Since January 2022, and as of 11 August 2023, 281 confirmed diphtheria cases, as per the EU case definition (2022: 224 cases, 2023: 57 cases), and four deaths were reported in the EU/EEA.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 6 - 12 August 2023 and includes updates on measles, COVID-19, swine flu, mpox, diphtheria, West Nile virus, avian influenza, dengue, Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever, and invasive meningococcal disease.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 9-15 July 2023 and includes updates on avian influenza, West Nile virus, COVID-19, diphtheria, and vibrio.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 2-8 July 2023 and includes updates on avian influenza in domestic cats, pride celebrations, diphtheria, COVID-19, West Nile virus, mass gatherings, measles, Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), Mpox, and Ralstonia mannitolilytica in dialysis patients.
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This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 11-17 June 2023 and includes updates on COVID-19, West Nile virus, chikungunya and dengue, avian influenza, measles, diphtheria, cholera, echovirus, and information on the Hajj.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 7-13 May 2023 and includes updates on measles, COVID-19, influenza and swine influenza, group A Streptococcal infection, Marburg virus disease, Lassa fever, diphtheria and mpox.
EU/EEA countries are reporting an increased number of Escherichia coli (E. coli) isolates carrying the blaNDM-5 gene that makes them resistant to carbapenems, antibiotics.
Analysis of whole genome sequencing and epidemiological data of 874 E. coli isolates from the national collections of 13 countries confirmed the increase of E. coli isolates carrying blaNDM-5 which was previously detected in the CCRE survey.