As of 28 August 2012, 1 590 human cases of West Nile virus disease have been reported in the United States of America. Of these, 889 (56%) were classified as neuroinvasive disease.
From 27 to 31 August EPIET and EUPHEM fellows gave their ESCAIDE presentations in small review groups. A total of 92 presentations were reviewed during the week, each in 2-hour review sessions, distributed over 8 breakout groups throughout the ECDC buildings.
The study compares the incidence and serotype distribution of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) for pneumococcal meningitis and non-meningitis IPD in children from 2007 to 2010 with reference to the pre-vaccination period from 1997 to 2001 in Germany.
This large population based sero-epidemiological study describes MMR seroprevalence as a whole and calculates independent predictors for seronegativity for measles, mumps and rubella antibodies in Germany.