In 2021, 1 567 cases of mumps were reported to ECDC by 27 European Union/European Economic Area(EU/EEA) Member States, with an overall notification rate of 0.4 cases per 100 000 population. This wassignificantly lower than the notification rates reported during the previous four years (range 1.7-4.2).
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 15-22 October 2023 and includes updates on respiratory virus epidemiology in the EU/EEA, SARS-CoV-2 variant classification, cryptosporidiosis, dengue, West Nile virus, and mass gathering monitoring for the Rugby World Cup.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 8-14 October 2023 and includes updates on hepatitis A, influenza A(H5N1), COVID-19, the Rugby World Cup 2023, West Nile virus, measles and diphtheria.
Since the beginning of the 2023 transmission season and as of 11 October 2023, EU/EEA countries have reported 632 human cases of WNV infection, 93 outbreaks among equids and 209 outbreaks among birds.