OIE: Equine influenza, Egypt

OIE: Equine influenza, Egypt
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Information received on 31/07/2008 from Prof. Dr Hamid Abd El-Tawab Samaha, Chairman, General Organisation for Veterinary Services(GOVS), Ministry of Agriculture, Cairo, Egypt

Summary

Report type	Immediate notification
Start date	06/07/2008
Date of first confirmation of the event	10/07/2008
Report date	31/07/2008
Date submitted to OIE	31/07/2008
Reason for notification	Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	1989
Causal agent	Equine influenza virus A
Serotype	Pending
Nature of diagnosis	Laboratory (basic)
This event pertains to	the whole country

New outbreaks

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 2

Outbreak Location and Affected population

AL QAHIRAH (Heliopolis) : Race horses
AL JIZAH (AL JIZAH)

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Destroyed	Slaughtered
Equidae	2280	57	0	0	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Equidae	2.50%	0.00%	0.00%	**

* Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction and/or slaughter
** Not calculated because of missing information

Epidemiology

Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection

Unknown or inconclusive

Control measures

Measures applied	Quarantine Disinfection of infected premises/establishment(s) No vaccination Treatment of affected animals (Symptomatic treatment of infected animals)
Measures to be applied	No other measures

Diagnostic test results

Laboratory name and type

Animal Health Research Institute (National laboratory)

Tests and results

Species	Test	Test date	Result
Equidae	real-time PCR	10/07/2008	Positive
Equidae	real-time PCR	21/07/2008	Positive

Future Reporting

The event is continuing. Weekly follow-up reports will be submitted.

See Also:

http://www.oie.int

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