Between 16 November 2018 and 15 February 2019, two HPAI A(H5N8) outbreaks in poultry establishments in Bulgaria, two HPAI A(H5N6) outbreaks in wild birds in Denmark and one low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) A(H5N3) in captive birds in the Netherlands were reported in the EU. No human infections due to highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5N8) or A(H5N6) viruses have been reported so far and the risk of zoonotic transmission to the general public in Europe is considered very low.

In 2017, 24 countries provided LGV surveillance data. Fifteen countries reported a total of 1 989 cases, while the
remaining nine reported no cases.

Salmonellosis is the second most commonly reported gastrointestinal infection and an important cause of foodborne outbreaks in the EU/EEA.

This report provides an overview of the latest TB epidemiological situation and is published jointly by the WHO Regional Office for Europe and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).

Two cases of variant Creutzfeldt−Jakob disease (vCJD) were identified in the EU/EEA in 2016: one probable case from Italy and one confirmed case from the UK.

For 2016, seven EU/EEA Member States reported 238 West Nile virus (WNV) infections, of which 224 (94%) were locally acquired and 14 were travel-related.

This monitoring report is based on measles and rubella data from The European Surveillance System (TESSy) for the period 1 February 2018 to 31 January 2019.

For 2016, 8 231 cases were reported in the EU/EEA. Among 7 485 cases with known importation status, 99.8% were travel-related.

For 2017, Bulgaria reported two confirmed cases of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF).

For 2017, no cases of plague were reported by EU/EEA countries.