holiday it is fair to say is going to be unlike any other that any of us have ever faced before. Be careful, take every necessary precaution to cope with the pandemic, and from the Labelmaster family to yours, we wish each of you...
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A Physico-chemical and Toxicological Evaluation of Fracking Sand Dusts
During hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” a fluid is pumped under high pressure into a well bore to create fissures in the rock to facilitate the removal of gas. This fracking fluid contains a large number of ingredients, including water, chemical agents, and sand. The manipulation of sand at the well site creates respirable dust [fracking sand dust (FSD)] to which workers are exposed. A series of nine papers was recently published as a special issue in Toxicology and Applied Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Skin ulceration – Senegal (02): (DK, TH) fisherman, RFI
Other Human Disease -- SenegalCould this be a jelly fish?--Communicated by:Susan Baekeland [ProMED-mail thanks Susan Baekeland for her question.It would be unusual for a poisonerous jelly fish or several jelly fish to affect so many at the same time. The so called "box jellyfish" or "class Cubozoa" are cnidarian invertebrates distinguished by their cube-shaped medusae, WikiPedia writes (). Although the notoriously dangerous species of box jellyfish are largely restricted to the tropical Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (503): animal, France, mink, 1st rep
COVID-19 -- France1. Henning OH. European mink industry -- socio-economic impact assessment. Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen. 19 Sep 2017; - Mod.ASHealthMap/ProMED map:Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire, France: ][See Also:COVID-19 update (501): Denmark, Netherlands, mink, human-animal interface http://promedmail.org/post/20201122.7963766COVID-19 update (490): animal, Greece (EM) mink, 1st report, OIE, assessment http://promedmail.org/post/20201115.7944705COVID-19 Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (502): mAb cocktail, Brazil indigenous pop, WHO, global
COVID-19 -- Brazil1. Marston HD, Paules CI, Fauci AS. Monoclonal antibodies for emerging infectious diseases -- Borrowing from history. N Engl J Med. 2018; 378(16): 1469-1472. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp1802256. Epub 2018 Mar 7. PMID: 29513615; .2. Walker LM, Burton DR. Passive immunotherapy of viral infections: 'super-antibodies' enter the fray. Nat Rev Immunol. 2018; 18(5): 297-308. doi: 10.1038/nri.2017.148. Epub 2018 Jan 30. PMID: 29379211; PMCID: PMC5918154; .- Mod.MPP]******[2] Brazil: Yanomami Read more [...]
PRO/PL> Light leaf spot, oilseed rape – UK (02)
Other Plant Disease -- United KingdomLight leaf spot [LLS] has been identified in oilseed rape crops across the UK, indicating that growers should remain vigilant for disease onset this [2020/21] winter. Since Bayer's SpotCheck service re-opened, there has been an increasing number of leaf samples testing positive for LLS.By [9 Nov 2020], 50 out of 102 samples revealed 10% incidence of LLS or more. Of these, 19 samples showed 50% disease incidence or more. Positive samples were received from Scotland Read more [...]
River trash cleanup hailed a success – Bluebonnet News
River trash cleanup hailed a success Bluebonnet News
PRO/PL> Leaf rust, coffee – USA (02): (HI) spread
Other Plant Disease -- United StatesCoffee leaf rust (CLR) is confirmed to have spread across Hawaii's islands.According to The Hawaii Department of Agriculture (HDOA), the disease has been found in Holualoa [island], shortly after [it] was discovered [on] Maui [ProMED-mail post http://promedmail.org/post/20201029.7901867]. CLR is found in all major coffee-growing areas of the world but had not previously been found in Hawaii.As surveys continue across the state, HDOA is preparing interim rules that Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (501): Denmark, Netherlands, mink, human-animal interface
COVID-19 -- DenmarkOn 5 Nov 2020, the Ministry of Environment and Food of Denmark announced the culling of all mink in the country, estimated to total approximately 17 million animals. (1)The circulation of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) had already been observed several months earlier, but the reason for the policy change was an alert from the Danish National Institute of Public Health, which found that viruses had spilled back from mink farms into the community, and Read more [...]
PRO/EDR> Measles update (25): South Africa
Measles -- South AfricaThe National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) in South Africa reported on 3 laboratory-confirmed measles cases in 2 provinces between 30 Oct and 5 Nov [2020].Officials say the cases were reported in Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal provinces and do not constitute an outbreak but warrant heightened attention (a cluster or outbreak is defined as 3 cases within one health district within one month).NICD reports declining vaccine coverage rates since the start of the COVID-19 Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (500): frequent rapid tests, vaccine, WHO, global
COVID-19 -- Worldwide/UnknownWHO region (no. countries/territories):Total confirmed cases (new cases in last 24 hours) / Total deaths (new deaths in last 24 hours)-----------------------Western Pacific Region (19): 828 402 (5679) / 16 744 (55)European Region (61): 16 637 264 (276 712) / 371 474 (5782)South East Asia Region (10): 10 311 856 (57 319) / 157 898 (701)Eastern Mediterranean Region (22): 3 763 231 (36 681) / 95 558 (1153)Region of the Americas (54): 24 293 310 (257 859) / 693 922 (3902)African Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Skin ulceration – Senegal: (DK,TH) fisherman, RFI
Undiagnosed -- SenegalIn the western African state of Senegal, about 200 fishermen have contracted an unknown disease. According to the governor of the Senegal metropolitan region, Al Hassan Sall, it was initially known about 82 cases, but later this figure increased to at least 200 patients. The authorities believe that the source of the infection is the water in the sea. The center of distribution is located between the port cities of Rufisk and Mbour.The incubation period of the disease is several Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Avian influenza (92): Japan (KG) poultry, HPAI H5N8, susp
Avian Influenza H5N8 -- JapanJapan's Kagawa prefecture will cull 850 000 chickens at 2 poultry farms after the country detected a bird flu outbreak earlier this month [November 2020], the local government said in a statement on Friday [20 Nov 2020].These will be the 6th and 7th [outbreaks] of the avian flu in western Kagawa prefecture and the biggest cull to be done at one time since the country's 1st bird flu outbreak [in poultry] was detected more than 2 years [ago], an official at the prefecture Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Yellow fever – Africa (20): Nigeria
Yellow Fever -- NigeriaNigeria is responding to [the latest] successive yearly outbreak of yellow fever since the return of the disease in September 2017. Since the beginning of 2020, a total of 1558 suspected cases and 46 confirmed cases have been reported from 481 (62%) local government areas (LGAs) across all 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).The 46 confirmed cases were reported from 14 LGAs across 8 states: Bauchi (8), Benue (3), Delta (8), Ebonyi (1), Edo (5), Ekiti (1), Enugu Read more [...]
Conn. town officials charged in probe of hazardous waste dumping – Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News
Conn. town officials charged in probe of hazardous waste dumping Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News
Town officials charged in probe of hazardous waste dumping – San Francisco Chronicle
Town officials charged in probe of hazardous waste dumping San Francisco Chronicle
PRO/AH/EDR> Yellow fever – Africa (19): Nigeria (EN)
Yellow Fever -- NigeriaNo fewer than 922 463 residents of Enugu State will be vaccinated in the ongoing yellow fever vaccination in 3 local council areas with confirmed cases. Dr George Ugwu, executive secretary, Enugu State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (ENS-PHCDA), told newsmen yesterday [19 Nov 2020] that the councils included Igboeze North (333 551 residents), Nsukka (398 094), and Isi-Uzo (190 818), adding that the number represented 85% of the entire population in the affected local Read more [...]
PRO/EDR> Dengue/DHF update (13): Asia, Europe, Africa, Pacific, viremia
Dengue -- BangladeshBackground: Dengue infection is a global health threat. While symptomatic cases contribute to morbidity and mortality, the majority of infected people are asymptomatic but serve as an important reservoir. However, the kinetics of viremia in asymptomatic infections remains unknown.Methods: We enrolled 279 hospital-based symptomatic index cases and quantified dengue virus (DENV) RNA at enrollment and at the day of defervescence. To identify asymptomatic cases, 175 household members Read more [...]
