The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) held a press briefing on 24 March to mark World Tuberculosis Day 2023 and provide an update on the latest surveillance and monitoring data (2021) and current TB situation in Europe.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 12-18 March 2023 and includes updates on COVID-19, iatrogenic botulism, group A streptococcal infection, influenza, chikungunya and dengue, and influenza B among young people.
Since late February 2023 and as of 10 March 2023, 67 cases of botulism linked to intragastric injection of the botulism neurotoxin (BoNT) have been reported in Germany (12), Austria (1), Switzerland (1) and Türkiye (53).
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 5–11 March 2023 and includes updates on COVID-19, group A streptococcal infection, influenza, diphtheria, measles, iatrogenic botulism, poliomyelitis, and autochthonous Dengue.
This evidence brief summarises key issues and priorities for action in Europe and Central Asia on PrEP. It is largely based on data collected between February and August 2022.