This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 1-7 December 2013, and includes updates on influenza, MERS, pertussis and polio.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 3-9 November 2013, and includes updates on botulism, cholera, influenza, seasonal influenza, MERS, pertussis, polio and West Nile fever.
The ECDC communicable disease threats report is a weekly bulletin intended for epidemiologists and health professionals in the area of communicable disease prevention and control.
A vaccine is available which protects against the varicella virus; however policies on vaccine use vary across the EU. Varicella vaccination for all children is only recommended at national level in five countries (for the list of those countries see the ECDC vaccine scheduler). In most countries vaccination is available for adolescents without history of varicella and for the people who have higher risk of coming into contact with the varicella virus, like healthcare workers.