Chikungunya is not endemic in the EU/EEA and the majority of the cases are travellers infected outside of the EU/EEA. When the environmental conditions are favourable, in areas where Ae. albopictus is established, viraemic travel-related cases may generate a local transmission of the virus as demonstrated by the sporadic events of chikungunya virus transmission since 2007.
This issue of the Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 23-29 January 2023 and includes updates on COVID-19, diphtheriae, influenza, chikungunya, dengue and poliomyelitis.
This issue of the CDTR covers the period 18-24 December 2022 and includes updates on chikungunya, cholera, COVID-19, dengue, C. diphtheriae, Ebola, influenza A(H5N1), Influenza A(H9N2), mass gathering monitoring, Mpox, swine influenza.
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.
Version 6.1 is the final protocol for the third EU-wide point prevalence survey in acute care hospitals (PPS 2022–2023). It contains important changes compared to protocol version 5.3 (PPS 2016–2017), including on healthcare-associated COVID-19.