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  • Switzerland - 1 new outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 in a fox (WOAH, November 22, 2022)

    Switzerland - SARS-CoV-2 in animals (Inf. with) - Follow up report 16

    GENERAL INFORMATION
    COUNTRY/TERRITORY OR ZONE
    COUNTRY/TERRITORY

    ANIMAL TYPE
    TERRESTRIAL

    DISEASE CATEGORY
    Emerging

    EVENT ID
    3521

    DISEASE
    SARS-CoV-2 in animals (Inf. with)

    CAUSAL AGENT
    SARS-CoV-2

    GENOTYPE / SEROTYPE / SUBTYPE
    -

    START DATE
    2021/01/20

    REASON FOR NOTIFICATION
    Emerging disease

    DATE OF LAST OCCURRENCE
    -

    CONFIRMATION DATE
    2021/01/26

    EVENT STATUS
    On-going

    END DATE
    -

    SELF-DECLARATION
    NO

    REPORT INFORMATION
    REPORT NUMBER
    Follow-up report 16

    REPORT ID
    FUR_157958

    REPORT REFERENCE
    -

    REPORT DATE
    2022/11/22

    REPORT STATUS
    Validated

    NO EVOLUTION REPORT
    No new information available since the last report

    EPIDEMIOLOGY

    SOURCE OF EVENT OR ORIGIN OF INFECTION
    Unknown or inconclusive

    EPIDEMIOLOGICAL COMMENTS
    ZH_COVID_1_Fox: This case concerning a fox in captivity (Vulpes vulpes) was detected in the frame of a research project on routine samples from animals which are tested on SARS-CoV-2. The project is in the responsibility of the Clinical Laboratory of the Vetsuisse Faculty (VSF) of the University of Zurich (UZH). VS_COVID_1_Fox: This case concerning a wild fox (Vulpes vulpes )in a was detected in the framework of a research project in Swiss wildlife. The project is under the responsibility of the Institute for Fish and Wildlife Health (FIWI), Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, and the Clinical Laboratory, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich (UZH), Switzerland.


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