Published Date: 2009-03-03 21:00:47
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Foot & mouth disease, cattle, buffaloes - Egypt: serotype A
Archive Number: 20090303.0865

FOOT & MOUTH DISEASE, CATTLE, BUFFALOES - EGYPT: SEROTYPE A
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Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009
Source: OIE Immediate notification [summarised by FMD News, edited]


New outbreaks in ASH SHARQIYAH
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SUMMARY: Report type: Immediate notification,
Start date: 26 Jan 2009,
Date of first confirmation of the event: 04 Feb 2009,
Report date: 03 Mar 2009,
Date submitted to OIE: 03 Mar 2009,
Reason for notification: Reoccurrence of a listed disease, Date of =20
previous occurrence: March 2008,
Manifestation of disease: Clinical disease,
Causal agent: Foot and mouth disease virus, Serotype: A,
Nature of diagnosis: Clinical, Laboratory (advanced),
This event pertains to the whole country.

Outbreak 1 - Menea Elkamh, ASH SHARQIYAH -
Start of outbreak: 26 Jan 2009
Affected Animals - Cattle - 200 Susceptible, 200 Cases, 0 Deaths, 0
Destroyed, & 0 Slaughtered.

Outbreak 2 - Abo Hamad, ASH SHARQIYAH -
Start of outbreak: 08 Feb 2009
Affected animals - Dairy Cattle - 1448 Susceptible, 40 Cases, 0 Deaths, 0
Destroyed, & 0 Slaughtered.

FULL TEXT:
<http://www.oie.int/wahis/public.php?page=3Dsingle_report&pop=3D1&reportid=3D=

7849>.
[This URL includes a map showing the 2 outbreaks' locations. - Mod. AS].

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Communicated by:
FMD News
FMD Surveillance and Modeling Laboratory,
University of California at Davis, California, USA
<http://fmd.ucdavis.edu/maillist.php>
e-mail <fmdweb@ucdavis.edu>

[A major FMD serotype A outbreak was reported from Egypt in February 2006,
spreading to 9 of Egypt's governorates: Alexandria, Behera, Cairo, =20
Dakahlia, Dumyat, Fayum, Ismailia, Kalubia and Menofia. Samples were =20
tested by the FAO/OIE Reference Laboratory for FMD at Pirbright; the =20
isolates were found to belong to serotype A.

Reportedly, this was an African strain. Pirbright lab's quarterly =20
report, April-June 2006, included the following commentary: "FMDV =20
type A that was reported for the first time in Egypt in February 2006 =20
has affected a large number of cattle before locally produced =20
homologous vaccine could be produced. Based on serological vaccine =20
matching tests, none of the existing vaccines stored as antigens in =20
the EU and UK vaccine bank look suitable to protect against this =20
strain, but the Merial vaccine A Eritrea 98 appears to be suitable".

No outbreaks were reported from Egypt during 2007; in Jan 2008, one =20
outbreak, caused by FMDV serotype O was reported from Al-Iskandariyah =20
governorate. In 2007, FMDV serotype A was reported from Jordan; this =20
was not similar to the Egyptian (African) 2006 strain but to A Iran =20
2005.

According to information obtained from a reliable source, the strain =20
eventually found to confer protection against the Egyptian FMDV =20
serotype A (2006) strain is vaccine strain A 4165. It will be of =20
importance, for all countries in the region, to note if the FMD =20
serotype A virus, currently active in Egypt, is similar to the 2006 =20
strain; if a homologous or other serotype A vaccine (such as A-4165) =20
is applied in Egypt; and if the said vaccine is found to confer =20
satisfactory protection in the field.

According to Egypt's 1st semiannual report for 2008, the vaccination covers
cattle, buffalo, sheep, goats and camels.- Mod.AS]

See Also

2007
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Foot & mouth disease (type A) - Jordan: OIE 20070116.0216
Foot & mouth disease - Israel: serotype O 20070129.0385
Foot & mouth disease, caprine - Israel: serotype O 20070102.0010
2006
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Foot & mouth disease, cattle, buffaloes - Egypt (02) 20060409.1065
Foot & mouth disease, cattle, buffaloes - Egypt: OIE 20060215.0496
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