Cablegate: Croatia: Avian Influenza Weekly Update:

VZCZCXRO5264
RR RUEHDA RUEHDF RUEHFL RUEHKW RUEHLA RUEHLN RUEHLZ RUEHROV RUEHSR
RUEHVK RUEHYG
DE RUEHVB #1946 3481507
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 141507Z DEC 05
FM AMEMBASSY ZAGREB
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 5429
INFO RUEHZL/EUROPEAN POLITICAL COLLECTIVE
RUEHPH/CDC ATLANTA GA
RUEAUSA/DEPT OF HHS WASHDC
RUERAFX/DIR AFMIC FORT DETRICK MD
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC
RUCPDOC/USDOC WASHDC
RUEHRC/USDA WASHDC

UNCLAS ZAGREB 001946

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

DEPT PLEASE PASS TO DS/DSS, DS/IP, M/MED/JCTRIPLETT
FAS/CMP/DLP WETZEL AND MAGGINNIS
FAS/ITP/EAMED POMEROY AND FLEMING
CA/OCS/ACS RICK DOWELL
USAID FOR E&E/ECA/B/ANNE CONVERY

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: TBIO SENV ECON EAGR PREL HR
SUBJECT: CROATIA: AVIAN INFLUENZA WEEKLY UPDATE:
DECEMBER 15

REF: ZAGREB 1927 AND PREVIOUS

1) As of December 15, no additional cases of H5N1
have been confirmed in Croatia. According to Oscar
Meuffels, Netherlands Embassy agricultural
counsellor, the GOC received their new real time
reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-
PCR) machine on December 13. The Dutch are paying
for the initial one-month lease of the PCR machine,
after which the GOC is expected to pay.

FRANK

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