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08 Sep 2019 African swine fever - Ghana: (WP)
08 Sep 2019 Undiagnosed illness - Cote d'Ivoire: (WB) fatal, RFI
08 Sep 2019 Salmonellosis, st I 4,[5],12:i:- - USA (04): pig ear dog treats, other serotypes
08 Sep 2019 West Nile virus (31): Europe (Greece) ECDC update
08 Sep 2019 Ebola update (87): Congo DR (NK,IT,SK) Uganda, summaries, response, therapeutics
08 Sep 2019 Influenza (25): WHO global update, Australia
08 Sep 2019 Japanese encephalitis - Philippines: (PN)
08 Sep 2019 Hantavirus - Americas (34): USA (NM)
07 Sep 2019 Blastomycosis - USA: (MN)
07 Sep 2019 Scombroid fish poisoning - USA: (OH)
07 Sep 2019 Listeriosis - Europe (10): (Spain) meat, fatal, miscarriages, UK tourist
07 Sep 2019 African swine fever - Asia (67): China, Viet Nam, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, FAO
07 Sep 2019 Vaping-related illness - USA: oil, contaminant suspected, fatal
06 Sep 2019 Avian influenza (43): Chile (VS) poultry, LPAI H7, OIE
06 Sep 2019 Leptospirosis - Philippines (02): (Davao) flooding
06 Sep 2019 Undiagnosed illness - Nigeria (02): (BO) fatal, poss. link to game reserve, RFI
06 Sep 2019 African swine fever - Asia (66): China (Hong Kong) domestic, OIE
06 Sep 2019 Streptococcus suis - Thailand (03): raw pork or pork blood
06 Sep 2019 Tularemia - Sweden (05): sources of infection
06 Sep 2019 Tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus, cucurbits - Portugal: 1st rep (FA,AC)
05 Sep 2019 Botulism - Spain: canned tuna, alert, recall
05 Sep 2019 Measles update (60)
05 Sep 2019 Salmonellosis - USA (05): live poultry, multiple serotypes, fatal
05 Sep 2019 Tularemia - Sweden (04): further increase, RFI
05 Sep 2019 E coli EHEC - Denmark: hemolytic uremic syndrome, fatal
05 Sep 2019 Ebola update (86): Congo DR (NK,IT,SK) Uganda, summaries, response, reading
05 Sep 2019 E coli EHEC - USA (19): (Philadelphia)
04 Sep 2019 Anthrax - Kazakhstan (04): (AM) cattle, human, resolved
04 Sep 2019 Rift Valley fever - Central African Republic: WHO
04 Sep 2019 Foodborne illness - Uganda (03): (LM) fatal, cereal susp.
04 Sep 2019 Rabies - Americas (43): USA (MT, NC) bat, human exposure
04 Sep 2019 Invasive mosquito - USA (04): (CA)
04 Sep 2019 Undiagnosed illness - Nigeria: (BO) fatal, possible link to game reserve, RFI
04 Sep 2019 Hantavirus - Europe (05): Germany
04 Sep 2019 Brucellosis - Algeria (02): (BU) humans, goats, unpasteurized milk
04 Sep 2019 Salmonellosis - USA (04): (WI) natural food facility
04 Sep 2019 Norovirus - Europe (04): (Norway,Spain) Chinese frozen seaweed salad, alert, recall
04 Sep 2019 Tularemia - Sweden (03): increase
04 Sep 2019 Infectious bursal disease - New Zealand: (OT) poultry, OIE
04 Sep 2019 Diphtheria - India: (KA) medical students
04 Sep 2019 Crimean-Congo hem. fever- Asia (19): Pakistan (BA) India (RJ)
03 Sep 2019 Coccidioidomycosis - USA (03): (AZ)
03 Sep 2019 Poliomyelitis update (72): Afghanistan (OZ) Philippines (MM) VDPV environmental
03 Sep 2019 African swine fever - Uganda: (RB) susp
03 Sep 2019 Legionellosis - Europe (05): UK (Wales)
03 Sep 2019 Anthrax - Armenia (04): (AV) cattle, OIE
03 Sep 2019 Tomato brown rugose fruit virus - China: 1st rep (SD)
02 Sep 2019 St. Louis encephalitis & West Nile viruses - USA: (AZ)
02 Sep 2019 Newcastle disease - USA (12): (CA) chickens
02 Sep 2019 Lassa fever - West Africa (31): Liberia
02 Sep 2019 White nose syndrome, bats - North America (05): (WA)
02 Sep 2019 Leishmaniasis - Brazil: dog, human, spread, new introductions
02 Sep 2019 Crimean-Congo hem. fever - Asia (18): India (GJ) fatal
02 Sep 2019 Citrus bent leaf viroid - Malaysia
02 Sep 2019 Classical swine fever - Japan (08): domestic, wild, spread
01 Sep 2019 Eastern equine encephalitis - North America (17): USA (IN,ME,NY) horse
01 Sep 2019 Ebola update (85): Congo DR (NK,IT,SK) Uganda, cases, summaries, response
01 Sep 2019 Listeriosis - Europe (09): (Spain) meat, fatal, miscarriages, susp. tourist
01 Sep 2019 Mumps update (11): USA (TX, NE)
01 Sep 2019 Eastern equine encephalitis - North America (16): USA (RI) human
01 Sep 2019 Poliomyelitis update (71): global (Pakistan, Congo DR)
31 Aug 2019 Eastern equine encephalitis - North America (15): USA (OH, MA) horse
31 Aug 2019 Swine dysentery - UK (02): (England) spread, control
31 Aug 2019 Measles update (59)
31 Aug 2019 West Nile virus (30): Americas (USA) horse
31 Aug 2019 Anthrax - Armenia (03): (AV) cattle, human
31 Aug 2019 Vesicular stomatitis - USA (15): (CO) horse, USDA update
31 Aug 2019 Porcine epidemic diarrhea - North America (06): Canada (MB) pig
30 Aug 2019 Invasive mosquito - USA (03): (CA)
30 Aug 2019 African swine fever - Europe (43): Hungary (HE, BZ) wild boar, OIE
30 Aug 2019 Ebola update (84): Congo DR (NK,IT,SK) cases, Uganda, summaries, response
30 Aug 2019 Anthrax - Canada (02): (SK) cattle
29 Aug 2019 Eastern equine encephalitis - North America (14): USA (NJ) human
29 Aug 2019 West Nile virus (29): Europe (Germany) owl, zoo, OIE
29 Aug 2019 Melioidosis - Japan: (CH) ex Thailand
29 Aug 2019 Foodborne illness - Jordan: (JA)
29 Aug 2019 Influenza (24): WHO global update, Asia, Australia
29 Aug 2019 Crimean-Congo hem. fever - Asia (17): United Arab Emirates (SH)
29 Aug 2019 Red rot, sugar cane - Bangladesh: (RS)
28 Aug 2019 Hantavirus - Asia: Taiwan
28 Aug 2019 Invasive mosquito - USA (02): (CA)
28 Aug 2019 Strongyloidiasis - Australia: S. stercoralis, canine, human
28 Aug 2019 Glanders - India (03): (CT) horse
28 Aug 2019 Cyclosporiasis - USA (06): (TX) alert
28 Aug 2019 Eastern equine encephalitis - North America (13): USA (NJ,WI,MA) horse, alpaca
28 Aug 2019 Chronic wasting disease - USA (13): (WI) elk
28 Aug 2019 West Nile virus (28): Americas (Brazil) horse, OIE
27 Aug 2019 Ebola update (83): Congo DR (NK,IT,SK) cases, summaries, response
27 Aug 2019 Eastern equine encephalitis - North America (12): USA (MI) susp human, horse
26 Aug 2019 Ceratobasidium, wheat - UK: damping off
26 Aug 2019 Leptospirosis - Philippines: (Calabarzon) flooding
26 Aug 2019 West Nile virus (27): Europe (Bulgaria), ECDC update
26 Aug 2019 Lumpy skin disease - China: (XJ) cattle, 1st rep, OIE
26 Aug 2019 Amebic meningoencephalitis, primary - Pakistan (03): (Sindh)
26 Aug 2019 Lumpy skin disease - India (02): (OR) cattle, susp, spread, RFI
26 Aug 2019 Poliomyelitis update (70): Pakistan (KP, SD)
26 Aug 2019 Crimean-Congo hem. fever - Asia (16): Pakistan (SD, PB)
26 Aug 2019 Eastern equine encephalitis - North America (11): USA (MA) human, fatal
26 Aug 2019 Equine influenza - Mali (02): (KK) donkey, serotype H3N8, OIE
26 Aug 2019 African swine fever - Zimbabwe (02): (MC) domestic, OIE
26 Aug 2019 Ascochyta blight, chickpea - Canada: (SK)
25 Aug 2019 Meningitis, meningococcal - UK: non-group, cipro-resist, ex Saudi Arabia
25 Aug 2019 Listeriosis - Europe (08): (Spain) meat product, recall, fatal
25 Aug 2019 Rabies - Americas (42): USA (ME,VA,MT) fox, bat, human exp
25 Aug 2019 Eastern equine encephalitis - North America (10): USA (MA) human
24 Aug 2019 West Nile virus (26): Americas (USA) (NV)
24 Aug 2019 Listeriosis - North America: fatal, Canada recall cooked diced chicken
24 Aug 2019 Measles update (58)
24 Aug 2019 African swine fever - Europe (42): Bulgaria (RS) domestic, wild
24 Aug 2019 Chikungunya (07): Americas, Africa, Asia
24 Aug 2019 Radiation poisoning - Russia: military explosions
24 Aug 2019 Epizootic hemorrhagic disease - USA: (KY,WV) deer
24 Aug 2019 Vesicular stomatitis - USA (14): (UT,TX,CO) horse, USDA
23 Aug 2019 Die-off, fish - USA: (VT) eel
23 Aug 2019 Leishmaniasis - Armenia (03): (ER) dog, OIE
23 Aug 2019 African swine fever - Asia (65): Russia (AM) domestic, spread
23 Aug 2019 Murine typhus - USA (03): (CA) LA County, most not homeless
23 Aug 2019 Poliomyelitis update (69): global (Afghanistan, Angola, Ghana), Myanmar WHO
23 Aug 2019 Avian influenza, human (10): China, H5N6
23 Aug 2019 Ebola update (82): Congo DR (NK,IT,SK) cases, response
23 Aug 2019 St Louis encephalitis virus - USA: (CA)
23 Aug 2019 Anthrax - Armenia (02): (GR) cattle, human, OIE
23 Aug 2019 Salmonellosis, st Newport - USA (02): MDR, USA beef, Mexican cheese
22 Aug 2019 Botulism - Canada (03): salmon caviar, risk, recall
22 Aug 2019 Hepatitis A - USA (32): (MO) mandatory food handler vacc
22 Aug 2019 Dengue/DHF update (18): Americas
22 Aug 2019 African swine fever - Asia (64): Philippines (RI) domestic, not
22 Aug 2019 Lumpy skin disease - India: (OR) cattle, susp, RFI
22 Aug 2019 Hepatitis A - USA (31): (Las Vegas)
22 Aug 2019 E. coli EHEC - USA (18): (MN) lake swimming
22 Aug 2019 West Nile virus (25): Europe (Germany) wild bird, OIE
22 Aug 2019 Dengue/DHF update (17): Asia, Pacific, Europe, Africa
22 Aug 2019 Infectious hypodermal & hematopoietic necrosis - UK: shrimp, OIE
22 Aug 2019 Aflatoxin - Tanzania: (DO,MY)
22 Aug 2019 Powassan virus encephalitis - USA (04): (MA)
21 Aug 2019 Listeriosis - Europe (07): (Spain) meat, recall, fatal
21 Aug 2019 Eastern equine encephalitis - North America (09): Canada (ON), USA (LA,NY) horse
21 Aug 2019 Crimean-Congo hem. fever - Asia (15): Pakistan (SD,BA)
21 Aug 2019 Hepatitis A - Australia: (AC,NS) Korean community
21 Aug 2019 Measles update (57)
21 Aug 2019 African swine fever - Europe (41): Ukraine, domestic, wild boar, update, OIE
21 Aug 2019 African swine fever - Europe (40): Bulgaria (PZ) wild boar, spread
20 Aug 2019 Anthrax - Kazakhstan (03): (AM) cattle, human, OIE
20 Aug 2019 Anthrax - Armenia: (GR) cattle, human
20 Aug 2019 Hepatitis A - USA (30): CDC
20 Aug 2019 Ebola update (81): Congo DR (NK,IT,SK) cases, summaries, response
20 Aug 2019 La Crosse encephalitis - USA: (OH)
20 Aug 2019 Die-off, apis - Brazil: pesticides susp
20 Aug 2019 Rift Valley fever - Mayotte (15): fewer cases, human, cattle
20 Aug 2019 Potato mop-top virus - New Zealand
20 Aug 2019 Panama disease TR4, banana - Americas (02): (Colombia) conf
20 Aug 2019 Infectious hypodermal & hematopoietic necrosis - Canada: (AB) shrimp, OIE
19 Aug 2019 Anthrax - India (08): (OR) cattle, human, toxic mushrooms
19 Aug 2019 African swine fever - Asia (63): Philippines (RI) domestic, 1st rep, susp
19 Aug 2019 Anthrax - Kazakhstan (02): (AM) cattle, human
19 Aug 2019 Spotted fever - Germany: Rickettsia aeschlimannii via hyalomma tick
19 Aug 2019 Fungal foot rot, rice - India: (PB)
19 Aug 2019 Undiagnosed disease, rice - Sri Lanka: (RN)
18 Aug 2019 Eastern equine encephalitis - North America (08): USA (MA)
18 Aug 2019 Potomac horse fever - USA (MA) horse
18 Aug 2019 Measles update (56)
18 Aug 2019 Hepatitis E - USA: (NY) susp. Mexican basil, RFI
18 Aug 2019 Hepatitis A - USA (29): (NJ) golf club, food handler related
18 Aug 2019 Foot & mouth disease - Namibia: (CA) cattle, not typed, OIE
17 Aug 2019 Newcastle disease - USA (11): (CA) chickens, feed store
17 Aug 2019 Eastern equine encephalitis - North America (07): USA, horse
17 Aug 2019 Vesicular stomatitis - USA (13): (CO, TX) more cases
17 Aug 2019 Hantavirus - Americas (33): USA (NV)
17 Aug 2019 Classical swine fever - Russia (02): (PR) wild boar, OIE
17 Aug 2019 Listeriosis - Europe (06): (Spain) meat, recall, alert
17 Aug 2019 Equine infectious anemia - North America (13): USA (OK, AZ, WI) horse
17 Aug 2019 Cyclosporiasis - USA (05): imported basil, Mexico
17 Aug 2019 Leishmaniasis, visceral - Kenya (02): (MB)
17 Aug 2019 Eastern equine encephalitis - North America (06): USA (NJ)
17 Aug 2019 Strangles - UK: (England) horse, alert
17 Aug 2019 African swine fever - Asia (62): Laos (PH, HO, XI) domestic, spread, OIE
16 Aug 2019 Tuberculosis, XDR: pretomanid, 6-mo 3-drug oral regimen, FDA approved
16 Aug 2019 Equine influenza - Mali: (SG) donkey, morbidity & mortality, lab confirmed
16 Aug 2019 Poliomyelitis update (68): global WPV and cVDPV, Benin 1st report
16 Aug 2019 Ebola update (80): Congo DR (NK,IT,SK) cases, summaries, therapeutics, response
16 Aug 2019 Undiagnosed disease, fig - Iraq: (DA)
15 Aug 2019 Heartland virus - USA: (IL)
15 Aug 2019 Diphtheria - India (02): (TN) fatal
15 Aug 2019 Japanese encephalitis & other - India (26): (AR) pigs
15 Aug 2019 Hantavirus - Europe (04): Turkey, comment
15 Aug 2019 E. coli EHEC - USA (17): (MN) lake swimming
14 Aug 2019 Plague - Madagascar (02): (AV) bubonic
14 Aug 2019 Arsenic poisoning - France: children, infants
14 Aug 2019 Yellow fever - Africa (11): Nigeria (EB)
14 Aug 2019 Measles update (55)
14 Aug 2019 Tularemia - Sweden (02): alert
14 Aug 2019 African swine fever - Asia (61): Myanmar (SH) domestic, 1st rep, OIE
14 Aug 2019 Eastern equine encephalitis - North America (05): USA (MA)
14 Aug 2019 African swine fever - Europe (39): Moldova (CS) domestic, spread, OIE
14 Aug 2019 Hantavirus - Americas (32): Bolivia (TR)
13 Aug 2019 Equine infectious anemia - North America (12): USA (MN, IN) horse
13 Aug 2019 Foot & mouth disease - Zambia (04): (SO) cattle, st pending
13 Aug 2019 Ebola update (79): Congo DR (NK, IT) therapeutics, response, research
13 Aug 2019 Rabbit hemorrhagic disease - Ireland: wild rabbit
13 Aug 2019 Anthrax - Canada: (NT) bison, no new cases
13 Aug 2019 Anthrax - Belarus: (BR) horse, OIE
13 Aug 2019 Anthrax - Nepal: (Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve) cattle, wildlife at risk
13 Aug 2019 Scrub typhus - India (04): (HP) fatal
13 Aug 2019 Tularemia - Spain (02): (CL)
13 Aug 2019 Anthrax - USA (10): (ND) cattle
13 Aug 2019 Japanese encephalitis & other - India (25): (NL,AS,BR)
12 Aug 2019 Invasive mosquito - USA: (CA)
12 Aug 2019 Arboviral meningitis - Bulgaria: RFI
12 Aug 2019 Tularemia - Italy: ex Netherlands, glandular
12 Aug 2019 Hepatitis E - China (02): (Hong Kong) human, rat virus
12 Aug 2019 Purple top, potato - Ecuador: emerging disease
12 Aug 2019 Infant botulism - USA (03): (TX)
12 Aug 2019 African swine fever - Europe (38): Serbia (BG, PD) domestic, 1st rep, OIE
12 Aug 2019 Tularemia - USA (02): (CO) wild rabbit, alert
11 Aug 2019 Rubella - Japan (02)
11 Aug 2019 Crimean-Congo hem. fever - Asia (14): Pakistan (SD)
11 Aug 2019 Tetrodotoxin poisoning, puffer fish - Philippines (02): (MD)
11 Aug 2019 Papillomavirus 9 - Australia: (NS) new virus in horses
11 Aug 2019 West Nile virus (24): Americas, Canada (BC) horse, warning
11 Aug 2019 Leptospirosis - Australia (03): (NS) dogs
11 Aug 2019 Influenza (23): USA (MI) swine origin, pigs, fair
11 Aug 2019 Sphingomonas paucimobilis - USA: (NY) nosocomial, 2018, contam. IV opioid med
11 Aug 2019 Ebola update (78): Congo DR (NK, IT) cases, summary, WHO, response, research
10 Aug 2019 African swine fever - Europe (37): Bulgaria, wild boar, spread
10 Aug 2019 African swine fever - Europe (36): Moldova (CN) domestic, spread, OIE
10 Aug 2019 Rabies - Americas (41): USA (TN, SC, FL, TX) dog, cat, fox, raccoon, human exp.
09 Aug 2019 Poliomyelitis update (67): Pakistan, Congo DR
09 Aug 2019 Measles update (54)
09 Aug 2019 MERS-CoV (60): WHO annual review, Saudi Arabia
09 Aug 2019 Toxic algae - USA (TX) dog, human, alert
09 Aug 2019 Palytoxin - UK: coral poisoning
09 Aug 2019 Leptospirosis - France: (BF) swimmer

Published Date: 2019-09-08 16:06:53
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> African swine fever - Ghana: (WP)
Archive Number: 20190908.6663540

AFRICAN SWINE FEVER - GHANA: (WESTERN)
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Date: Fri 6 Sep 2019
Source: Joy News [abridged, edited]
https://www.myjoyonline.com/news/2019/september-6th/african-swine-fever-outbreak-in-western-region.php

Reports from the National Veterinary Laboratory have confirmed an outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) in the Western region.

The affected communities are in the districts of the Sekondi Takoradi Metropolis and Effia Kwesimintism municipality.

Head of the Takoradi Veterinary laboratory Dr Theophilus Odoom, confirming the outbreak to Joy News, said 56 pigs have died from the disease.

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[ASF is endemic in Ghana; during 2018 (most recent available OIE report) 13 new outbreaks were reported to the OIE, all pertaining to domestic pigs. The most recent case in wild porcines was reported there in 2008. - Mod.AS

HealthMap/ProMED-mail map:
Western region, Ghana: http://healthmap.org/promed/p/6299]