Foot-and-Mouth Disease
This report covers FMD activities for April-June 2022. During the past three months, the WRLFMD has reported test results for samples received from Algeria, Botswana, Israel, Malawi, Namibia, State of Palestine, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates and Zambia. There have also been sequence submissions from Indonesia (Pusvetma), Malawi (BVI), Malaysia (MNFMDL), Mali (ANSES), Mozambique (BVI) and Thailand (Pakchong). During this quarter, greatest attention has been placed on the further expansion of the O/ME-SA/Ind-2001e lineage in Indonesia which had previously maintained an FMD-free status (without vaccination) since 1990. FMD has spread very rapidly and there are now official reports of outbreaks on four main islands (Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, and Lombok) as well on the Island of Bali. Analyses of sequence data reveals a close genetic relationship to FMD viruses collected in Thailand and Malaysia during 2021 and 2022; findings which may help to understand the origin of this incursion. During this quarter, further outbreaks due to the O/EA-3 topotype have been characterised in Algeria, which in addition to earlier cases in Tunisia, pose immediate threats to countries in southern Europe. In southern Africa, the O/EA-2 topotype has continued to spread into new locations (Malawi and Mozambique). In the Middle East a new virus lineage (called O/ME-SA/SA-2018) previously detected in India and Sri Lanka has been detected for the first time (in UAE).
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| Format: | Booklet biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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FAO ;
2022
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| Online Access: | https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/CC1519EN http://www.fao.org/3/cc1519en/cc1519en.pdf |
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