Archive for Global Disease Alerts
PRO/AH/EDR> Anthrax – Kyrgyzstan (02): (OH) cattle, human
Anthrax -- KyrgyzstanThe owner of the calf in Kara-Suu district of Osh region, source of anthrax, was fined, the state inspectorate for veterinary and phytosanitary safety reported. The man was fined KGS 5500 (USD 70.54) for violation of veterinary rules.The carcass of the dead calf was divided into 4 parts. Meat was distributed among villagers without a veterinary permit. A total of 288 people divided the meat and consumed it; 8 were taken to the hospital with suspected anthrax. One patient tested Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Scrub typhus – Nepal (02): (SE)
Scrub Typhus -- NepalAn adolescent girl died of scrub typhus infection in the Baitadi district [Seti proivnce). The deceased has been identified as 14 [year-old], of Dogadakedar rural municipality-3, Shreekot. The infected girl was taken to Dhangadhi-based Sarathi Hospital from Baitadi via Dadeldhura Hospital. Her relative [...] informed she passed away on the way to the Kohalpur Hospital from Dhangadhi for further treatment.--Communicated by:ProMED-mail from HealthMap Alerts[Baitadi District, with Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Anthrax – Ukraine: (OD) human, prob. bovine exposure
Anthrax -- UkraineA case of anthrax has been confirmed in the Odessa region in Ukraine, reports RIA News with reference to the Public Health Center of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine.It is noted that on [3 Aug 2020], a man who buys animals for subsequent resale had a fever, and a boil which then turned into an ulcer appeared on his lower leg. The patient asked for medical help only on [7 Aug 2020]. On [11 Aug 2020], the reference laboratory of the Center for Public Health of Ukraine isolated anthrax Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (357): coinfections, sequelae, selected countries, WHO, global
COVID-19 -- Worldwide/Unknown- The COVID-19 pandemic, which has killed over 390 000 people in the Americas, is threatening regional plans to eliminate and control infectious diseases including tuberculosis, HIV, hepatitis, and others, WHO Regional Director for the Americas, Dr Carissa F. Etienne said yesterday [11 Aug 2020].- The WHO Regional Office for Europe is convening a Pan-European Commission on Health and Sustainable Development. The Commission will draw lessons on how different countries' Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Brucellosis – Sierra Leone: (NO) goats, sheep, OIE
Brucellosis -- Sierra LeoneInformation received on [and dated] 11 Aug 2020 from Dr. Amadu Tejan Jalloh, Deputy Director - Animal Health, Livestock and Veterinary Services Division, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Freetown, Sierra LeoneSummaryReport type: immediate notificationDate of start of the event: 16 Jul 2020Date of confirmation of the event: 20 Jul 2020Reason for notification: reoccurrence of a listed diseaseDate of previous occurrence: 2011Manifestation of disease: clinical diseaseCausal Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (356): South Africa (GT) animal, puma, zoo, OIE
COVID-19 -- South AfricaInformation received on 12 Aug 2020 from Dr Bothle Michael Modisane, Chief Director, Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Animal Production and Health, Pretoria, South AfricaSummaryReport type: immediate notificationDate of start of the event: 17 Jul 2020Date of confirmation of the event: 31 Jul 2020Report date: 11 Aug 2020Date submitted to OIE: 12 Aug 2020Reason for notification: emerging diseaseMorbidity: 2%Mortality: 0%Zoonotic impact: Human Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (355): USA (NC) animal, dog
COVID-19 -- United StatesA North Carolina dog died from coronavirus [COVID-19] complications last week [week of 3 Aug 2020], state health officials said Tuesday [11 Aug 2020].The dog's owner took it to a veterinary hospital, reporting breathing problems, and told staff it had earlier tested positive for the coronavirus and recovered. A test for the dog came back positive at the vet's office, according to a local CBS affiliate.Health officials noted there is no evidence animal-to-human transmission Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Anthrax – Italy (03): (CM) goat, OIE
Anthrax -- ItalyInformation received on [and dated] 12 Aug 2020 from Dr. Silvio Borrello, Chief Veterinary Officer, Food Safety and Collegial Bodies for Health Protection, Ministry of Health, Department for Veterinary Public Health, Rome, ItalySummaryReport type: Immediate notificationDate of start of the event: 22 Jul 2020Date of confirmation of the event: 31 Jul 2020Report date: 12 Aug 2020Date submitted to OIE: 12 Aug 2020Reason for notification: Recurrence of a listed diseaseDate of Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Epizootic ulcerative syndrome, fish – Botswana: (CH) OIE
Other Animal Disease -- BotswanaInformation received on [and dated] 8 Aug 2020 from Dr Letlhogile Modisa, Director, Veterinary Services, Ministry of Agriculture, Gaborone, BotswanaSummaryReport type: immediate notificationDate of start of the event: 31 Jul 2020Date of confirmation of the event: 31 Jul 2020Reason for notification: recurrence of a listed diseaseDate of previous occurrence: 31 Oct 2010Manifestation of disease: clinical diseaseCausal agent: _Aphanomyces invadans_Nature of diagnosis: Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Anthrax – USA (02): possible new livestock/wildlife oral vaccine
Anthrax -- United StatesThere may soon be a new weapon in the centuries-old battle against anthrax in wildlife thanks to groundbreaking work at the Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVMBS).Anthrax, a disease caused by a bacterium called _Bacillus anthracis_, contaminates surface soil and grasses, where it may be ingested or inhaled by livestock or grazing wildlife. This is especially common in the western Texas Hill Country, where each year the disease Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Plague, animal – Russia: (TU) ground squirrel, alert
Plague -- RussiaPlague was detected in ground squirrels in the Russian southeastern Republic of Tuva last month [July 2020], the country's consumer rights and human welfare watchdog [Rospotrebnadzor] said on Tuesday [11 Aug 2020], adding that the entire population engaged in livestock breeding in the area was subject to vaccination."There is an epizootic activity of Tuva mountain natural plague foci recorded almost every year since 1964. In July 2020, local epizootics in the habitat of long-tailed Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Avian influenza (54): Australia (VI) poultry, LPAI H5N2, OIE
Avian Influenza H5N2 -- AustraliaInformation received on [and dated] 11 Aug 2020 from Dr. Mark Schipp, Chief Veterinary Officer, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Australian Government, Canberra, AustraliaSummaryReport type: immediate notificationDate of start of the event: 7 Aug 2020Date of confirmation of the event: 10 Aug 2020Reason for notification: recurrence of a listed diseaseDate of previous occurrence: 27 Jun 2013Manifestation of disease: clinical diseaseCausal agent: Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (354): vaccine development, New Zealand, WHO, global
COVID-19 -- New Zealand- Nearly 20 million cases of COVID-19 have now been recorded. WHO Director-General Dr Tedros stressed that behind these statistics there is a great deal of pain and suffering. He emphasized that 'There are 2 essential elements to addressing the pandemic effectively. Leaders must step up to take action and citizens need to embrace new measures...My message is crystal clear: suppress, suppress, suppress the virus'.- Dr Tedros sent a message of solidarity to the people of Beirut Read more [...]
PRO/EDR> Malaria – India (02): (New Delhi)
Malaria -- IndiaAccording to a municipal report released on Monday [10 Aug 2020], 45 cases of malaria have been reported in the national capital this year till [8 Aug 2020].The commissioner of the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) had recently issued an advisory on prevention and control of vector borne diseases.Civic bodies have set up separate fever clinics to attend to patients afflicted with the vector borne disease, authorities earlier said.The number of households where Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Anthrax – Kyrgyzstan (OH): bovine, human
Anthrax -- KyrgyzstanA quarantine was declared in the village of Toguz-Bulak, Kara-Suu district of Osh region over anthrax, rural municipality governor Kurbanbek Miyashev said. The village is locked down from 4-18 Aug 2020, he said.Turmush reported suspected anthrax cases in the village. Eight people were taken to the hospital. The villagers slaughtered a cow infected with anthrax and divided meat between 288 people. Testing of the soil where the cow was slaughtered gave a positive result for anthrax. Read more [...]
PRO/EDR> Varicella update: Canada (ON)
Chicken Pox -- CanadaCHEO [Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario] and Ottawa Public Health have declared a chickenpox outbreak at the children's hospital after cases of the virus were confirmed onsite.In a statement on its website, CHEO said: "A child contracted chickenpox in the community and was admitted to CHEO for other reasons, then developed a rash. Two other children were subsequently infected."CHEO says all safety precautions are in place, adding: "The cases are contained, and the risk of Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Toxic algae – UK: dogs, alert
Algae -- United KingdomThe British Veterinary Association (BVA) is urging pet owners to take extra precautions when walking their dogs in the vicinity of water bodies, after a spike in reports of toxic blue green algae in several locations across the UK this summer [2020].Blue green algae or cyanobacteria are a group of bacteria potentially containing dangerous toxins which can be harmful and even fatal to our pets, livestock and birds if ingested, even in small quantities.The warning comes as at Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (353): healthcare workers, lockdown & viral diseases, WHO
COVID-19 -- NigeriaOver the past weeks, WHO has been adding functionality to its COVID-19 global dashboard, to display all of the latest data that have been published in the daily situation report; these data are now fully available on the dashboard. Important narrative updates are being merged into the WHO COVID-19 "Rolling updates" pages. Starting next Monday [17 Aug 2020], the daily situation report will be replaced by a "COVID-19 Weekly Epidemiological Update" which will focus on analysis and Read more [...]
PRO/PL> Esca disease, grapevine – Germany: (BW)
Other Plant Disease -- GermanyFor the past 3 weeks, the fungal disease esca has increased in Baden. Affected grapevines often cannot be saved. The disease is not new, but is apparently being favoured by the current dry conditions.Grape growers everywhere in the region report that numerous vines are affected by the disease.Esca is increasingly affecting viticulture and is spreading worldwide, causing considerable damage. The disease is very complex and further research is needed. So far, 5 different Read more [...]
PRO/ALL> New in IJID (08): August 2020
COVID-19, Antimicrobial resistance, Bacterial Meningitis, Tuberculosis, Enterovirus, Other Human Disease, Hepatitis B, HIV/AIDS, Rabies, Chikungunya, Malaria, Influenza -- Worldwide/UnknownSetting priorities for patient-centered surveillance of drug-resistant infectionsElizabeth A. Ashley, Alistair McLean, Francesca Chiara, Nicholas Feasey, Walter Jaoko, Japheth A. Opintan, Sharon J. Peacock, Priscilla Rupali, Paul TurnerInt J Infect Dis. 2020; 97 (Aug): 60-65Coronavirus (COVID-19) collection---------------------------------Diagnostics-----------Fast Read more [...]
PRO/EDR> Dengue/DHF update (09): Americas
Dengue -- United StatesCases by Country / Week updated / Serotype / Total / Confirmed / Severe / DeathsNorth AmericaUSA / 31 [w/e 1 Aug 2020] / D? / 160 / 160 / 0 / 0Central America and MexicoBelize / 27 [w/e 4 Jul 2020] / D1,3 / 1743 / 306 / 0 / 0Costa Rica / 29 [w/e 18 Jul 2020] / D? / 5966 / 289 / 0 / 0El Salvador / 30 [w/e 25 Jul 2020] / D2 / 3983 / 31 / 4 / 0Guatemala / 28 [w/e 11 Jul 2020] / D1,2,3,4 / 4465 / 588 / 7 / 5Honduras / 30 [w/e 25 Jul 2020] / D1,2 / 17 940 / 75 / 1391 / 9Mexico / Read more [...]
PRO/PL> Pink rot, potato – Australia: (TS)
Other Plant Disease -- AustraliaOne of the most significant challenges [potato] producers face is the fight against pink rot. The soil-borne pathogen can wreak havoc on entire paddocks and render them unsuitable for cultivation. It causes rapid rotting of potato tubers, in-ground and in storage. It can result in significant yield losses, product downgrade, and rejection. Some paddocks experience a regular loss from 5 to 30 per cent even when recommended fungicide treatments are applied.A new project Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Avian influenza (53): Viet Nam (TV) backyard, HPAI H5N1, OIE
Avian Influenza H5N1 -- VietnamInformation received on 7 Aug 2020 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 Jul 2020Date of confirmation of the event: 25 Jul 2020Reason for notification: recurrence of a listed diseaseDate of previous occurrence: 6 Jun 2020Manifestation of disease: clinical diseaseCausal agent: Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Fowl typhoid – Mexico: (HI) poultry, OIE
Typhoid -- MexicoInformation received on 6 Aug 2020 from Dr Gay Gutiérrez Juan, Director General de Salud Animal, National Health, Food Safety, and Food Quality Service (SENASICA), Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development (SADER), Ciudad de Mexico, MexicoSummaryReport type: immediate notificationDate of start of the event: 23 Jul 2020Date of confirmation of the event: 4 Aug 2020Reason for notification: reoccurrence of a listed diseaseDate of previous occurrence: November Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Crimean-Congo hem. fever – Asia (04): Kazakhstan (SH)
Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever -- KazakhstanA Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) case has been confirmed in a resident of Shymkent, Kazakhstan, near the border of Uzbekistan.According to local media, "The citizen was at field work on the territory of the Turkestan region, upon arrival he was at home and after a few days he began to develop clinical manifestations. At home, he did the treatment himself and on the 3rd day of the disease called an ambulance and was hospitalized in the city infectious Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (352): incubation period, pediatric infections, WHO, global
COVID-19 -- ChinaAbstract--------We propose a novel low-cost and accurate method to estimate the incubation distribution of COVID-19. We have conducted a cross-sectional and forward follow-up study by identifying those pre-symptomatic individuals at their time of departure from Wuhan and then following them until their symptoms developed. The renewal process is adopted by considering the incubation period as a renewal and the duration between departure and symptoms onset as a forward time. Such a Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Salmonellosis, st Newport – USA (05): CDC, onions, recall
Salmonella -- United StatesAlaska / 6 Alabama / 1 Arizona / 14 California / 76 Colorado / 14 Connecticut / 2 Delaware / 1 Florida / 3 Georgia / 1 Idaho / 26 Illinois / 41 Indiana / 2 Iowa / 20 Kansas / 2 Kentucky / 1 Maine / 4 Maryland / 1 Massachusetts / 2 Michigan / 36 Minnesota / 14 Mississippi / 2 Missouri / 6 Montana / 52 Nebraska / 10 Nevada / 8 New Hampshire / 1 New Jersey / 2 New Mexico / 1 New York / 5 North Carolina / 5 North Dakota / 8 Ohio / 8 Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Jamestown Canyon virus – USA (03): (NH)
Other Human Disease -- United StatesThe state has identified a 2nd case of Jamestown Canyon virus [this year (2020)], an infection transmitted by mosquitoes, in Bow.The person, identified only as an adult, "was not hospitalized and is doing well, but experienced fever and mild neurological symptoms," the Department of Health and Human Services said in a press release.This is the 2nd detection of JCV in the state this year [2020]. JCV is transmitted by the bite of an infected mosquito. There are no Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Plague – China (03): (NM)
Plague -- ChinaAuthorities in a city in the Chinese region of Inner Mongolia have quarantined a village after a resident there who had caught an intestinal type of plague died, the health commission of the city said on Thu 6 Aug 2020.Cases of plague are not uncommon in China, although outbreaks have become increasingly rare. From 2009 to 2018, China reported 26 cases and 11 deaths.Baotou city has sealed off the village where the dead patient lived and quarantined the patient's close contacts, who Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (351): healthcare workers, meat plant, countries, WHO, global
COVID-19 -- Worldwide/UnknownThe latest infections raise to 9 the number of Kurdish Red Crescent staff in northeastern Syria who have contracted the virus, a volunteer at the organisation told AFP news agency, asking not to be identified.Nine years of war have battered healthcare provision across Syria, but the situation in the northeast is particularly critical, as the Kurdish authorities have been left to cope with the coronavirus pandemic largely unaided.This has raised fears that any outbreak Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Severe fever w/ thrombocytopenia synd – China (03): (JS, AH)
Fever -- ChinaA total of 37 people in East China's Jiangsu Province have been diagnosed with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) this year [2020], a disease caused by the novel bunyavirus which is spread by ticks. Experts have warned that the virus can be transmitted from person to person.Based on previous cases, the virus can be transmitted from infected animals or people to others via blood, respiratory tract and wounds, Sheng Jifang, an expert on the novel bunyavirus and director Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Plague – USA (03): (NM) septicemic, fatal
Plague -- United StatesThe New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) reports the death of a man in his 20s from Rio Arriba County of septicemic plague, the 1st human plague death in New Mexico in 2020, and the 2nd human plague case overall. The Rio Arriba County man died after being hospitalized. An environmental investigation will take place at the person's home to look for ongoing risk to immediate family members, neighbors, and others in the surrounding community.Plague is a bacterial disease of Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (350): USA (TX) animal, cat
COVID-19 -- United StatesTexas A&M researchers from the College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVMBS) have identified 2 cats in Brazos County [where Texas A&M University is located] that tested positive for COVID-19. The team is working to understand how pets living in "high-risk" households may be impacted by COVID-19 by sampling pets, dogs and cats, whose owners have tested positive.CVMBS associate professor of epidemiology Dr. Sarah Hamer is leading the team."We're one Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Ebola update (38): Congo DR (EQ)
Ebola — DR Congo
PRO/AH/EDR> Bluetongue – Europe (05): Greece (EM) sheep, goat, st 4, OIE
Bluetongue -- GreeceInformation received [and dated] on 7 Aug 2020 from Mrs. Chrysoula Dile, Head, Animal Health Directorate, Ministry of Rural Development and Food, Athens, GreeceSummaryReport type: Immediate notificationDate of start of the event: 27 Jul 2020Date of confirmation of the event: 30 Jul 2020Reason for notification: Recurrence of a listed diseaseDate of previous occurrence: 29 Feb 2016Manifestation of disease: Clinical diseaseCausal agent: Bluetongue virusSerotype: 4Nature of Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Alcohol poisoning – USA: hand sanitizer
Poisoning -- United StatesCitation: Yip L, Bixler D, Brooks DE, et al. Serious adverse health events, including death, associated with ingesting alcohol-based hand sanitizers containing methanol -- Arizona and New Mexico, May-June 2020. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. Epub 5 Aug 2020. Summary------What is already known about this topic?Alcohol-based hand sanitizers should only contain ethanol or isopropanol, but some products imported into the USA have been found to contain methanol.What is added by this Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (349): USA, Ireland MIS-C/PIMS, seafood plant, Viet Nam, WHO
COVID-19 -- Worldwide/UnknownHispanic and black patients accounted for the largest proportion (73.6%) of reported MIS-C patients. Acute COVID-19 has been reported to disproportionately affect Hispanics and blacks (10). Long-standing inequities in the social determinants of health, such as housing, economic instability, insurance status, and work circumstances of patients and their family members, have systematically placed social, racial, and ethnic minority populations at higher risk for COVID-19 Read more [...]
PRO> Announcements (03): ASTMH Innovations Pitch Competition, final call
Malaria -- United StatesThe 3rd Annual Innovations Pitch Competition will highlight tools and methods that will improve vaccine acceptance, accessibility and delivery, and diagnosis and treatment, of high impact diseases in the pediatric population living in low-resource settings.The innovations proposed should be marketable, scalable and rooted in scientific rigor. Innovations may be target at, but are not limited to:- COVID-19- Climate change and consequences to humans and animals.- The mitigation Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Lumpy skin disease – Russia: (AL) cattle, OIE
Lumpy Skin Disease -- RussiaInformation received on 7 Aug 2020 from Dr Nikolay Vlasov, Deputy Head, Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance , Ministry of Agriculture, Moscou, RussiaSummary:Report type: immediate notificationDate of start of the event: 1 Aug 2020Date of confirmation of the event: 6 Aug 2020Report date: 7 Aug 2020Date submitted to OIE: 7 Aug 2020Reason for notification: recurrence of a listed diseaseDate of previous occurrence: 23 Dec 2019Manifestation of disease: Read more [...]
PRO/EDR> Measles update (19): Africa (Somalia) Asia (India) WHO, comment