This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 28 June - 4 July 2025 and includes updates on influenza A(H5N1), Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), SARS-CoV-2, updates on respiratory virus epidemiology in the EU/EEA, poliomyelitis, Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever, West Nile virus infection, and chikungunya.
This report gives an overview of the countries and areas where chikungunya virus disease cases – and their corresponding case numbers - have been reported to the European surveillance portal for infectious diseases (EpiPulse).
This report provides an overview of the countries and areas where CCHF cases – and their corresponding case numbers – have been reported to the European surveillance portal for infectious diseases (EpiPulse).
The Mediterranean and Black Sea Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (MediPIET) Alumni Network – MediAN – held a two-day event at the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden.
As Europe enters this year’s mosquito season, ECDC has launched a new series of weekly surveillance updates to help public health authorities monitor mosquito-borne diseases in a timely way, covering chikungunya, dengue, Zika, and West Nile viruses.
This guidance provides key information on Aedes-borne viruses, the principles of the laboratory diagnosis of these viruses and the epidemiology of Aedes-borne viral disease in Europe.