Giuseppe
Emeritus
[Source: EpiSouth, full PDF document: (LINK). Extract, edited.]
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REPORT OF NEW HEALTH EVENTS OCCURRING INSIDE THE EPISOUTH AREA
(Occurring in one or several EpiSouth countries)
Location: Libya - Event: Plague
On 4th November 2011, an outbreak of plague in Tobruk, Libya, was reported through Promed (non official) with more than 23 cases, including pneumonic plague cases.
Comments
Apart from some foci, North Africa is no longer considered as endemic for plague (cf. map 2).
The last outbreak of plague reported in the country was in 2009, with 12 cases (cf.eWEB n? 65 and Eurosurveillance article, 2009).
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REPORT OF NEW HEALTH EVENTS OCCURRING INSIDE THE EPISOUTH AREA
(Occurring in one or several EpiSouth countries)
Location: Libya - Event: Plague
On 4th November 2011, an outbreak of plague in Tobruk, Libya, was reported through Promed (non official) with more than 23 cases, including pneumonic plague cases.
- No evidence of confirmed cases of plague in Libya has been found through epidemic intelligence.
- The national health authorities of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya refuted this information and sent the following information:
- ?According to the national committee for plague control in Libya and the feedback we obtained from plague laboratories and the local hospital in Tubrok, there have been no confirmed cases recorded this year.
- Furthermore, laboratory technicians and doctors in Tubrok have gained good experience from dealing with previous outbreaks and are well trained on diagnosis and case management thus mortality is very unlikely to occur anyway.?
Comments
Apart from some foci, North Africa is no longer considered as endemic for plague (cf. map 2).
The last outbreak of plague reported in the country was in 2009, with 12 cases (cf.eWEB n? 65 and Eurosurveillance article, 2009).
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