This rapid outbreak assessment is done jointly with the European Food Safety Authority and reports on the unusual increase in the number of Salmonella Mikawasima infections in humans in several EU countries since September 2013.
ECDC and EFSA have produced a joint risk assessment on a multi-country outbreak of Salmonella Stanley. This is an update of a risk assessment published in July and takes into account the increase in cases and countries affected.
Following an increase in the number of reported human infections with Salmonella entrica serovar Stanley in some EU countries, the European Commission requested a risk assessment from ECDC.
The Diphtheria-LabNet aims to assess and improve laboratory performance through standardised and appropriate methods for laboratory diagnosis of diphtheria as to ensure accurate and comparative diphtheria surveillance across Europe. The network also aims to expand knowledge on serological immunity procedures for detecting diphtheria antitoxin antibodies.
The seminar addressed issues such as the human cost of zoonoses, trends in food-borne diseases, challenges and lessons learnt from epidemiological investigations on the 2011 E.coli outbreak and salmonella controls.
First annual meeting of the network since it was transferred to ECDC in March 2010. Among the objectives of the meeting is to to present the epidemiological situation of diphtheria in Europe for 2009.