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FAO/OIE World Reference Laboratory for FMD, Pirbright, UK Report for January to March 2002
Country	No. of samples	FMD virus serotypes							SVD virus¹	NVD²
Country	No. of samples	O	A	C	SAT 1	SAT 2	SAT 3	ASIA 1	SVD virus¹	NVD²
Bhutan	39	20	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	15
Botswana	28	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	23
China, Hong Kong SAR	9	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	14	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4
Iraq	34	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	30
Kuwait	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saudi Arabia	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Singapore	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9
United Kingdom	228	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	228
Viet Nam	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
TOTAL	378	49	4	0	0	5	0	5	0	315
¹ Swine vesicular disease virus ² No foot-and-mouth disease, swine vesicular disease or vesicular stomatitis virus detected

Report for April to June 2002
Country	No. of samples	FMD virus serotypes							SVD VIRUS¹	NVD²
Country	No. of samples	O	A	C	SAT 1	SAT 2	SAT 3	ASIA 1	SVD VIRUS¹	NVD²
China, Hong Kong SAR	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Iraq	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24
Lao (People's Democratic Republic of)	9	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Malaysia	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Republic of Korea	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thailand	10	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
United Kingdom	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	41
TOTAL	94	14	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	70
¹ Swine vesicular disease virus ² No foot-and-mouth disease, swine vesicular disease or vesicular stomatitis virus detected

FAO/OIE World Reference Laboratory for Rinderpest (RP) and peste des petits ruminants (PPR), Pirbright, UK Report for January to June 2002
Country	Species	Disease	Diagnosis technique	Result
Iraq	Catte/sheep	RP/PPR	PCR	Negative
Iraq	Sheep/goats	PPR	PCR	Positive: PPR
Iraq	Sheep	PPR	PCR	Positive: PPR