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Do you want to stay updated? Here you find all current and archived news and press releases provided by ECDC about communicable epidemiological infectious diseases.
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24 Sep 2012 During the past week, ECDC continued monitoring an ongoing outbreak of Salmonella Stanley in several EU countries.
Spanish media report 14 possible cases of Legionnaire’s disease. 21 Sep 2012 Twenty seven new human cases of West Nile fever have been reported for the EU and 58 for its neighbourhood over the past week. 21 Sep 2012 Upon request from the European Commission, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and the European Food Safety Authority have jointly provided advice on an on-going outbreak of a rare type of Salmonella. 20 Sep 2012 Results from Vaccine Adverse Event Surveillance and Communication (VAESCO) Consortium studies confirm an association between vaccination with Pandemrix® and an increased risk of narcolepsy in children and adolescents (5 to 19 years of age) in Sweden and Finland. 18 Sep 2012 ECDC organised a meeting bringing together health care professionals, public health experts and representatives from the civil society to share best practice and discuss practical solutions to current situations of measles outbreaks, particularly in communities of underserved populations. 18 Sep 2012 During the past week, ECDC kept monitoring an ongoing outbreak of Salmonella Stanley in several EU countries. 14 Sep 2012 The Public Health Authorities of Catalonia, Spain, have notified a community acquired outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in Blanes. Blanes is a coastal town in the province of Girona. 14 Sep 2012 For the week of 2 September, the Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) carried updates on a continuing outbreak of Salmonella Stanley in several EU countries, additional autochthonous cases of malaria in Greece and the hantavirus pulmonary syndrome outbreak in Yosemite National Park, US. 10 Sep 2012 One new case of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome at Yosemite National Park, California, U.S. ECDC assesses the risk of infection as low. 07 Sep 2012 Twenty one new human cases of West Nile fever have been reported for the EU and 83 for its neighbourhood over the past week. 07 Sep 2012 On 22 June 2012 the Hellenic Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (KEELPNO) reported the first locally acquired case of Plasmodium vivax ( P. vivax) malaria, from Marathon area in Attica region, Greece. As of 3 September, KEELPNO has reported 50 cases of malaria since the beginning of 2012 in Greece. 07 Sep 2012 ECDC is publishing the first external quality assurance scheme (EQA) for Bordetalla pertusis PCR, participated by 21-one laboratories from 21 European Union/European Economic Area countries. 07 Sep 2012 On 3 August 2012, a probable case of dengue infection was reported in a resident in west Greece (Agrinio). The 84 year old patient, who had severe underlying conditions and septicaemia, died on 30 August 2012. 05 Sep 2012 The Center for Disease Control in the U.S. has reported an outbreak of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) in a campsite in Yosemite National Park, California. 05 Sep 2012 Today, ECDC publishes an update to its 2008 Guidance on human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines in Europe. The update follows the introduction of vaccination programmes in 19 European countries and new evidence from research studies over the past four years. 04 Sep 2012 From 1 August 2011 to 27 August 2012, 117 confirmed cases of S. Stanley infections have been reported in five EU Member States, for which Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE) pattern is available and identical. 03 Sep 2012 While many European countries are progressing towards TB elimination, the target of less than 1 TB case/ 1,000,000 population is still far from being achieved everywhere. This was one of the messages presented today by ECDC Director Marc Sprenger during the joint session with WHO "Towards elimination of tuberculosis" at the European Respiratory Society annual congress. |
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