West Nile Fever,
Germany

Information received on 21/02/2020 from Dr Dietrich Rassow, Director for Animal Health and Animal Welfare, Chief Veterinary Officer, Directorate of Animal Health and Animal Welfare, Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Berlin, Germany

Summary

Report type	Follow-up report No. 11 (Final report)
Date of start of the event	03/07/2019
Date of confirmation of the event	09/07/2019
Report date	21/02/2020
Date submitted to OIE	21/02/2020
Date event resolved	21/02/2020
Reason for notification	Recurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence	18/01/2019
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	West Nile virus
Nature of diagnosis	Clinical, Laboratory (basic), Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to	a defined zone within the country
Related reports	Immediate notification (10/07/2019) Follow-up report No. 1 (20/08/2019) Follow-up report No. 2 (27/08/2019) Follow-up report No. 3 (13/09/2019) Follow-up report No. 4 (18/09/2019) Follow-up report No. 5 (25/09/2019) Follow-up report No. 6 (04/10/2019) Follow-up report No. 7 (18/10/2019) Follow-up report No. 8 (31/10/2019) Follow-up report No. 9 (18/12/2019) Follow-up report No. 10 (17/01/2020) Follow-up report No. 11 (21/02/2020)

New outbreaks (1)

Outbreak 1 (20-416-00002)

Aken (Elbe), Stadt, Anhalt-Bitterfeld, Sachsen-Anhalt

Date of start of the outbreak

13/11/2019

Outbreak status

Resolved (20/02/2020)

Epidemiological unit

Farm

Affected animals

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Equidae	15	1	0	0	0

Summary of outbreaks

Total outbreaks: 1

Total animals affected

Species	Susceptible	Cases	Deaths	Killed and disposed of	Slaughtered
Equidae	15	1	0	0	0

Outbreak statistics

Species	Apparent morbidity rate	Apparent mortality rate	Apparent case fatality rate	Proportion susceptible animals lost*
Equidae	6.67%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%

*Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction and/or slaughter

Epidemiology

Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection

Unknown or inconclusive

Control measures

Measures applied	Surveillance within containment and/or protection zone Traceability Official disposal of carcasses, by-products and waste Control of wildlife reservoirs Control of vectors Vector surveillance Vaccination permitted (if a vaccine exists) No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	No other measures

Future Reporting

The event is resolved. No more reports will be submitted.

Map of outbreak locations