Malaria — Burkina Faso
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PRO/PL> Undiagnosed disease, banana – Uganda: (BR)
Undiagnosed -- Uganda[A] strange banana disease is ravaging plantations in Kabarole [district, Western Region]. According to the residents, the fruits turn yellowish as if they are ripe and others turn rust brown. One resident said that the affected fruits first appear as grey and dusty turning rusty. As the fruits continue to grow, sometimes the peel cracks. The unidentified disease is rendering the affected bananas unmarketable.[The farmers] said they have on several occasions sought help from Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (190): Viet Nam, Thailand, UK, vaccine carditis, WHO
COVID-19 -- VietnamSummary Since April 2021, increased cases of myocarditis and pericarditis have been reported in the United States after mRNA COVID-19 vaccination (Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna), particularly in adolescents and young adults. There has not been a similar reporting pattern observed after receipt of the Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine (Johnson & Johnson).In most cases, patients who presented for medical care have responded well to medications and rest and had prompt improvement of symptoms. Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Official animal disease status: countries/zones free 2021, OIE
Other Animal Disease -- Worldwide/Unknown"Two countries were the first to receive the endorsement of their dog-mediated rabies control programs and 13 new official disease statuses were recognized by OIE delegates."Paris, 27 May 2021 - Namibia and the Philippines are the first 2 countries with OIE-endorsed official control programs for dog-mediated rabies. It is the 1st time that OIE members could apply for such approbation by the OIE World Assembly. This is a great move forward in the fight against Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (189): th.thrombocytop. synd. opinion, air purifier, immune. WHO
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): 2 977 088 (23 217) / 44 748 (383)European Region (61): 54 180 850 (59 997) / 1 147 368 (1458)Southeast Asia Region (10): 31 419 007 (196 666) / 397 908 (4013)Eastern Mediterranean Region (22): 10 049 980 (30 665) / 201 125 (469)Region of the Americas (54): 67 001 389 (197 170) Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Rabies (13): Americas, USA (MI) dog, human exposure
Rabies -- United StatesA dog from Detroit tested positive for rabies, a 1st in the state since 2011, according to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) and Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD).Officials said the 6-month-old dog had never been vaccinated against rabies. The last rabid dog detected in the state was in 2011 in Oakland County."Rabies virus is present in the saliva and brain tissue of an infected animal," said Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, chief Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Strangles – North America (04): Canada (PE) USA (MA) horses
Strangles -- CanadaThere is one new confirmed case of strangles at the Red Shores racetrack in Charlottetown.A horse started showing signs on Sat 8 May 2021 and was removed from the stables. It later tested positive for the illness.Lee Drake, manager of racing and broadcast with Red Shores, says no other horses are showing any signs at this time."We know the protocols; everything has been handled the way we felt it should be handled in terms of removing any horses that have any potential signs," Read more [...]
PRO/EDR> Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update (09): Africa, Nigeria
Cholera -- NigeriaGombe state government on Thu 27 May 2021 confirmed that 7 persons, including a 2-year-old boy, have died from the outbreak of cholera in Akko local government area of the state.The state Commissioner for health, Dr. Habu Dahiru, who confirmed this to journalists at the Heal Emergency Operation Centre, said the 2-year-old boy died in Kalajanga village of Akko local government area.Dahiru said that, so far, 32 cases have been treated and discharged, while 6 are currently on admission. Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Methanol poisoning – India: (UP) suspected, fatal
Poisoning -- IndiaAt least 11 people have died and 6 have been hospitalized in critical condition after drinking tainted alcohol in northern India, an official said Friday [28 May 2021].Police arrested 4 people involved in the sale of unlicensed liquor in a village near Aligarh, 300 km (190 mi) southwest of Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh state, District Magistrate Chandra Bhushan Singh said.The dead included 2 truck drivers who bought the liquor from a vender in the village and drank it at Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (188): vaccine safety, immunity, WHO
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): 2 953 064 (20 624) / 44 363 (401)European Region (61): 54 117 138 (70 197) / 1 145 899 (1694)South East Asia Region (10): 31 222 341 (208 644) / 393 895 (3990)Eastern Mediterranean Region (22): 10 019 315 (31 593) / 200 656 (469)Region Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (187): animal, Uruguay, dog, cat, OIE
COVID-19 -- UruguaySummaryReport type: immediate notificationStart on: [17 Dec 2020]Confirmed on: 1 Feb 2021Reported on: 25 May 2021Event status: ongoingReason for notification: emerging diseaseEvent morbidity (%): 50Event mortality: -Zoonotic potential: yesDiagnostic details: laboratory testCausal agent: SARS-CoV-2New outbreaks (2)Outbreak location 1: Montevideo, MontevideoStarted on: 22 Dec 2020Ended on: 22 Feb 2021Epidemiological unit: otherTotal animals affected:Species Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (186): animal, Russia, vaccine
COVID-19 -- RussiaSeveral regions in Russia have started vaccinating pets against COVID-19, Daily Mail reported.Russia had in March [2021] reported that it registered the world's 1st vaccine for animals against COVID-19, Carnivac-Cov, that was developed by the Federal Centre for Animal Health. Tests showed antibodies are generated in dogs, cats, foxes and minks after vaccination."It is the world's 1st and currently only coronavirus vaccine for animals," Konstantin Savenkov, head of the Federal Service Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Glanders – India: (HR) horse
Glanders -- IndiaTwo horses were tested positive for glanders disease in Jhajjar district of Haryana. Glanders, a contagious disease, primarily affects horses. It is caused by the bacterium _Burkholderia mallei_. "Glanders among equines is incurable. Horses that contracted the disease will be euthanised. [A total of] 143 blood samples were sent for testing," said Dr Manish Dabas, Deputy Director, Animal husbandry.--Communicated by:ProMED[Glanders is a contagious and fatal disease of horses, Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Leptospirosis – New Caledonia
Leptospirosis -- Collectivité spéciale de New Caledonia, FranceIn a follow-up on the leptospirosis situation in New Caledonia, the Department of Health and Social Affairs is now reporting 190 cases including 3 deaths through 18 May 2021. This compares with a total of 69 cases in all of 2020.Leptospirosis is widespread throughout the world, and of which there are several varieties. It is usually contracted during activity in connection with urine-contaminated fresh water or contaminated Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Leptospirosis – Australia (04): (NS)
Leptospirosis -- Australia[The patient] could have been dead in days. The 70-year-old Dunedoo pub owner caught a deadly infection from the mice plaguing NSW [New South Wales], leaving him in hospital with acute kidney failure, liver failure and a leaky heart valve.[The mouse plague this news article apparently is referring to regards the loss of farm crops due to increasing numbers of mice, which have devastated eastern Australia, from northern parts of Queensland down to South Australia, including Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (185): So. America, Australia, blood clots, B1.617 Finland, WHO
COVID-19 -- Worldwide/UnknownAustralia's Victoria state has reported 4 new locally acquired COVID-19 cases, the 1st day of a one-week hard lockdown imposed to contain a growing coronavirus outbreak in state capital Melbourne. Victoria, Australia's 2nd most populous state, entered into the lockdown on Thursday [27 May 2021] night, due to run until 3 Jun 2021, forcing its near 7 million residents to remain home except for essential business.--Communicated by:ProMED Rapporteur Kunihiko Iizuka[For additional Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Foot & mouth disease – South Africa: (NL) cattle, st SAT 2, OIE
Foot and Mouth -- South AfricaGeneral informationReport type: Immediate notificationStarted: 25 May 2021Confirmed: 26 May 2021Reported: 28 May 2021Reason for notification: RecurrenceLast occurrence: 7 Oct 2020Causal agent: Foot-and-mouth disease virusSubtype: SAT 2Nature of diagnosis: Clinical, laboratoryThis event pertains to a defined zone within the country.Outbreak location: Mtubatuba, Umkhanyakude, KwaZulu-NatalDate of start of the outbreak: 26 May 2021Epidemiological unit: Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Avian influenza (74): Europe (Finland, Germany) wild bird, HPAI H5N1, H5N4, OIE
Avian Influenza H5N1 -- FinlandSummaryReport type: immediate notificationStarted: 12 May 2021Confirmed: 17 May 2021Reported: 20 May 2021Reason for notification: new strain in the countryCausal agent: Highly pathogenic avian influenza virusSerotype: H5N1Nature of diagnosis: laboratoryThis event pertains to a defined zone within the country.New outbreaks (1)Summary of outbreaksTotal outbreaks (1)Outbreak location 1: Helsinki, Uusimaa, Southern FinlandStarted: 12 May 2021Ended: 13 May Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Rabies (12): Eurasia, Africa (Tunisia) dog, cat, fox, human exp
Rabies -- PakistanFor the 2nd time in a week, a human rabies death has been reported at the Indus Hospital in Karachi. Last week, a 6-year-old boy died from the lethal virus, and this Tuesday [25 May 2021], a 24-year-old man succumbed to rabies.A report from the Pakistani news source Dawn states that "the patients received improper and inadequate treatment at government hospitals."In the case of the young child, who received bites to the face, rabies immunoglobulin (RIG) was never administered; proper Read more [...]
PRO/EDR> Meningitis, meningococcal – Australia (02): (NS) sg B
Meningitis - Neisseria -- AustraliaTwo cases of meningococcal disease have been confirmed in Sydney this week, sparking fears of a full-blown outbreak. The boys, from Manly on the city's Northern Beaches, are high school students who are members of the same sporting club; 2 of their teammates are awaiting test results. The 2 confirmed cases have been responding well to their treatment, The Daily Telegraph reported. One case was confirmed to have the type B strain of the disease while the other has Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Plague – USA (03): (CO) domestic pet, wildlife, alert
Plague -- United StatesWhat to look for: If you notice an unusual number of dead wild rodents in your area, contact El Paso County Public Health at 719-578-3199 and select the option for Environmental Health. Do not handle sick or dead animals.What you can do: Because plague is regularly found among wild rodents in El Paso County, it is important to always follow these precautions:- Do not feed or touch wild animals, such as prairie dogs, rabbits, chipmunks, squirrels, and other rodents.- Do not Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> African swine fever – Asia (04): Bhutan (CK) domestic, 1st rep, OIE
African Swine Fever -- BhutanGeneral informationReport type: immediate notificationStarted on: 6 May 2021Confirmed on: 13 May 2021Reported on: 27 May 2021Reason for notification: 1st occurrence in the countryCausal agent: African swine fever virusNature of diagnosis: necropsy, clinical, laboratoryThis event pertains to a defined zone within the country.Outbreak location: Phuentsholing, ChhukhaApproximate location: below sewerage plant, Phuentshogling town, Chhukha District, Bhutan -- sharing border Read more [...]
PRO/EDR> Poliomyelitis update (07): global, Sierra Leone, Kenya, Somalia, WHO
Polio -- Sierra LeoneNew wild poliovirus isolates reported this week:AFP cases: 0Environment: 0Others: 0New cVDPV isolates reported this week:AFP cases: 12Environment: 6Others: 3Headlines- The 28th meeting of the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) on the international spread of poliovirus was convened by the WHO director-general on 4 May 2021 with Committee members and advisers attending via video conference, supported by the WHO secretariat. The Read more [...]
PRO/EDR> Measles update (09): Africa, Nigeria (BO)
Measles -- Worldwide/UnknownIn northeastern Nigeria, officials with the Borno State Government reported 491 suspected cases of measles the week ending 17 May [2021], bringing the state total for 2021 to 5902. The total includes 4653 cases in children under 5 years old, or 78% of the total.In addition, 6 measles-related deaths recorded within the week, bringing the death count to 72 since the beginning of the year [2021].Active case search for suspected measles cases continued in all LGAs.Officials Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (184): asymp. infection, post-vaccine heart inflam., fungal, WHO
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): 2 911 654 (17 385) / 43 614 (206)European Region (61): 53 962 217 (49 586) / 1 142 221 (2078)South East Asia Region (10): 30 781 898 (230 276) / 385 673 (4605)Eastern Mediterranean Region (22): 9 955 811 (33 087) / 199 581 (547)Region Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Undiagnosed disease, passerine birds – USA: (DC) blindness
Undiagnosed -- United StatesIn the video, the young grackle takes a few wobbly steps along a sidewalk, pauses and then wobbles some more. The bird's eyes appear completely closed.When Alexandra Dimsdale found the stumbling creature on the ground outside her D.C. home on [Sat 22 May 2021] morning, she wasn't sure whether it was a crow or some other type of black bird. All she knew for certain was that it needed help.She took the video right after she called local animal control officials for advice Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Avian influenza (73): Nepal (KT,BM) poultry, HPAI H5N8, spread
Avian Influenza H5N8 -- NepalBird flu [avian influenza] has been detected at 3 places in Kathmandu again, according to the Department of Livestock Services.The presence of bird flu (H5N8) was confirmed after samples collected from Turkey farms located at Kirtipur wards 4 and 9 and Chandragiri Municipality-2 [Bagmati province] showed positive reports.All bodies concerned at the provincial, local level working in the field of livestock services were mobilized to destroy fowls including birds and chickens Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Cryptosporidiosis – Finland: human-cattle transmission, 2020
Cryptosporidium -- FinlandHealth authorities in Finland have noted an increase in _Cryptosporidium_ infections. Despite the coronavirus pandemic restrictions and reduced travel, there were 571 cryptosporidiosis cases in 2020, almost 30 times as high as the figure in 2010.The Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) and Finnish Food Authority (Ruokavirasto) have investigated the sources of infections through questionnaires and laboratory work. _Cryptosporidium parvum_ was the most common species Read more [...]
PRO/PL> Brown streak, cassava – Uganda: (NW)
Other Plant Disease -- UgandaCassava farmers in Nwoya District have failed to find suitable cuttings for planting following the outbreak of cassava brown streak. The disease ravaged their cassava gardens between 2017 and 2019. Following the outbreak of brown streak, the district agricultural and production department asked farmers to halt planting cassava in order to contain the spread of the disease that had been reported in four sub-counties. [They] also advised farmers to fallow their gardens Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (183): Japan, oxygen shortage, Hong Kong, GI effect, WHO, global
COVID-19 -- Worldwide/UnknownGlobally, over the past week, the number of new cases and deaths reported continued to decrease, with over 4.1 million new cases and 84 000 new deaths reported. The European Region reported the largest decline in new cases and deaths this week, followed by the South-East Asia Region. The Region of the Americas, Eastern Mediterranean, African, and Western Pacific Regions reported similar numbers of cases to the previous week.In this edition, a special focus update is provided Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Leishmaniasis, cutaneous – Pakistan (02): (KP)
Leishmaniasis -- PakistanLeishmaniasis [cutaneous] has affected hundreds of people, including children and elderly, in the Lachi tehsil and several adjoining villages. The disease is caused from a bite by sand fly.The affected people have been left with scars on the face and other body parts.The focal person on the disease told Dawn on Sunday [23 May 2021] that the sand fly parasite had come from Afghanistan and Balochistan during the war against terrorism, as earlier there was no sign of it in the Read more [...]
PRO/PL> Undiagnosed disease, sugar cane – Pakistan: (SD) alert
Undiagnosed -- PakistanSindh agriculture department [AgD] has put its field staff on high alert to cope with a contagious unknown disease that is posing adverse risks to sugarcane crops. Sugarcane is suffering from an unknown complicated and contagious disease that has resulted in drying and destroying the crop at a large scale, growers said. Sindh Abadgar Board (SAB) [Organisation of Agriculturalists] said the disease has appeared in some areas of Tando Allahyar district this year [2021]. It prevailed Read more [...]
PRO/EDR> Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update (08): Africa (Nigeria)
Cholera — Nigeria
PRO/AH/EDR> Rocky Mountain spotted fever – USA: (MN)
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever -- United StatesA one-year-old boy has been in the intensive care unit for the last week under sedation fighting Rocky Mountain spotted fever, a rare tick-borne infection caused by a common wood tick. "It's so new a lot of the people we meet [at the hospital] say they have never seen a case here," said the mother.The infection is most common across the central USA from the Carolinas to Kansas, but it is suspected he picked it up in a new development in Buffalo, MN, which Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Crimean-Congo hem. fever – Asia (04): Pakistan (BA)
Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever -- PakistanTwo suspected Congo fever [Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, CCHF] patients were admitted to a Quetta hospital Sunday night [23 May 2021]. Noorullah Moosakhail, the medical superintendent of Fatima Jinnah Chest and General Hospital, said that 2 patients came to the hospital with symptoms similar to Congo fever. Their samples have been taken and sent to the laboratory.The patients have been moved to the hospital's isolation ward and their symptoms are being Read more [...]
PRO/EDR> Syphilis – Canada: (SK) incr incidence, women, congenital, RFI
Syphilis -- CanadaRecent years have seen transmission grow exponentially among young women, raising the risk of babies acquiring the disease in the womb.Of all the diseases Dr Rupeena Purewal was watching, syphilis was never at the top of the list. But the Saskatoon pediatric infectious disease doctor says the surging case numbers across Western Canada have suddenly made the disease an emerging issue, particularly for newborn children if their mother is infected during pregnancy. She is now part Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Dengue/DHF update (03) – Americas
Dengue -- Worldwide/UnknownCases by Country / Week updated / Serotype / Total / Confirmed / Severe / DeathsNorth AmericaUSA / 18 [w/e 8 May 2021] / D? / 10 10 / 0 / 0Central America and MexicoBelize / 18 [w/e 8 May 2021] / D? / 1104 / 4 / 0 / 0Costa Rica / 17 [w/e 1 May 2021] / D1,2 / 1121 / 53 / 1 / 0El Salvador / 17 [w/e 1 May 2020] / D? / 1087 / - / - / -Guatemala / 6 [w/e 13 Feb 2021] / D2,3 / 191 / 10 / 1 / 1Honduras / 16 [w/e 24 Apr 2021] / D? / 2875 / - / 117 / 0Mexico / 17 [w/e 1 May 2021] Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (182): Japan, Olympics, India, mucrom, oxygen & mortality, WHO
COVID-19 -- JapanWHO 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): 2 876 509 (14 965) / 43 203 (145)European Region (61): 54 147 639 (37 363) / 1 135 746 (960)South East Asia Region (10): 30 332 591 (243 942) / 377 145 (4868)Eastern Mediterranean Region (22): 9 892 010 (28 064) / 198 490 (526)Region of the Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Lumpy skin disease – Asia (06): Thailand, cattle, spread
Lumpy Skin Disease -- ThailandAn outbreak of lumpy skin disease [LSD] among cattle has been reported in many districts of this northeastern border province, local media reported.In Na Kae district alone, almost 500 cattle were reported to have been infected with the disease in 12 tambons, particularly in tambon Phiman, where 200 cattle were infected and 6 died. [A tambon is a 3rd administrative subdivision level in Thailand, below amphoe (district) and Changwat (province)].LSD is an infectious disease Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Glanders – Nepal: (BN,LL) horse, mule, 1st rep, OIE
Glanders -- NepalReport type: immediate notificationStarted: 9 Nov 2020Confirmed: 17 Nov 2020Reported: 21 May 2021Reason for notification: 1st occurrence in the countryCausal agent: _Burkholderia mallei_Nature of diagnosis: clinical, laboratoryThis event pertains to the whole country.New outbreaks (2)Outbreak location 1: Banke, Bheri, Mid-Western [Lumbini province]Started: 9 Nov 2020Ended: ongoingEpidemiological unit: otherAffected animals:Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths / Read more [...]
