The epidemiology of severe Streptococcus pyogenes associated disease in Europe.

abstract：:Albania, a country with 3.5 million inhabitants, is facing an economic and social crisis. The average per capita income is less than US$1000 per year. Since 1995 unemployment has increased by 2.7%. Poverty and migration are major constraints of the societ ...

journal_title：Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin

authors： Valenciano M,Pinto A,Coulombier D,Hashorva E,Murthi M

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular analysis of Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica isolates from humans and animals revealed the presence of two subgroups belonging to the phylogenetic groups B.FTNF002-00 and B.13 in Switzerland. This finding suggests a broader spread of this group in Europe than previously reported. Until recently, only...

journal_title：Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin

authors： Origgi FC,Frey J,Pilo P

更新日期：2014-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:After the West Nile virus (WNV) outbreak in 2012, we collected mosquito samples from Vojvodina province, Serbia, in 2013. We found high WNV infection rate in two species, Culex pipiens and Anopheles maculipennis. Phylogenetic analysis showed that Serbian WNV strains from 2013 were most closely related to Italian and G...

journal_title：Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin

authors： Kemenesi G,Krtinić B,Milankov V,Kutas A,Dallos B,Oldal M,Somogyi N,Nemeth V,Banyai K,Jakab F

更新日期：2014-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:In the Western area of Europe, AIDS incidence decreased by 12% in 2000 compared to 1999 (22 cases per million population). In the Eastern area, the incidence of notified cases remained low, but newly diagnosed cases are still rising. In the Centre, the rates of AIDS cases and HIV infections remain low. EuroHIV (Europe...

journal_title：Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin

authors： Hamers FF,Alix J,Semaille C,Pilkington H,Downs A

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both rotavirus vaccines RotaTeq and Rotarix were efficacious against severe rotavirus gastroenteritis in clinical trials; yet real-world data on the effect of rotavirus vaccines on mild to moderate disease are limited. We used a large computerised database of Maccabi Health Services Health Maintenance Organisation (HM...

journal_title：Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin

authors： Muhsen K,Chodick G,Goren S,Anis E,Ziv-Baran T,Shalev V,Cohen D

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In March 2014, a Yersinia pseudotuberculosis (YP) outbreak was detected by a municipal authority in southern Finland. We conducted epidemiological, microbiological and traceback investigations to identify the source. We defined a case as a person with YP infection notified to the National Infectious Disease Registry b...

journal_title：Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin

authors： Pärn T,Hallanvuo S,Salmenlinna S,Pihlajasaari A,Heikkinen S,Telkki-Nykänen H,Hakkinen M,Ollgren J,Huusko S,Rimhanen-Finne R

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is an under-recognised cause of acute hepatitis in high-income countries. The purpose of this study was to provide an overview of testing, diagnosis, surveillance activities, and data on confirmed cases in the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA). A semi-structured survey was develope...

journal_title：Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin

authors： Aspinall EJ,Couturier E,Faber M,Said B,Ijaz S,Tavoschi L,Takkinen J,Adlhoch C,The Country Experts.

更新日期：2017-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：:A woman with controlled HIV infection developed in late August 2016 a pruritic rash with fever and conjunctival hyperaemia after a trip to the French Caribbean islands. On day 3 after symptom onset, Zika virus RNA was detected in plasma, urine and vaginal samples with respective viral loads of 3.8, 6.1 and 5.3 log cop...

journal_title：Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin

authors： Penot P,Brichler S,Guilleminot J,Lascoux-Combe C,Taulera O,Gordien E,Leparc-Goffart I,Molina JM

更新日期：2017-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent detection of a novel influenza A(H1N1) virus has led to the first WHO declaration of a Public Health Event of International Concern under the International Health Regulations (IHR 2005). Here we review the early epidemiological findings of confirmed cases in Mexico, the US, Canada and EU/EFTA countries. Str...

journal_title：Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin

authors： ECDC Technical Emergency Team.

更新日期：2009-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Background and aimAs a consequence of socioeconomic and political crises in many parts of the world, many European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) countries have faced an increasing number of migrants. In the German federal state of Bavaria, a mandatory health screening approach is implemented, where individuals...

journal_title：Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin

authors： Ackermann N,Marosevic D,Hörmansdorfer S,Eberle U,Rieder G,Treis B,Berger A,Bischoff H,Bengs K,Konrad R,Hautmann W,Schönberger K,Belting A,Schlenk G,Margos G,Hoch M,Pürner F,Fingerle V,Liebl B,Sing A

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a fatal case of community-acquired Legionnaires' disease in an infant aged under six months. Epidemiological and microbiological investigations suggested that a free-standing cold water humidifier using domestic tap water contaminated with Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 served as a vehicle for infection....

journal_title：Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin

authors： Moran-Gilad J,Lazarovitch T,Mentasti M,Harrison T,Weinberger M,Mordish Y,Mor Z,Stocki T,Anis E,Sadik C,Amitai Z,Grotto I

更新日期：2012-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:With the recent entry into force of the new International Health Regulations (IHR 2005), there is still significant concern as to whether broad compliance will be feasible given the challenges associated with reporting mechanisms and multilateral coordination. ...

journal_title：Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin

authors： Brownstein JS,Freifeld CC

更新日期：2007-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus suis, a major porcine pathogen, is emerging as a zoonotic agent capable of causing severe invasive disease in humans exposed to pigs or pork products. S. suis infection is rare in industrialised countries and usually arises as sporadic cases, with meningitis the most common clinical presentation in human...

journal_title：Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin

authors： Princivalli MS,Palmieri C,Magi G,Vignaroli C,Manzin A,Camporese A,Barocci S,Magistrali C,Facinelli B

更新日期：2009-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:From 1 July 2009 to 15 November 2009, 244 patients with 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1) were admitted to intensive care unit (ICU) and were compared with 514 cases hospitalised in medical wards in France until 2 November 2009. Detailed case-based epidemiological information and outcomes were gathered for all hospitali...

journal_title：Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin

authors： Fuhrman C,Bonmarin I,Paty AC,Duport N,Chiron E,Lucas E,Bitar D,Mailles A,Herida M,Vaux S,Lévy-Bruhl D

更新日期：2010-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:After an initial peak in the mid-1980s, HIV incidence in men who have sex with men (MSM) declined in most western industrialised countries and then levelled off during the 1990s. Since the late 1990s, increasing numbers of newly diagnosed HIV infections in MSM have been observed in the majority of countries with large...

journal_title：Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin

authors： Marcus U,Voss L,Kollan C,Hamouda O

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In February 2013, wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) was reintroduced into southern Israel and resulted in continuous silent circulation in the highly immune population. As a part of the public health emergency response, a novel real time quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) assay was deve...

journal_title：Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin

authors： Hindiyeh MY,Moran-Gilad J,Manor Y,Ram D,Shulman LM,Sofer D,Mendelson E

更新日期：2014-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of serological surveillance is to monitor levels of immunity to particular diseases within a population in order to enhance the quality of information on which public health measures, such as vaccination programmes, are based. Serological surv ...

journal_title：Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin

authors： Osborne K,Weinberg J,Miller E

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Starting from 1989 Italy experienced an increase of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) cases over a baseline of 10 to 30 cases reported annually. The number of cases peaked in 2000 and 2004 with more than 200 cases/year, and subsequently declined to reach on average one third of the 2000 peak value in the period after 2010. ...

journal_title：Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin

authors： Gramiccia M,Scalone A,Di Muccio T,Orsini S,Fiorentino E,Gradoni L

更新日期：2013-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:IntroductionIn 2007, a new federal legislation in Belgium prohibited non-biosafety level 3 laboratories to process culture tubes suspected of containing mycobacteria.AimTo present mycobacterial surveillance/diagnosis data from the Belgian National Reference Centre for mycobacteria (NRC) from 2007 to 2016.MethodsThis r...

journal_title：Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin

authors： Soetaert K,Subissi L,Ceyssens PJ,Vanfleteren B,Chantrenne M,Asikainen T,Duysburgh E,Mathys V

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2010 and 2011, the city of Lyon, located in the Rhône-Alpes region (France), has experienced one of the highest incidences of measles in Europe. We describe a measles outbreak in the Lyon area, where cases were diagnosed at Lyon University hospitals (LUH) between 2010 and mid-2011. Data were collected from the mand...

journal_title：Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin

authors： Huoi C,Casalegno JS,Bénet T,Neuraz A,Billaud G,Eibach D,Mekki Y,Rudigoz R,Massardier J,Huissoud C,Massoud M,Gaucherand P,Claris O,Gillet Y,Floret D,Lina B,Vanhems P

更新日期：2012-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevention and control of influenza with vaccines and antiviral drugs is of great importance. M2 inhibitors, amantadine and rimantadine have been extensively used in some countries. The next generation of antiviral drugs, neuraminidase (NA) inhibitors oseltamivir and zanamivir, are being stockpiled for a potential...

journal_title：Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin

authors： Melidou A,Kyriazopoulou V,Diza E,Alexiou S,Pierroutsakos Y

更新日期：2009-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Botulism is a severe neuroparalytic disease caused by toxin produced by Clostridium botulinum, an anaerobic spore-forming bacillus. Physicians in Norway are required to notify the National Institute of Public Health (NIPH) of cases of botulism immediately ...

journal_title：Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin

authors： Kuusi M,Hasseltvedt V,Aavitsland P

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite concerns about infection risks of floating tanks, outbreaks have rarely been reported. In May 2017, an outbreak of skin rash occurred among visitors of a floating tank open for the public in Norway. We assessed the extent and cause of the outbreak and the risk factors for infection in a retrospective cohort st...

journal_title：Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin

authors： Hyllestad S,Lange H,Guzman-Herrador B,MacDonald E,Lund V,Aavitsland P,Vold L

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Following a large West Nile virus (WNV) epidemic in northeastern Italy in 2008, human and animal surveillance activities were implemented in Emilia Romagna. Human surveillance was performed by serology or genome detection on blood and cerebrospinal fluid for all suspected cases suffering from acute meningoencephalitis...

journal_title：Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin

authors： Angelini P,Tamba M,Finarelli AC,Bellini R,Albieri A,Bonilauri P,Cavrini F,Dottori M,Gaibani P,Martini E,Mattivi A,Pierro AM,Rugna G,Sambri V,Squintani G,Macini P

更新日期：2010-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:An outbreak of gastroenteritis caused by Campylobacter infection was identified in May 2003 in a school in Madrid, Spain. Eighty one cases were identified in a total of 253 people studied. A retrospective cohort study showed that a custard made with ultra high temperature (UHT) milk was associated with illness (RR: 3....

journal_title：Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin

authors： Jiménez M,Soler P,Venanzi JD,Canté P,Varela C,Martinez Navarro JF

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BackgroundIn a study from 2013 that prioritised communicable diseases for surveillance in Sweden, we identified Lyme borreliosis as one of the diseases with highest priority. In 2014, when the present study was designed, there were also plans to make neuroborreliosis notifiable within the European Union.AimWe compared...

journal_title：Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin

authors： Dahl V,Wisell KT,Giske CG,Tegnell A,Wallensten A

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advantages of testing for Zika virus (ZIKV) in urine have been reported, such as the persistence of ZIKV in this type of specimen for up to 20 days after ZIKV disease onset. We investigate 61 patients in the first 5 days post-symptom onset and find more patients testing positive for ZIKV in plasma samples (n=46), than...

journal_title：Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin

authors： Pessôa R,Patriota JV,de Souza Mde L,Abd El Wahed A,Sanabani SS

更新日期：2016-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:A hepatitis A outbreak has occurred in Chile since November 2016. Men are predominantly affected, with a large proportion of men who have sex with men (MSM). We describe 12 consecutive unrelated confirmed cases who presented at our healthcare institution in Santiago Metropolitan Area. Nine were men, all reporting havi...

journal_title：Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin

authors： Rivas V,Barrera A,Pino K,Núñez R,Caceres CJ,Lopez-Lastra M,Soza A

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IntroductionThe United Kingdom is in the fourth season of introducing a universal childhood influenza vaccine programme. The 2016/17 season saw early influenza A(H3N2) virus circulation with care home outbreaks and increased excess mortality particularly in those 65 years or older. Virus characterisation data indicate...

journal_title：Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin

authors： Pebody R,Warburton F,Ellis J,Andrews N,Potts A,Cottrell S,Reynolds A,Gunson R,Thompson C,Galiano M,Robertson C,Gallagher N,Sinnathamby M,Yonova I,Correa A,Moore C,Sartaj M,de Lusignan S,McMenamin J,Zambon M

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since early May 2011, an increased incidence of haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) and bloody diarrhoea related to infections with Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) has been observed in Germany, with most cases in the north of the country. Cases reported from other European countries had travelled to this a...

journal_title：Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin

authors： Frank C,Faber MS,Askar M,Bernard H,Fruth A,Gilsdorf A,Hohle M,Karch H,Krause G,Prager R,Spode A,Stark K,Werber D,HUS investigation team.

更新日期：2011-05-26 00:00:00