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Foot-and-Mouth Disease
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| 14-Apr-2011: FMDV type Asia 1 in Pakistan and Bahrain presents a threat to Western Eurasia / Middle East | |
| FMDV type Asia 1 has recently been detected in Pakistan (December 2010 in Bahawalpur, Punjab and December 2010/January 2011 in Karachi, Sindh). These viruses are closely related to previous viruses isolated from Sindh in 2008-2009. Subsequently closely related Asia 1 viruses have been detected in Bahrain (February 2011). | |
| 25-May-2011: Asia 1 detected in Iran and Afghanistan | |
| Further updates will be posted as new outbreaks are discovered. | |
| Asia 1 epidemics periodically spread from the Indian sub-continent across the Middle East entering Turkey, and on two occasions (1984 and 2000), even Greece. These epidemics have been recorded in 1973-1974, 1983-1984 and 1999-2000. | |
| WRLFMD web pages for: | |
| Afghanistan | |
| Bahrain | |
| Iran | |
| Pakistan | |
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