This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 12-18 October 2014, and includes updates on chikungunya , Ebola virus, influenza, Marburg fever, MERS, poliomyelitis and West Nile fever.
Following an increase in the number of cases of Ebola virus disease being recorded in West Africa, ECDC has updated its risk assessment and presents options for prevention and control of the disease for European citizens.
This is the sixth update of the rapid risk assessment on the outbreak of Ebola virus disease in West Africa which considers the risk of importation and transmission of the disease in the EU associated with the outbreak currently affecting Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 5-11 October 2014, and includes updates on influenza, West Nile virus, chikungunya, Marburg fever, Ebola virus, Enterovirus, avian influenza, MERS, dengue and polio.
This technical report assesses the risk of Ebola virus transmission through substances of human origin and offers guidelines on the safety of donations where the potential donors are travellers returning from Ebola-affected countries, people exposed to Ebola virus or patients who have recovered from the disease.
Following an increase in the number of cases of Ebola virus disease being recorded in West Africa, ECDC has updated its risk assessment and presents options for prevention and control of the disease for European citizens.
Update on the risk of importation and transmission of Ebola virus disease to the EU associated with the outbreak in West Africa currently affecting Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria.
Following an increase in the number of cases of ebola virus disease being recorded in West Africa, ECDC has updated its risk assessment and presents options for prevention and control of the disease for European citizens.
The outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa with onset in early December 2013 in Guinea now involves three countries: Guinea, Liberia and most recently Sierra Leone.