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BSE: Statistics: Other TSEs - Scrapie 2006

Outcome of all cases reported from 1 January 2006 to 31 December 2006 as at 04 September 2007

Great Britain

 

Cases Reported

Restrictions not imposed1

Classical Positive

Atypical Positive

Negative*

Pending

January

38

3

22

4

9

0

February

44

10

22

0

10

1

March

76

14

28

1

28

3

April

43

10

18

6

7

0

May

29

7

11

4

7

0

June

32

2

21

2

6

0

July

28

4

12

2

10

0

August

18

2

10

3

3

0

September

33

2

20

2

9

0

October

54

2

35

7

7

2

November

24

1

8

8

4

3

December

14

1

5

6

1

1

Total

427

59

212

45

101

10

of which

England

 

Cases Reported

Restrictions not imposed1

Classical Positive

Atypical Positive

Negative*

Pending

January

18

2

11

2

3

0

February

21

2

14

0

5

0

March

51

10

20

0

21

0

April

22

6

10

2

4

0

May

17

6

8

1

2

0

June

22

2

16

0

4

0

July

8

0

5

0

3

0

August

9

0

8

1

0

0

September

10

0

5

1

4

1

October

22

1

14

4

3

0

November

14

0

5

5

2

2

December

9

0

4

3

1

1

Total

229

28

120

19

52

3

Wales

 

Cases Reported

Restrictions not imposed1

Classical Positive

Atypical Positive

Negative*

Pending

January

17

1

10

1

5

0

February

18

7

7

0

3

1

March

22

4

7

1

7

3

April

12

1

8

2

1

0

May

9

1

2

2

4

0

June

7

0

4

2

1

0

July

13

1

5

2

5

0

August

8

1

2

2

3

0

September

10

2

2

1

5

0

October

26

1

20

3

2

0

November

10

1

3

3

2

1

December

3

1

0

2

0

0

Total

155

21

70

92

38

5

Scotland

 

Cases Reported

Restrictions not imposed1

Classical Positive

Atypical Positive

Negative*

Pending

January

3

0

1

1

1

0

February

4

1

1

0

2

0

March

1

0

1

0

0

0

April

8

4

0

2

2

0

May

3

0

1

1

1

0

June

3

0

1

0

1

0

July

7

3

2

0

2

0

August

1

1

0

0

0

0

September

13

0

13

0

0

0

October

5

0

1

0

2

2

November

0

0

0

0

0

0

December

2

0

1

1

0

0

Total

49

9

22

5

11

2


Key

* Contains inconclusive results
1This was previously two columns - ‘Clinically Negative and Recovered’.

 

Cases Reported

All suspected cases reported to Defra/SEERAD/NAWAD

Restrictions not imposed1

Suspects given an alternative diagnosis at the first visit or restricted and later released from restriction

Positive

Laboratory confirmation of Scrapie

Negative

Unable to confirm Scrapie by laboratory examination

Pending

Awaiting either a revisit or laboratory report

*NB: Fluctuations in the number of cases reported in a given month may occur - this is generally due to re-allocation resulting from data updating on receipt of report forms from AHOs.

 

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Page last reviewed: 10 October, 2006

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