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ESCAIDE 2018
The European Scientific Conference on Applied Infectious Disease Epidemiology (ESCAIDE) is an annual three-day scientific conference, open to the wider communicable disease surveillance community.
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Rapid progress in public health implementation of whole-genome sequencing across the EU/EEA
The EU/EEA countries are making great progress in the implementation of whole-genome sequencing (WGS) technology for outbreak investigation and surveillance. With a harmonisation of standards, this will enable exchange of WGS-derived data across the EU/EEA as prioritised in ECDC Roadmap for molecular surveillance and improve disease control and prevention in Europe.
Publication
Monitoring the use of whole-genome sequencing in infectious disease surveillance in Europe 2015–2017
The results of the third pan-EU/EEA survey presented in this report showed that by mid-2017 the vast majority of national public health reference laboratories in EU/EEA countries had access to whole genome sequencing based typing of diverse microbial pathogens for investigations of infection and drug resistance transmission.
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Drop in EU/EEA measles cases between March and July 2018
During the month of July, a total of 758 cases of measles were reported across seventeen countries in the EU/EEA, which is a decrease from the 1054 cases reported during the month of June.
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Number of measles cases by country, EU/EEA, July 2018
Number of measles cases by country, EU/EEA, July 2018
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Measles notification rate per million population by country, EU/EEA, 1 August 2017–31 July 2018
Measles notification rate per million population by country, EU/EEA, 1 August 2017–31 July 2018
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Number of measles deaths by country, EU/EEA, 1 August 2017–31 July 2018 (n=37)
Number of measles deaths by country, EU/EEA, 1 August 2017–31 July 2018 (n=37)
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Vaccination coverage for the first doses of measles containing vaccine by country, EU/EEA, 2017
Vaccination coverage for the first doses of measles containing vaccine by country, EU/EEA, 2017
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Vaccination coverage for the second doses of measles containing vaccine by country, EU/EEA, 2017
Vaccination coverage for the second doses of measles containing vaccine by country, EU/EEA, 2017