This guidance document includes an updated summary of diagnostic PCR and serology together with detailed information on isolation, culture, identification and epidemiological typing of B. pertussis to help users choose the best methods within the local technical and financial provisions.
For 2021, 6 534 confirmed cases of STEC infection were reported by 30 EU/EEA countries (Table 1). Twenty-seven countries reported at least two confirmed cases, and three countries reported no cases. The EU/EEA notification rate was 2.2 cases per 100 000 population, representing a 37.5% increase compared with the previous year.
Hepatitis A cases in 2021 were at their lowest levels since EU-level hepatitis A surveillance began in 2007, while five other food and waterborne diseases are rising towards pre-pandemic levels. The information is revealed in the Annual Epidemiological Report 2021, of which six chapters are published today by ECDC.
This report of the European Food Safety Authority and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control presents the results of zoonoses monitoring and surveillance activities carried out in 2021 in 27 MSs, the United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) and nine non-MSs.
This issue of the CDTR covers the period 27 November – 3 December 2022 and includes updates on COVID-19, Ebola, diphtheria, respiratory syncytial virus, seasonal influenza, monkeypox, mass gathering monitoring at the FIFA World Cup 2022 Qatar, Chikungunya, dengue, Shigella sonnei, poliomyelitis, meningitis, cholera.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 30 October-5 November 2022 and includes updates on chikungunya, dengue, COVID-19, increase in hepatitis cases in children, monkeypox, West Nile virus, Ebola virus disease due to Sudan ebolavirus, and seasonal influenza.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 25 September - 1 October 2022 and includes updates on COVID-19, Ebola, West Nile Virus, Chikungunya and dengue, influenza A, swine flu, and hepatitis.
For 2020, 28 EU/EEA countries reported 4 824 confirmed cases of Shiga toxin -producing Escherichia coli (STEC) infection. The overall notification rate was 1.6 cases per 100 000 population. The highest notification rates were reported in Ireland, Malta, Denmark, and Norway. The EU/EEA notification rate decreased notably in 2020 compared with 2016-2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 21-27 August 2022 and includes updates on monkeypox, West Nile virus, COVID-19, Ebola, Vibrio growth, diphtheria, cholera, chikungunya virus disease and dengue.