Published Date: 2018-06-07 13:04:17
Subject: PRO/AH> Foot & mouth disease - Israel (05): (HZ) bov, gt O/ME-SA/PanAsia-2(QOM-15)
Archive Number: 20180607.5843979
FOOT & MOUTH DISEASE - ISRAEL (04): (HAZAFON) BOVINE, GENOTYPED O/ME-SA/PANASIA-2(QOM-15)
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Date: Thu 7 Jun 2018 [accessed]
Source: The Pirbright Institute, World Reference Laboratory for Foot-and-Mouth Disease (WRLFMD) [summ., edited]
http://www.wrlfmd.org/fmd_genotyping/2018/WRLFMD-2018-00015-Israel-O-approved.pdf
WRLFMD website published the genotyping results of 4 FMD virus samples collected from grazing beef cattle in Gazit, north eastern Israel. The following results are drawn from the report addressing virus sample ISR/1/2018.
Location of origin: Kibbutz Gazit
Country of origin: Israel
Date of collection: 5 Apr 2018
Host species: cattle
Serotype: O
Topotype: ME-SA
Lineage: PanAsia-2
Sublineage: QOM-15
Sequence length: 633
Harvest date of material: 26 Apr 2018
Received for sequencing: 01 May 2018
Created: 04 May 2018
Last updated: 04 May 2018
[For the other 3 samples, which present rather identical results, please refer to the source URL above].
1. Most closely related sequences
Sequence // virus name // Host // identity (percentage) // serotype // topotype // lineage // sublineage
viba_36404 // ISR/2/2018 // cattle // 100 // O // ME-SA // QOM-15
viba_36408 // ISR/3/2018 // cattle // 100 // O // ME-SA // QOM-15
viba_36251 // Gazit-110/Isr/2018 // cattle // 100 // O // ME-SA // QOM-15
viba_36412 // ISR/4/2017 // cattle // 100 // O // ME-SA // QOM-15
viba_36255 // Gazit-470/Isr/2018 // cattle // 100 // O // ME-SA // QOM-15
viba_27685 // IRN/16/2016 // cattle // 97.9 // O // ME-SA // QOM-15
viba_27677 // IRN/13/2016 // cattle // 97.9 // O // ME-SA // QOM-153
viba_23740 // KUW/2/2016 // cattle // 97.9 // O // ME-SA // QOM-15
viba_36100 // IRN/22/2018 // cattle // 97.9 // O // ME-SA // QOM-15
viba_36072 // IRN/11/2018 // cattle // 97.9 // O // ME-SA // QOM-15
2. Most closely related prototype sequences [1st 4 copied; for the other 6 prototype sequences analysed, with lower identity rates (5 from Asia, 1 is their associated UK 2001 porcine isolate), please refer to the source URL above.]
Sequence // virus name // Host // identity (percentage) // serotype // topotype // lineage // sublineage
viba_860 // IRN/6/2015 // cattle // 97.3 // O // ME-SA // PanAsia-2 // QOM-15
viba_666 // IRN/18/2010 // cattle // 93.8 // O // ME-SA // PanAsia-2 // BAL-09
viba_766 // IRN/31/2009 // cattle // 92.4 // O // ME-SA // PanAsia-2 // FAR-09
viba_650 // IRN/8/2005 // ovine // 92.1 // O // ME-SA // PanAsia-2
3. Dendrogram (page 6; Analysis parameters and Sequences in the Phylogenetic tree are presented on pages 7-8 -- refer to source URL above).
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[The FMD event caused by the strain above reportedly started in north east Israel on 2 Apr 2018, affecting free ranging beef cattle in Kibbutz Gazit, as reported in an OIE immediate notification dated 9 Apr 2018; the genotyped samples were collected from this 1st outbreak. On 29 Apr 2018, 4 additional outbreaks were reported by Israel's Veterinary Services & Animal Health (VSAH) to the OIE in follow-up report no 1, providing epidemiological details from a large dairy farm, 3 free-ranging beef cattle herds, and a cluster of wild mountain gazelles (_Gazella gazella_, a protected species), all distributed within a region located south of Lake Kinneret ("the Sea of Tiberias"), adjacent to the Jordan river separating Israel from the Kingdom of Jordan. For links to the 2 available official OIE reports and a map indicating the 5 affected locations, see http://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Reviewreport/Review/viewsummary?fupser=&dothis=&reportid=26394.
On 26 May 2018, the VSAH reported, on the Ministry's website, the laboratory confirmation of a new outbreak affecting fattening cattle in Kfar Kish (map at https://tinyurl.com/y9rh773d). The report (in Hebrew) is available at http://www.moag.gov.il/vet/Yechidot/Apidmiology/mahalot_baaley_haim/mahalot_minim_shonim/pe_tlafaim/pirsumim/Documents/pe_vetlapaim_kefar-kish.pdf.
The current event is caused by a strain (sublineage QOM) which has not been found earlier in Israel; it is thus a new introduction, the route(s) of which deserving investigation. Previous FMD events in Israel, caused by FMDV O PanAsia-2, involved sublineages ANT-10 (in 2012), and FAR-09 (in 2013/14). - Mod.AS
HealthMap/ProMED-mail map of Gazit, Northern District, Israel: http://healthmap.org/promed/p/23242]
