Since last week’s update, and as of 4 October 2023, European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA) countries reported 42 human cases of West Nile virus (WNV) infection and 1 death related to WNV infections.
Since the beginning of the 2023 transmission season and as of 4 October 2023, EU/EEA countries have reported 599 human cases of WNV infection, 79 outbreaks among equids and 198 outbreaks among birds.
Outsourced microbiological support to hospital-based surveillance of CDI aims to increase the capacity of laboratories in EU/EEA Member States to perform diagnostic practices with high diagnostic accuracy and acquire comparable typing data from C. difficile isolates.
This report presents the results of the 11th round of the external quality assessment (EQA-11) scheme for typing of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC).
Since the beginning of the 2023 transmission season, 61 outbreaks among equids and 177 outbreaks among birds have been reported by EU/EEA countries. Outbreaks among equids have been reported.
Since last week’s update, and as of 27 September 2023, European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA) countries reported 85 human cases of West Nile virus (WNV) infection and 6 deaths related to WNV infections.