Scientific Advice: ECDC Reviews http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/activities/sciadvice/Lists/ECDC Reviews/all items.aspx RSS feed for the ECDC Reviews list. Wed, 22 May 2013 15:34:21 GMT Windows SharePoint Services V3 RSS Generator 60 Scientific advice: ECDC Reviews /en/activities/sciadvice/_layouts/images/homepage.gif http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/activities/sciadvice/Lists/ECDC Reviews/all items.aspx Updated guidance on novel coronavirus by WHO: surveillance, applied epidemiological studies and clinical guidance http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/activities/sciadvice/Lists/ECDC Reviews/DispForm.aspx?ID=1313 System Account Wed, 27 Mar 2013 09:22:33 GMT http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/activities/sciadvice/Lists/ECDC Reviews/DispForm.aspx?ID=1313 WHO Recommendation on influenza virus vaccines for the Northern Hemisphere 2013-2014 season http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/activities/sciadvice/Lists/ECDC Reviews/DispForm.aspx?ID=1311 System Account Fri, 15 Mar 2013 09:11:26 GMT http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/activities/sciadvice/Lists/ECDC Reviews/DispForm.aspx?ID=1311 Seasonal influenza vaccine produced using recombinant technology approved for use in North America http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/activities/sciadvice/Lists/ECDC Reviews/DispForm.aspx?ID=1307 System Account Fri, 08 Feb 2013 09:02:34 GMT http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/activities/sciadvice/Lists/ECDC Reviews/DispForm.aspx?ID=1307 New tuberculosis drug bedaquiline approved by U.S. Food and Drug Administration http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/activities/sciadvice/Lists/ECDC Reviews/DispForm.aspx?ID=1306 On 28 December 2012, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved bedaquiline, a new diarylquinoline antimycobacterial drug, as part of combination therapy to treat adults with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) when other alternatives are not available.

]]> System Account Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:05:09 GMT http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/activities/sciadvice/Lists/ECDC Reviews/DispForm.aspx?ID=1306 Novel coronavirus: Whole genome sequence published by HPA http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/activities/sciadvice/Lists/ECDC Reviews/DispForm.aspx?ID=1297 System Account Fri, 16 Nov 2012 10:25:13 GMT http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/activities/sciadvice/Lists/ECDC Reviews/DispForm.aspx?ID=1297 WHO announcement of strains to be included in the Southern Hemisphere 2013 influenza vaccine composition http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/activities/sciadvice/Lists/ECDC Reviews/DispForm.aspx?ID=1293 System Account Thu, 11 Oct 2012 09:47:14 GMT http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/activities/sciadvice/Lists/ECDC Reviews/DispForm.aspx?ID=1293 European Commission decision to add tick-borne encephalitis to the list of communicable diseases to be covered by epidemiological surveillance http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/activities/sciadvice/Lists/ECDC Reviews/DispForm.aspx?ID=1288 System Account Tue, 18 Sep 2012 06:51:30 GMT http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/activities/sciadvice/Lists/ECDC Reviews/DispForm.aspx?ID=1288 Oseltamivir-resistant influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 influenza virus in Dutch travellers returning from Spain, August 2012 http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/activities/sciadvice/Lists/ECDC Reviews/DispForm.aspx?ID=1287 System Account Mon, 10 Sep 2012 09:21:42 GMT http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/activities/sciadvice/Lists/ECDC Reviews/DispForm.aspx?ID=1287 Cross-species avian influenza among mammalians - report of fatal avian influenza in New England harbour seals http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/activities/sciadvice/Lists/ECDC Reviews/DispForm.aspx?ID=1281 System Account Thu, 02 Aug 2012 12:23:47 GMT http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/activities/sciadvice/Lists/ECDC Reviews/DispForm.aspx?ID=1281 Influenza A (H3N2)v Virus in Humans and Swine in the United States – an update http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/activities/sciadvice/Lists/ECDC Reviews/DispForm.aspx?ID=1282 A report in the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) MMWR this week describes the investigation of mild respiratory illness among swine and people at a county fair  in Indiana, USA between 8 and 14 July 2012.

This is an important report as it is very clearly documents simultaneous detection of H3N2v influenza viruses in humans and swine in close contact.

]]> System Account Thu, 02 Aug 2012 12:44:09 GMT http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/activities/sciadvice/Lists/ECDC Reviews/DispForm.aspx?ID=1282 US CDC guidance for control of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) – 2012 CRE toolkit http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/activities/sciadvice/Lists/ECDC Reviews/DispForm.aspx?ID=1276 Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) or carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) are highly resistant to antibiotics, leaving only a few options for treatment of infected patients, and thus represent a serious threat to public health. ]]> System Account Wed, 27 Jun 2012 10:10:14 GMT http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/activities/sciadvice/Lists/ECDC Reviews/DispForm.aspx?ID=1276 New WHO recommendations on seasonal influenza immunization from the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) - adding pregnant women as the highest priority and consideration of immunising children aged 6 months to 5 years http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/activities/sciadvice/Lists/ECDC Reviews/DispForm.aspx?ID=1271 System Account Fri, 25 May 2012 15:30:29 GMT http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/activities/sciadvice/Lists/ECDC Reviews/DispForm.aspx?ID=1271 Report on the association between the 2009 pandemic vaccine (Pandemrix®) and narcolepsy – Republic of Ireland http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/activities/sciadvice/Lists/ECDC Reviews/DispForm.aspx?ID=1267 System Account Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:20:25 GMT http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/activities/sciadvice/Lists/ECDC Reviews/DispForm.aspx?ID=1267 Controversial research on modifying A(H5N1) influenza viruses in the laboratory http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/activities/sciadvice/Lists/ECDC Reviews/DispForm.aspx?ID=1265 System Account Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:33:28 GMT http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/activities/sciadvice/Lists/ECDC Reviews/DispForm.aspx?ID=1265 Controversial research modifying A(H5N1) influenza viruses in the laboratory – Formal report of WHO technical consultation http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/activities/sciadvice/Lists/ECDC Reviews/DispForm.aspx?ID=1261 System Account Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:32:14 GMT http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/activities/sciadvice/Lists/ECDC Reviews/DispForm.aspx?ID=1261 WHO recommendation on influenza virus vaccines for the northern hemisphere 2012-2013 season http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/activities/sciadvice/Lists/ECDC Reviews/DispForm.aspx?ID=1256 System Account Thu, 01 Mar 2012 13:27:56 GMT http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/activities/sciadvice/Lists/ECDC Reviews/DispForm.aspx?ID=1256 Sentinel Surveillance for Severe Influenza in England (United Kingdom) http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/activities/sciadvice/Lists/ECDC Reviews/DispForm.aspx?ID=1247 ad hoc surveys in a crisis authorities, UK established routine surveillance for severe influenza disease appearing in hospital, the UK Severe Influenza Surveillance System (USISS). This article presents the system and the results of the first season of operation in 2010/11.  ]]> System Account Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:13:02 GMT http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/activities/sciadvice/Lists/ECDC Reviews/DispForm.aspx?ID=1247 New drug resistant form of tuberculosis reported in India http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/activities/sciadvice/Lists/ECDC Reviews/DispForm.aspx?ID=1240 Udwadia, F et al. Clin. Infect. Dis. 2011, Dec 21, Eprint) four cases of so-called total drug resistant tuberculosis (TB) were reported from India.]]> System Account Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:15:51 GMT http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/activities/sciadvice/Lists/ECDC Reviews/DispForm.aspx?ID=1240 Forgotten antibiotics: an inventory in Europe, the United States, Canada, and Australia http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/activities/sciadvice/Lists/ECDC Reviews/DispForm.aspx?ID=1239 System Account Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:06:18 GMT http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/activities/sciadvice/Lists/ECDC Reviews/DispForm.aspx?ID=1239 United Kingdom – recent official seasonal influenza publications http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/activities/sciadvice/Lists/ECDC Reviews/DispForm.aspx?ID=1238 System Account Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:37:33 GMT http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/activities/sciadvice/Lists/ECDC Reviews/DispForm.aspx?ID=1238