Official name:Republic of Zimbabwe
WRLFMD code:ZIM
FMD first recorded: 
FMD eradicated: 
Subsequent outbreaks: 
Serotypes (last rpt): 
Current status:Endemic
Useful websites: 
FMDV SerotypeYears (not comprehensive)
Untyped-
O-
A-
C-
Asia 1-
SAT 1Livestock: 1937, 1953, 1957-1962, 1966, 1972, 1976, 1978-1981, 1989, 1999, 2003-2004, 2015
Buffalo: 1988, 1990-1998
SAT 2Livestock: 1931, 1950, 1951-1955, 1957-1962, 1964-1967, 1970-1973, 1975-1981, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1990 (carrier cattle only), 1991, 1997, 2000-2004, 2009-2011, 2013-2015, 2017, 2022
Buffalo: 1988-1991, 1994-1995, 1997-1998
SAT 3Livestock: 1934, 1953-1954, 1974-1978, 1981, 1983-1984, 1991, 1999, 2013
Buffalo: 1990-1991, 1994
NotesAll three SAT serotypes are probably endemic in the African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) population

WRLFMD batch no.Date ReceivedVirus samplesTypeTopotypeLineageSublineageWRLFMD Reports
 29/06/2000ZIM 1/1999SAT 1    
ZIM 2/1999SAT 3   
 29/09/2000ZIM 5/1999SAT 1    
ZIM 6/1999SAT 1   
ZIM 3/1999SAT 3   
ZIM 4/1999SAT 3   
 01/11/2002ZIM 1/2002SAT 2nd--Detection
ZIM 2/2002SAT 2nd--
ZIM 3/2002SAT 2​nd--
ZIM 4/2002SAT 2​nd--
WRLFMD/2004/0000713/05/2004ZIM/1/2004SAT 2   Detection
WRLFMD/2004/0001017/05/2004ZIM/4/2003SAT 1III (WZ)--Detection
Genotyping(SAT1)
Genotyping(SAT2)
ZIM/13/2003SAT 1III (WZ)--
ZIM/2/2003SAT 1III (WZ)--
ZIM/2/2003SAT 2---
ZIM/5/2003SAT 1III (WZ)--
ZIM/5/2003SAT 2---
ZIM/1/2001SAT 2---
ZIM/2/2001SAT 2---
ZIM/5/2002SAT 2---
ZIM/6/2002SAT 2---
ZIM/7/2002SAT 2---
ZIM/8/2002SAT 2---
ZIM/9/2002SAT 2---
ZIM/10/2002SAT 2---
ZIM/11/2002SAT 2---
ZIM/12/2002SAT 2---
ZIM/13/2002SAT 2---
ZIM/14/2002SAT 2---
ZIM/15/2002SAT 2---
ZIM/16/2002SAT 2---
ZIM/17/2002SAT 2---
ZIM/18/2002SAT 2---
ZIM/1/2003SAT 2---
ZIM/3/2003SAT 2---
ZIM/6/2003SAT 2---
ZIM/7/2003SAT 2---
ZIM/8/2003SAT 2---
ZIM/9/2003SAT 2---
ZIM/11/2003SAT 2---
ZIM/12/2003SAT 2---
ZIM/14/2003SAT 2---
ZIM/15/2003SAT 2---
ZIM/16/2003SAT 2---
ZIM/17/2003SAT 2---
ZIM/18/2003SAT 2---
ZIM/19/2003SAT 2---
ZIM/10/2003NVDndndnd
WRLFMD/2004/0001706/07/2004ZIM/21/2003SAT 1III (WZ)--Detection
Genotyping(SAT1)
Genotyping(SAT2)
ZIM/23/2003SAT 1I (NWZ)--
ZIM/20/2003SAT 1III (WZ)--
ZIM/20/2003SAT 2---
ZIM/22/2003SAT 2-​-​-
WRLFMD/2010/0003909/11/2010ZIM/2/2010SAT 2IIunnamed-Detection
Vaccine
ZIM/4/2010SAT 2IIunnamed-
ZIM/1/2010FMDV‑GDndndnd
ZIM/3/2010FMDV‑GDndndnd
WRLFMD/2011/0002910/06/2011ZIM/5/2010SAT 2Iunnamed- 
ZIM/6/2010SAT 2Iunnamed-
WRLFMD/2014/0003313/10/2014ZIM/8/2010SAT 2Iunnamed-Detection
Genotyping(SAT 2)
Vaccine
ZIM/9/2010SAT 2Iunnamed-
ZIM/10/2010SAT 2Iunnamed-
ZIM/1/2014SAT 2IIunnamed-
ZIM/3/2014SAT 2Iunnamed-
ZIM/5/2014SAT 2Iunnamed-
ZIM/7/2010FMDV‑GDndndnd
ZIM/1/2011FMDV‑GDndndnd
ZIM/2/2014FMDV‑GDndndnd
ZIM/4/2014FMDV‑GDndndnd
ZIM/6/2014FMDV‑GDndndnd
ZIM/7/2014FMDV‑GDndndnd
ZIM/8/2014NVD   
WRLFMD/2015/0002213/08/2015ZIM/1/2015SAT 2IIunnamed-Detection
Genotyping(SAT 2)
Vaccine
ZIM/2/2015FMDV‑GDndndnd
ZIM/3/2015FMDV‑GDndnd​nd
WRLFMD/2015/0002703/09/2015ZIM/10/2015SAT 1IIunnamed-Detection
Genotyping(SAT 1)
Genotyping(SAT 2)
Vaccine
ZIM/14/2015SAT 1IIunnamed-
ZIM/17/2015SAT 1IIunnamed-
ZIM/19/2015SAT 1IIunnamed-
ZIM/4/2015SAT 2IIunnamed-
ZIM/5/2015SAT 2IIunnamed-
ZIM/6/2015SAT 2IIunnamed-
ZIM/8/2015SAT 2-*-*-*
ZIM/9/2015SAT 2IIunnamed​-
ZIM/11/2015SAT 2IIunnamed-
ZIM/13/2015SAT 2IIunnamed-
ZIM/15/2015SAT 2IIunnamed-
ZIM/16/2015SAT 2IIunnamed-
ZIM/20/2015SAT 2IIunnamed-
ZIM/21/2015SAT 2IIunnamed-
ZIM/22/2015SAT 2IIunnamed-
ZIM/7/2015SAT 1&2-*-*-*
ZIM/12/2015FMDV‑GDndndnd
ZIM/18/2015FMDV‑GDndndnd
WRLFMD/2016/0002310/06/2016ZIM/23/2015SAT 2IIunnamed-Detection
Genotyping(SAT 2)
Vaccine
ZIM/25/2015SAT 2IIunnamed-
ZIM/24/2015FMDV‑GDndndnd
ZIM/26/2015NVD   
WRLFMD/2017/0002919/10/2017ZIM/1/2017SAT 2IIunnamed-Detection
Genotyping(SAT 2)
Vaccine
WRLMEG/2022/0002325/07/2022ZIM01/2022 SAT 2III--Genotyping(SAT2)
WRLFMD/2023/00010911/12/2023ZIM 1/2022SAT 2III--Detection
Genotyping(SAT2)
Vaccine

 Notes:
nd, not done
*, no good sequence data obtained
†, Not a WRLFMD reference number (only VP1 sequence received)