This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 6-12 November 2022 and includes updates on monitoring the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, measles, MERS-CoV, COVID-19, monkeypox, West Nile virus, diphtheria, Ebola virus disease, avian influenza, seasonal influenza, and S. sonnei.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 16-22 October 2022 and includes updates on COVID-19, monkeypox, diphtheria, West Nile virus, measles, Ebola virus disease, cholera, influenza A(H5N6), poliomyelitis, seasonal influenza, and Avian influenza A(H5N1) in mink.
As of 26 September 2022, 92 cases of diphtheria among migrants, including a fatal one, have been reported this year by seven European countries – Austria, Germany, United Kingdom, Norway, Belgium, France and Switzerland.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 21-27 August 2022 and includes updates on monkeypox, West Nile virus, COVID-19, Ebola, Vibrio growth, diphtheria, cholera, chikungunya virus disease and dengue.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 31 July-6 August and includes updates on West Nile virus infection, monkeypox, COVID-19, cholera, diphteria, anthrax, Vibrio growth, Marburg virus disease, mass gatherings at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth games, MERS-CoV, and Poliovirus.
For 2018, 63 cases of diphtheria were reported to ECDC; 62 due to toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae or C. ulcerans and one case with an unknown pathogen. The highest proportion of C. ulcerans cases was among adults 65 years and over, whereas C. diphtheriae cases were more common in younger age groups. Among the C. diphtheriae cases, 60% were reported as imported. High vaccination coverage is crucial to prevent diphtheria.