Methods To increase the local and regional understanding of anthrax ecology, ecological risk factors, and the genetic relationships and distribution among Georgian and Azerbaijani B. anthracis strains, a regional study of the ecology of anthrax foci was conducted in Georgia and Azerbaijan. Six regions in Georgia (that border Azerbaijan) were selected for environmental sampling based on historic...

T his risk assessment provides an estimate of the likelihood of introduction of H5N1 HPAI from recently infected countries (Lebanon and Iraq) to other countries in the Middle East region and neighbouring territories as a result of the movement of live poultry (both legal and illegal), poultry-related products and the migration of wild birds. The preliminary assessment based on the available inf...