CONTRIBUTIONS FROM FAO REFERENCE LABORATORIES AND COLLABORATING CENTRES

Report for July to October 2003

Country

No. of samples

FMD virus serotypes

SVD¹
VIRUS

NVD²

O

A

C

SAT 1

SAT 2

SAT 3

Asia 1

(a)

(b)

Burundi

7

5

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

Hong Kong SAR

7

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

4

Italy

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

TOTAL

17

8

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

6

¹ Swine vesicular disease virus.
² No foot-and-mouth disease, swine vesicular disease or vesicular stomatitis virus detected.
Twelve out of 19 positive samples tested as original suspension were typed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.

Report for November to December 2003

Country

No. of samples

FMD virus serotypes

SVD¹
VIRUS

NVD²

O

A

C

SAT 1

SAT 2

SAT 3

Asia 1

(a)

(b)

Italy

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Pakistan

60

16

3

-

-

-

-

3

-

39

Turkey

10

4

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

3

TOTAL

73

20

6

-

-

-

-

3

-

42

¹ Swine vesicular disease virus.
² No foot-and-mouth disease, swine vesicular disease or vesicular stomatitis virus detected.

Report for July 2003 to December 2003

Country

Species

Disease

Diagnosis technique

Result

Kenya

Bovine

RP

PCR

Positive

Mauritania

Warthog (2/38)

RP and PPR

C-ELISA

Positive

United States

Buffaloes and cattle

RP and PPR

C-ELISA

Negative