Archive for Global Disease Alerts
PRO/AH/EDR> Leptospirosis – Australia: (NS) human, dog
Leptospirosis -- AustraliaDogs are most commonly affected. Leptospirosis in cats is rare and appears to be mild although very little is known about the disease in this species. Common risk factors for leptospirosis in dogs residing in the United States [and likely anywhere - Mod.TG] include exposure to or drinking from rivers, lakes, or streams; roaming on rural properties (because of exposure to potentially infected wildlife, farm animals, or water sources); exposure to wild animal or farm animal Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> African swine fever – Europe (26): Ukraine, domestic, wild boar, update, OIE
African Swine Fever -- UkraineKiev: event started 16 Oct 2016. 20 outbreaks (submitted) reported to date (9 Jul 2019). The event is continuing, with the last follow-up report no. 17 provided on 13 May 2019.Total animals affected:Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths / Killed and disposed of / SlaughteredSwine / 11 507 / 62 / 62 / 11 450 / 0--Communicated by:ProMED-mail******[2] Donetsk: domestic swine and wild boarDate: Tue 9 Jul 2019Source: OIE, WAHIS (World Animal Health Information System) Read more [...]
PRO/AH> African swine fever – Europe (25): Latvia, wild, spread, domestic, 1st in 2019
African Swine Fever -- LatviaThis year's 1st African swine fever (ASF) infection for domestic pigs has been registered in Latvia. The illness was uncovered in an enclosure in Durbe Parish, Vecpils County. A total of 49 pigs have been killed to halt the spread of the disease, as reported by Food and Veterinary Service (FVS).The affected farm has been put under quarantine - a protection zone in a 3 km [approx. 1.8 mi] radius and an observation zone in a 10 km [approx. 6.2 mi] radius around it. All Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Anthrax – USA (05): (TX) additional outbreaks
Anthrax -- United StatesSince [19 Jun 2019], the Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) has received confirmation of 3 additional anthrax cases in the area of Texas where anthrax is historically found. The 1st anthrax case of the year [2019] was confirmed in one captive antelope on a premises in Uvalde County on [19 Jun 2019]. Since that time, anthrax was confirmed in goats on a new Uvalde County premises on [24 Jun 2019], one Sutton County horse was confirmed to have anthrax on [3 Jul 2019], and Read more [...]
PRO/EDR> Poliomyelitis update (57): Pakistan, global (WPV1 and cVDPV)
Polio -- PakistanNew wild poliovirus reported this week:AFP cases: 5Environment: 20New cVDPV poliovirus reported this week:AFP cases: 2Environment: 5Others: 4Headlines- A 2nd cVDPV2 outbreak has been reported in Angola this year [2019]; the earlier outbreak was detected in Lunda Norte province; for which an outbreak response is in progress (in close coordination with DRC). The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) Outbreak Preparedness and Response Task Team (OPRTT) is also supporting Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> West Nile virus (12): Americas (USA)
West Nile Virus -- United StatesCounty health workers said cases of West Nile virus are now predicted to hit a 5 year high.At this rate, they anticipate infected mosquitoes to be flying around Maricopa county until November [2019]."We have mosquitoes in Maricopa county that don't just bite at dawn and dusk, but also ones that bite all day long," said Rebecca Sunenshine, Medical Director at the Maricopa County Department of Public Health.So far this year [2019], the Arizona Department of Health confirmed Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> White nose syndrome, bats – North America (04): (CA) 1st rep
White nose syndrome -- Worldwide/UnknownFor the 1st time, an invasive fungus that causes a deadly bat disease has been detected in California.White-nose syndrome, one of the most consequential wildlife diseases of modern times, has killed more than 6 million bats in North America since it was first discovered in New York in 2006.The disease, which has devastated bat populations in Pennsylvania, New York, and elsewhere in the Northeast, is caused by the fungus _Pseudogymnoascus destructans_ [Pd]. Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Crimean-Congo hem. fever- Asia (07): Pakistan (KP)
Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever -- PakistanWith Eid ul-Azha just around the corner, reports of a Congo [Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic] virus infection have surfaced in the provincial capital [Peshawar]. At least 2 people have been admitted in the Hayatabad Medical Complex with symptoms similar to that of the Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF). A hospital spokesperson told The Express Tribune on [Fri 5 Jul 2019] that 2 young men had been brought to the facility with complaints of high fever. He added Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Hantavirus – Americas (28): Bolivia (TR)
Hantavirus -- BoliviaThe Villa Montes [Tarija] municipal health technician, Samuel Quintasi, stated that a person from a rural area contracted [a] hantavirus [infection] and was sent to a 3rd level hospital, although he did not specify if in Tarija or in Santa Cruz del la Sierra.Due to timely medical attention for the patient, this individual is in stable condition and has been released from the hospital with recommendations to avoid new infection on returning home."Health personnel have visited Read more [...]
PRO/EDR> Undiagnosed deaths – Dominican Republic (05) travelers, resorts
Undiagnosed -- Dominican RepublicTourist deaths in the Dominican Republic are sparking concern among travelers.It's not yet clear whether the deaths of 10 Americans over the past year are connected. [Some sources report as many as 13 deaths. - Mod.TG]Ten known US tourists have died at Dominican Republic resorts, or at the hospital immediately following resort stays -- including 3 within 7 days, and 2 within 3 days -- in just over a year.Now over a dozen more visitors who fell dangerously ill on vacation Read more [...]
PRO/EDR> Undiagnosed poisoning – Tajikistan, fatalities, RFI
Poisoning -- TajikistanTajikistan has opened a criminal investigation after 14 prison inmates died of food poisoning while being transferred from Tajikistan's northern Sogd region to prisons in Dushanbe, Norak, and Yovon in southern Tajikistan on 7 Jul 2019."During transportation, one of the prisoners shared 3 pieces of bread with another 15 inmates in Varzab Valley," the Justice Ministry said in a statement. "Their health deteriorated when they arrived in Dushanbe."It said that "16 prisoners, who Read more [...]
PRO/EDR> Legionellosis – USA (12): (MI)
Legionnaires' -- United StatesThe Michigan Department of Health and Human Services [MDHHS] has announced the state is experiencing an increase in legionellosis cases. To date in 2019, there have been 140 confirmed cases of legionellosis reported in 38 counties compared to 135 confirmed cases during the same timeframe in 2018, the department says. Confirmed cases include 19 in Oakland county, 16 in Wayne county, 13 in Macomb county, 11 in Genesee county, and 10 cases each in the City of Detroit and Read more [...]
PRO/PL> Xylella, almond – Israel: 1st rep
Xylella Fastidiosa -- IsraelThe NPPO [National Plant Protection Organisation] of Israel recently informed EPPO of the 1st record of _Xylella fastidiosa_ (EPPO A2 List) on its territory. During a survey carried out in 2017-2018, a few symptomatic almond (_Prunus dulcis_) trees were discovered and subsequently eradicated. More recently, symptomatic almond trees were discovered in 3 adjacent commercial orchards in the northeastern part of Israel. Symptomatic leaf samples were tested. Results confirmed Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Rift Valley fever – Mayotte (14): human, cattle
Rift Valley Fever -- Région d'outre-mer de Mayotte, France- There have been no new animal outbreaks identified during the past week.- The total number since the beginning of the epizootic is 124 foci of sick animals (99 cattle and 25 small ruminants).- The CHM [Centre Hospitalier de Mayotte] laboratory reported 2 new human cases during the past week. Since the beginning of the epidemic, there have been 141 human cases.[Byline: Lucie Touze]--Communicated by:ProMED-mail from HealthMap Alerts[Although Read more [...]
PRO/AH> African swine fever – Europe (24): Bulgaria (PV) domestic, spread
African Swine Fever -- BulgariaThe Bulgarian Food Safety Agency (BFSA) on Fri 5 Jul 2019 evening confirmed a 2nd outbreak of African swine fever [ASF] in domestic pigs in 3 days, and the 3rd since 2018.The disease was located in a backyard pig farm in the village of Novachene near Danube River, only 16 km southeast of the village of Zhernov, where the previous case was confirmed on Wed 3 Jul 2019 [see http://promedmail.org/post/20190704.6552546], the agency said in a statement.The BFSA took the necessary Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Classical swine fever – Japan (07): domestic, wild, spread, control, OIE
Classical Swine Fever -- JapanInformation received on [and dated] 5 Jul 2019 from Dr Norio Kumagai, Director, Chief Veterinary Officer, Animal Health Division, Food Safety and Consumer Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Tokyo, JapanReport type: Follow-up report No. 31Date of start of the event: 3 Sep 2018Date of confirmation of the event: 5 Jul 2019, 9 Sep 2018Report date: 5 Jul 2019Date submitted to OIE 5 Jul 2019.[The report presents data on 3 new outbreaks in domestic Read more [...]
PRO/EDR> Legionellosis – Europe (04): UK, Legionnaires' dis. Pontiac fever, salt cave spa
Fever -- United KingdomHealax Salt Caves officials said it was closed "until further notice." A health spa is the "likely source" of an outbreak of _Legionella_ infection, which has left 9 people in hospital, Public Health England (PHE) has said.14 people who attended Healax Salt Caves in Bournemouth in June [2019] have contracted either Legionnaire's disease or the less serious Pontiac fever. A further 39 people who reported symptoms have not had infections confirmed by laboratory tests. The 9 worst-affected Read more [...]
PRO/EDR> Norovirus – Europe (02): Switzerland, RFI
Norovirus -- SwitzerlandMore than 40 military staff and recruits at an academy in central Switzerland were taken to hospital on Thu 4 Jul 2019 after they suddenly fell violently ill, the government said.In a statement, the Swiss defense department said that on Thu 4 Jul 2019 afternoon, 43 recruits and members of the Jassbach academy in Linden, in Bern Canton, suddenly suffered from acute gastrointestinal problems, with diarrhoea and vomiting."As a result, all 43 service members were sent by ambulance Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Rabies (36): Americas, USA (PA, FL, NJ, SC) cat, fox, raccoon, human exposure
Rabies -- United StatesThe Adams County SPCA [Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals] announced on Monday [1 Jul 2019] that a case of rabies was confirmed in Huntington Township after a man was bit by a feral cat.On [Mon 1 Jul 2019], a York Springs resident was bit by a feral cat that, according to a press release, looked "injured or sickly" and was dragging its back end.The cat was trapped after it bit the man and taken to the Adams County SPCA to be tested for rabies and euthanized. Rabies Read more [...]
PRO> Histoplasmosis – Canada (02): (NF) ex Cuba, tourists, caving, background
Histoplasmosis -- CanadaThe Gideon database maintains an ongoing record of all cross-border infectious disease events, including importation of animals and foods associated with zoonotic disease. [1-3]As of 2019, 76 episodes of histoplasmosis have been associated with travel, involving at least 574 individual cases (8 fatal). 18 of these events were related to cave exposure, including 2 involving caves in Cuba. Four publications described acquisition of histoplasmosis by Canadian travelers, 2 involving Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Ebola update (63): Congo DR (NK, IT) case update, summaries
Ebola -- DR Congo- 151 911 vaccinated persons- 71 940 958 people under control- 128 contaminated healthcare workers--Communicated by:ProMED-mail[Also see Ebola dashboard Ebola DRC Kivu 2018 Dashboard reports 9 new cases on 5 Jul 2019, making 60 cases so far this week, 272 in the past 21 days, and 2398 since the outbreak began on 1 Aug 2018. Out of 18 800 contacts, 2200 are going untraced. There is a discrepancy in case numbers, 2389 vs 2398, most likely due to date difference in tally Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Equine influenza – Sudan: (SF) serotype not typed, 1st report, OIE
Equine Influenza -- SudanInformation received on [and dated] 5 Jul 2019 from Dr. Ahmed Shiekh Eldin, Undersecretary, Chief Veterinary Officer, Veterinary Services, Ministry of Animal Resources, Khartoum, SudanSummaryReport type: Immediate notification (final report)Date of start of the event: 15 Apr 2019Date of confirmation of the event: 2 Jul 2019Report date: 5 Jul 2019Date submitted to OIE: 5 Jul 2019Reason for notification: 1st occurrence of a listed disease in the countryCausal agent: Equine Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Trypanosomiasis, African – Zambia: South Luangwa National Park
Trypanosomiasis — Zambia
PRO/AH/EDR> Koi herpesvirus disease – Ireland: (WH) OIE
Other Animal Disease -- IrelandInformation received on 2 Jul 2019 from Dr. Martin Blake, Chief Veterinary Officer, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Agriculture House, Dublin, IrelandSummaryReport type: Immediate notificationDate of start of the event: 31 May 2019Date of confirmation of the event: 7 Jun 2019Report date: 1 Jul 2019Date submitted to OIE: 2 Jul 2019Reason for notification: Reoccurrence of a listed diseaseDate of previous occurrence: 8 Jul 2016Manifestation of disease: Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Salmonellosis, st Uganda – USA (02): Mexican papayas, alert
Salmonella -- United StatesTotal / 71Illnesses started on dates ranging from 14 Jan 2019 to 16 Jun 2019. Most illnesses have occurred since April 2019. Ill people range in age from less than 1 year to 90 years, with a median age of 60 years; 52% of ill people are female. Of 45 people with available information, 27 (60%) have been hospitalized. No deaths attributed to _Salmonella_ have been reported. Of 40 ill people with available information, 28 (70%) reported being of Hispanic ethnicity.Illnesses Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Senecavirus A – Canada: (ON) pigs
Other Animal Disease -- Canada- SVA is a non‐enveloped single‐stranded RNA virus of the family _Picornaviradae_. Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) and swine vesicular disease virus (SVDV) are also members of this same viral family.-- This type of infection in swine resulting in snout and coronary band vesicles has also been termed idiopathic vesicular disease in swine.-- It was proposed that SVA is the etiological agent of idiopathic vesicular disease, but this relationship is yet to Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Equine infectious anemia – Canada (05): (AB) horses
Equine Infectious Anemia -- CanadaAn equine infectious anemia (EIA)-affected premises has been identified in the province of Alberta. On 28 Jun 2019, a positive EIA result was confirmed by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) national reference laboratory for a horse located on a premises in the County of St. Paul, in the province of Alberta.The horse had been sampled by an accredited veterinarian because it was exhibiting clinical signs compatible with EIA infection. A CFIA investigation is Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> E. coli EHEC – USA (13): (CA) county fair, fatal
E. coli -- United StatesCounty health officials said Friday [5 Jul 2019] that new probable _E. coli_ cases involving 2 young children are believed to be linked to contact with animals at the San Diego County Fair. The San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) announced the following details on the 2 new probable cases:- 2-year-old who visited the fair and reported contact with animals on 22 Jun 2019, fell ill 4 days later, but was not hospitalized- 4-year-old who visited the fair and Read more [...]
PRO/EDR> Hepatitis E – Namibia (03)
Hepatitis E -- NamibiaDuring the month of June 2019, hepatitis E virus (HEV), which has spread like wildfire through Namibia's sewer-deep informal settlements, carried on unabated, with 113 cases reported countrywide. So far, 45 [persons] have perished since [the outbreak started] in September 2017. From the 45 lives lost, 20 maternal deaths have been reported, signifying the much-extended grave impact that the disease has on Namibia, with newborn babies and children being orphaned due to insatiable Read more [...]
PRO/AH> Bolivian hemorrhagic fever – Bolivia: background
Hemorrhagic Fever -- BoliviaRe: ProMED-mail Undiagnosed illness - Bolivia (02): (LP) Bolivian hemorrhagic fever conf. http://promedmail.org/post/20190704.6551379In 2019, a small outbreak of Bolivian hemorrhagic fever was reported at a hospital in La Paz [department], Bolivia. The following background data on Bolivian hemorrhagic fever are abstracted from Gideon www.GideonOnline.com and the Gideon e-book series.[1,2] Primary references are available from the author.Bolivian hemorrhagic fever (BHF) Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> E. coli EHEC – Iceland
E. coli -- IcelandIceland health officials have reported 4 pediatric Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (also called enterohemorrhagic E. coli [EHEC]) cases. Officials say all the children are from the capital of Reykjavik; however, all have probably been infected in Arnessysla county or, more specifically, in Blaskogabyggd.The source of the infection is unknown at this time. The Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority and the South Iceland Health Inspectorate are now working to analyze the origin of Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Leptospirosis – India: (MH) monsoon flooding
Leptospirosis -- IndiaIn the last 5 years, 72 people died and 1527 were affected in Maharashtra due to leptospirosis, an infectious bacterial disease that commonly occurs during monsoons. Mumbai has recorded the highest number of leptospirosis cases.According to data from the state health department, 309 cases were recorded in 2018, of which 218 cases and 12 deaths were from Mumbai -- one more person who died was from Kalyan. Heavy rains in Mumbai and the coastal belt have led to the government stepping Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Avian influenza (40): Viet Nam (TB) backyard, HPAI H5N6, OIE
Avian Influenza H5N6 -- VietnamInformation received on [and dated] 3 Jul 2019 from Dr. Dong Pham Van, Director General, Chief Veterinary Officer, Department of Animal Health, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Hanoi, Viet NamSummaryReport type: Immediate notificationDate of start of the event: 23 Jun 2019Date of confirmation of the event: 25 Jun 2019Reason for notification: Reoccurrence of a listed diseaseDate of previous occurrence: 11 Mar 2019Manifestation of disease: Clinical diseaseCausal Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Anthrax – Argentina (02): (BA) cattle
Anthrax -- ArgentinaIn the partido (county) of Carlos Casares there were 2 outbreaks in February and March 2019:(1) The 1st was at an inn ("Tambo") where 7 Holland Argentino cows in a dairy herd died; they were diagnosed clinically and microbiologically confirmed by the isolation of _Bacillus anthracis_. The affected herd was partially vaccinated, and it is possible that the affected animals had not been vaccinated. The carcasses were soaked with 5% formalin and buried. The outbreak was reported Read more [...]
PRO/EDR> Vibrio vulnificus – USA (02): (TX, FL)
Vibrio vulnificus -- United StatesAn Aransas county man has had 3 surgeries and is still in the hospital after he contracted _Vibrio_, a flesh-eating bacterium, while fishing on Ransom Island near Aransas Pass, according to a recent story from KRIS 6 NEWS. Shortly after a fishing trip, a 79-year-old was admitted into the hospital because of a cut on his hand that was also swollen, his daughter told KRIS 6 NEWS. He had been fishing with his son-in-law.This is the 2nd flesh-eating incident that has Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Histoplasmosis – Canada: (NF) ex Cuba, tourists, caving, poss. bat guano expos.
Histoplasmosis -- CanadaA Newfoundland woman is warning travellers to do their research before adventurous excursions abroad after she and several other Newfoundlanders became ill from a mysterious disease traced back to a cave she visited in Cuba. The illness was eventually identified as a respiratory infection called histoplasmosis, or "cave disease," caused by spores from bird or bat droppings in damp soil.[She] of Paradise, NL, travelled to Cuba with her husband on 27 Apr [2019], but her fever-like Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> African swine fever – Asia (53): Cambodia (TB) domestic, OIE
African Swine Fever -- CambodiaInformation received on [and dated] 3 Jul 2019 from Mr Phannara Tan, Director General, General Directorate of Animal Health and Production, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Phnom Penh, CambodiaSummaryReport type: immediate notificationDate of start of the event: 23 Jun 2019Date of confirmation of the event: 26 Jun 2019Report date: 3 Jul 2019Date submitted to OIE: 3 Jul 2019Reason for notification: recurrence of a listed diseaseDate of previous occurrence: Read more [...]
PRO/PL> Scab & rust, apple – India
Other Plant Disease -- IndiaThe deadly apple scab has broken out in orchards in [several] districts, creating panic among farmers. Horticulture officials inspected 22 orchards. "Apple scab has been detected on both fruit and leaves. We found up to 50 per cent of incidence," they observed.The detection of scab after 33 years has come as a chilling reminder, [the disease] had destroyed the apple economy for 2 years. "It was controlled by an all-out joint vigorous anti-scab campaign launched by farmers, Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Japanese encephalitis & other – India (13): (AS)
Japanese Encephalitis -- IndiaThe National Health Mission said [Thu 4 Jul 2019] 45 people have died till [3 Jul 2019] since the outbreak of Japanese encephalitis [JE] in Assam.Most of upper Assam districts, including Jorhat, Golaghat, Dibrugarh, Lakhimpur, and the lower Assam district of Kamrup have been affected by the mosquito-borne disease."Assam is undergoing the transmission season for Japanese encephalitis cases. A total number of 45 Japanese encephalitis deaths have been reported till [3 Jul Read more [...]
PRO/EDR> Cholera, diarrhea & dysentery update (19): Asia (Yemen)
Cholera -- YemenThe Ministry of Public Health and Population of Yemen reported 20 264 suspected cases of cholera with 15 associated deaths during epidemiological week 24 (10-16 Jun) of 2019, with 14% of cases reported as severe. The cumulative total number of suspected cholera cases from 1 Jan 2018 to 16 Jun 2019 is 779 849, with 1178 associated deaths (CFR 0.15%). Children under 5 represent 22.7% of total suspected cases during 2019. In 2019 the outbreak has affected 22 of 23 governorates and 299 Read more [...]
