For 2019, 24 EU/EEA countries reported 1 049 confirmed cases of leptospirosis, the highest number in the period from 2015–2019, possibly because of environmental conditions favourable to hosts, and/or increase of activities at risk for infection.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 2-8 October 2022 and includes updates on avian influenza, COVID-19, dengue, Ebola, invasive meningococcal disease, West Nile Virus, MERS-CoV, monkeypox, and hepatitis.
In 2018, 3 233 confirmed cases of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD), including 324 deaths, were reported in 30 European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) Member States.
Online directory with guidance on prevention and control of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI), published by ECDC, EU/EEA Member States, international and national agencies and professional societies