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Bluetongue Serotype 8 Epidemic Bulletin by EFSA Epidemiology Working Group
Last updated: 20 November 2006    
Publication Date: 23. Oktober 2006    

Bulletin 7 of 20 November 2006. Outbreak Period until 15 November, 2006 For the full report and to view all the maps, click here
To see a weekly time series animation from week 1 to week 13 please click here (to see this movie you need quick time player)

Main Observations
  • The current bluetongue serotype 8 epidemic is now into its 13th week, with the case total having risen to 1756 herds, compared to 1593 herds last week. It should be noted that the reporting of new cases from a particular week may be updated the following week(s) as a consequence of reprting delays.
  • The vast majority of cases in this outbreak has been reported from Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands. The latest data suggest that the pattern of slow geographical spread around the three main foci is continuing even though the number of new cases is stabilizing. The exception this week was the northwestern part of Belgium, which reported the largest number of new cases.
  • Also, the majority of the newly reported cases in Belgium concerned small ruminants. It needs to be emphasized that this observation has to be interpreted cautiously as this observed clustering may be the result of spatial variation of the population at risk.
 Number of cases reported by country and by animal species affected.
Animal
species
Germany
France
the Netherlands
Belgium
Total
new2
total
new
total
new
total
new
total
new
total
cattle
12
430
0
5
14
162
20
247
46
844
small ruminants
16
254
0
0
12
243
42
370
70
867
wild species
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
mixed1
0
8
0
0
3
25
0
2
3
35
Total
28
697
0
5
29
430
62
619
119
17513












1herds with more than one of the following species present: cattle, small ruminants, wild BTV-susceptible species.
2cases reported through 16 November for the period between 9 and 15 November.
3five records deleted from the analysis due to incomplete or incorrect information




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