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ECDC - Weekly Communicable Disease Threats Report, week 39, Week 27, 2 - 8 July 2023

M

Mary Wilson

Well-known member
Week 27, 2 - 8 July 2023
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Today’s disease topics
  1. Avian influenza in domestic cats - Poland - 2023
  2. Be safe, protect yourself and others, celebrate pride 2023
  3. Diphtheria - Belgium - 2023
  4. COVID-19 associated with SARS-CoV-2 – Multi-country (EU/EEA) – 2019 - 2023
  5. West Nile virus One Health seasonal surveillance - 2023
  6. Mass gatherings - Hajj - Saudi Arabia - 2023
  7. Measles – Multi-country (World) – Monitoring European outbreak
  8. Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) - Multi-country
  9. Mpox Multi-country 2022 - 2023
  10. Ralstonia mannitolilytica in dialysis patients - Italy - 2023
Executive Summary

Avian influenza in domestic cats - Poland - 2023
  • On 6 July 2023, media sources reported that in Italy (Lombardy region) five dogs and one cat in a poultry farm tested positive for influenza A(H5N1) virus. The poultry farm is experiencing an outbreak of avian flu.
  • On 5 July 2023, Polish authorities provided ECDC with an update on the situation, confirming that a total of 45 samples from sick or dead cats were tested, of which 24 were positive for influenza A(H5N1) virus.
  • On 4 July 2023, media sources from Poland published the study of the Polish virologist Prof Krzysztof Pyrć and two other researchers in the country who tested five samples of meat collected from some owners of sick or dead cats. One of the samples tested positive for A(H5N1) influenza virus.
  • On 30 June 2023, the Chief Veterinary Officer of Poland publicly announced that a total of 29 samples had been tested from domestic cats from different cities in Poland.
  • The genome of the A(H5N1) virus from cats in Poland is available on GISAID (EPI_ISL_17949824).
  • The World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) has issued a statement calling for more investigations, and
    stating that exposure of cats to sick wild birds is not a potential source of infection and that cat-to-cat transmission is not the primary mode of spread in these cases. WOAH advises isolation of suspected cases and use of appropriate PPE for their handlers. ...
https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/sites/de...cable-disease-threats-report-week-27-2023.pdf
 
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