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  • West Nile Fever, Italy (OIE, 9/07/10, Immediate Notification Report)

    West Nile Fever, Italy (OIE, 9/07/10, Immediate Notification Report)


    [Source: OIE, Full PDF Document (LINK). Edited.]

    West Nile Fever, Italy

    Information received on 07/09/2010 from Prof. Dr. Romano Marabelli, Chief Veterinary Officer, Department for Veterinary Public Health, Nutrition and Food Safety, Ministry of Health, Rome, Italy

    • Summary
      • Report type Immediate notification
      • Start date 23/08/2010
      • Date of first confirmation of the event 31/08/2010
      • Report date 07/09/2010
      • Date submitted to OIE 07/09/2010
      • Reason for notification First occurrence of a listed disease
      • Manifestation of disease Clinical disease
      • Causal agent West Nile fever virus
      • Nature of diagnosis Clinical, Laboratory (advanced)
      • This event pertains to a defined zone within the country

    • New outbreaks
      • Summary of outbreaks, Total outbreaks: 4
        • Location(s) - SICILIA (ERICE, TRAPANI; ERICE *, TRAPANI; VALDERICE *, TRAPANI; VALDERICE, TRAPANI)
          • Total animals affected: Species - Susceptible - Cases - Deaths - Destroyed - Slaughtered
            • Equidae - 8 - 4 - 0 - 1 - 0
          • Outbreak statistics: Species - Apparent morbidity rate - Apparent mortality rate - Apparent case fatality rate - Proportion susceptible animals lost*
            • Equidae - 50.00% - 0.00% - 0.00% - 12.50%
            • * Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction and/or slaughter

    • Epidemiology
      • Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection
        • Unknown or inconclusive

    • Control measures
      • Measures applied
        • Control of wildlife reservoirs
        • Screening
        • No vaccination
        • No treatment of affected animals
      • Measures to be applied
        • No other measures

    • Diagnostic test results
      • Laboratory name and type Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute (IZS), Teramo (National laboratory)
        • Tests and results: Species - Test - Test date - Result
          • Equidae - IgG-capture ELISA - 31/08/2010 - Positive
          • Equidae - IgM-capture ELISA - 31/08/2010 - Positive
          • Equidae - seroneutralization test (SNT) - 31/08/2010 - Positive

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

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