Cases for which arbovirus laboratory testing is performed

Cases for which laboratory testing is performed by transmission period (ref Q15)

Country

Outbreak periodsa

Non-outbreak periodsa

Afghanistan

A

S

Bahrain

A

A

Djibouti

A

S

Egypt

A

A

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

A

A

Iraq

A

A

Jordan

A

A

Kuwait

A

A

Lebanon

A

A

Libya

N

N

Morocco

A

S

Oman

A

A

Pakistan

A

A

Palestinian Territory

A

S

Qatar

A

A

Saudi Arabia

A

A

Somalia

S

N

Sudan

A

A

Syrian Arab Republic

Tunisia

A

A

United Arab Emirates

A

A

Yemen

S

S

aA = All suspect cases tested ; S = Subset of suspect cases tested ; N = No suspect cases tested


Viruses for which the national laboratory confirmed cases

Virus diagnostic confirmatory testing performed by the national laboratory (ref Q16)

Country

Arbovirus(es)a

Afghanistan

CCHFV, DENV

Djibouti

For dengue the diagnosis is made by a rapid test as for Chikungunya.

Egypt

Chikungunya virus
Dengue virus
Yellow fever virus
Zika virus
Mayaro virus
Rift valley fever virus
West Nile Fever

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Not specified

Iraq

CCHFV

Jordan

YFV, WNV, CCHFV, DENV

Kuwait

imported dengue cases for 2022: 6 confirmed imported cases
2021: confirmed imported cases

Oman

Not specified

Pakistan

Dengue

Qatar

Dengue fever, Chikungunya, Zika

Saudi Arabia

Not specified

Somalia

Not specified

Sudan

DFV-YFV-Chik-CCHF-RVF-WNV we test for Zika but no confirmed cases

Tunisia

WNV

Yemen

CHIKV, DENV, WNV

aCCHFV = Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever virus; CHIKV = chikungunya virus; DENV = dengue virus; EEEV = Eastern equine encephalitis virus; MAYV = Mayaro virus; OROV = Oropouche virus; RVFV = Rift Valley fever virus; SFFV = Sand fly fever virus (Naples, Sicilian); TBEV = Tick-borne encephalitis virus; TOSV = Toscana virus; VEEV = Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus; WNV = West Nile virus; YFV = yellow fever virus