Monitoring the potential introduction of the Swedish Chlamydia trachomatis variant (swCT) in the Netherlands.

abstract：:We describe the outbreak investigation associated with an unusual increase in Salmonella Goldcoast cases in Hungary observed in autumn 2009, which included descriptive and analytical epidemiological studies and microbiological and veterinary investigations. Sixty cases were identified between 1 January 2009 and 1 Marc...

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

authors： Horváth JK,Mengel M,Krisztalovics K,Nogrady N,Pászti J,Lenglet A,Takkinen J

更新日期：2013-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The ongoing Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo is facing unprecedented levels of insecurity and violence. We evaluate the likely impact in terms of added transmissibility and cases of major security incidents in the Butembo coordination hub. We also show that despite this additional burden,...

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

authors： Jombart T,Jarvis CI,Mesfin S,Tabal N,Mossoko M,Mpia LM,Abedi AA,Chene S,Forbin EE,Belizaire MRD,de Radiguès X,Ngombo R,Tutu Y,Finger F,Crowe M,Edmunds WJ,Nsio J,Yam A,Diallo B,Gueye AS,Ahuka-Mundeke S,Yao M,Fa

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:United Kingdom (UK) national data show a sharp increase in diagnoses of lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) since 2012. Most cases are in men who have sex with men (MSM) living in London, with high rates of co-infection with HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. In light of these data, and the recent finding that ...

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

authors： Childs T,Simms I,Alexander S,Eastick K,Hughes G,Field N

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we report the detection of the recently described mcr-4 gene in two human isolates of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. The strains were isolated from faecal samples of two Italian patients with gastroenteritis, collected in 2016. The identified mcr-4 genes (variant mcr-4.2) differed from the mcr-...

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

authors： Carretto E,Brovarone F,Nardini P,Russello G,Barbarini D,Pongolini S,Gagliotti C,Carattoli A,Sarti M

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In most European Union (EU)/European Economic Area (EEA) countries, between 2010 and 2012, reports of new human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) diagnoses among people who inject drugs have been stable or declining. HIV outbreaks in Greece and Romania, first reported in 2011, continue and economic conditions hinder provis...

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

authors： Hedrich D,Kalamara E,Sfetcu O,Pharris A,Noor A,Wiessing L,Hope V,Van de Laar M

更新日期：2013-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The plasmid-mediated high-level tigecycline resistance gene, tet(X4), was detected in seven Escherichia coli isolates from pork in two Chinese provinces. Two isolates belonged to the epidemic spreading sequence type ST101. Tet(X4) was adjacent to ISVsa3 and concurrent with floR in all seven isolates. In addition to In...

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

authors： Bai L,Du P,Du Y,Sun H,Zhang P,Wan Y,Lin Q,Fanning S,Cui S,Wu Y

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Danish surveillance programme for Echinococcus multilocularis was initiated in September 2011, and so far 679 wild carnivores have been examined. In April 2012, one infected fox was detected in Højer near the Danish-German border, and in January 2013 three additional foxes from the same area were found infected. L...

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

authors： Enemark HL,Al-Sabi MN,Knapp J,Staahl M,Chríel M

更新日期：2013-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reflects on the qualitative risk analysis framework developed for a Foresight study on the Detection and Identification of Infectious Diseases, which was coordinated in 2005 by the United Kingdom (UK) under what is now the Government Office for Science, Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills. Th...

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

authors： Suk J,Lyall C,Tait J

更新日期：2008-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:BackgroundTo increase the acceptability of influenza vaccine, it is important to quantify the overall benefits of the vaccination programme.AimTo assess the impact of influenza vaccination in Portugal, Spain and the Netherlands, we estimated the number of medically attended influenza-confirmed cases (MAICC) in primary...

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

authors： Machado A,Mazagatos C,Dijkstra F,Kislaya I,Gherasim A,McDonald SA,Kissling E,Valenciano M,Meijer A,Hooiveld M,Nunes B,Larrauri A

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Korean government established an antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance system, compatible with the Global AMR Surveillance System (GLASS): Kor-GLASS. We describe results from the first year of operation of the Kor-GLASS from May 2016 to April 2017, comprising all non-duplicated clinical isolates of major pat...

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

authors： Lee H,Yoon EJ,Kim D,Jeong SH,Won EJ,Shin JH,Kim SH,Shin JH,Shin KS,Kim YA,Uh Y,Yang JW,Kim IH,Park C,Lee KJ

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Imported dengue cases originating from the Madeiran outbreak are increasingly reported. In 2012 five Finnish travellers returning from Madeira were diagnosed with dengue fever. Viral sequence data was obtained from two patients. The partial C-preM sequences (399 and 396 bp respectively) were found similar to that of a...

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

authors： Huhtamo E,Korhonen E,Vapalahti O

更新日期：2013-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:"Swedres 2005", the fifth report on Swedish antibiotic utilisation and resistance in human medicine, was presented in May 2006. Compared with the rest of Europe, antibiotic consumption and resistance levels in Sweden are relatively low. However, global travel and trade facilitate the spread of bacteria between countri...

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

authors： Cars O,Olsson-Liljequist B,Lundh K

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Persons with multiple syphilis reinfections may play an important role in syphilis transmission. We analysed all syphilis tests carried out for people attending the HIV/sexually transmitted infection (STI) clinic at the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, from 1992 to 2012 to evaluate the extent to which...

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

authors： Kenyon C,Lynen L,Florence E,Caluwaerts S,Vandenbruaene M,Apers L,Soentjens P,Van Esbroeck M,Bottieau E

更新日期：2014-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Leishmaniasis is endemic in southern Europe, and in other European countries cases are diagnosed in travellers who have visited affected areas both within the continent and beyond. Prompt and accurate diagnosis poses a challenge in clinical practice in Europe. Different methods exist for identification of the infectin...

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

authors： Van der Auwera G,Bart A,Chicharro C,Cortes S,Davidsson L,Di Muccio T,Dujardin JC,Felger I,Paglia MG,Grimm F,Harms G,Jaffe CL,Manser M,Ravel C,Robert-Gangneux F,Roelfsema J,Töz S,Verweij JJ,Chiodini PL

更新日期：2016-12-08 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：:We found that a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the nucleoprotein gene of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) from a patient interfered with detection in a widely used commercial assay. Some 0.2% of the isolates in the EpiCoV database contain this SNP. Although SARS-CoV-2 was still det...

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

authors： Ziegler K,Steininger P,Ziegler R,Steinmann J,Korn K,Ensser A

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2010/11, the influenza season in England was marked by a relative increase in impact on the population compared to that seen during the 2009/10 pandemic, with the same influenza subtype, A(H1N1)pdm09, circulating. The peaks in critical care bed occupancy in both seasons coincided with peaks in influenza A(H1N1)pdm0...

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

authors： Green HK,Ellis J,Galiano M,Watson JM,Pebody RG

更新日期：2013-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and forty-four cases of mumps were notified in a religious community in London between July 1998 and April 1999 and the infection was confirmed in 82% of those who underwent saliva testing (51/62). Half of the clinical and half of the confirme ...

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

authors： Van Den Bosch CA,Cohen B,Walters T,Jin L

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Dutch Working Party on Antibiotic Policy (Stichting Werkgroep AntibioticaBeleid, SWAB) was founded in 1996 as an initiative of the Society for Infectious Diseases, the Dutch Society for Medical Microbiology, and the Dutch Association of Hospital Pharmacists. Its primary goal is to contribute to the containment of ...

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

authors： Prins JM,Degener JE,de Neeling AJ,Gyssens IC,SWAB Board.

更新日期：2008-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:During the 2009 influenza A(H1N1) pandemic, a new laboratory-based virological sentinel surveillance system, the Respiratory DataMart System (RDMS), was established in a network of 14 Health Protection Agency (now Public Health England (PHE)) and National Health Service (NHS) laboratories in England. Laboratory result...

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

authors： Zhao H,Green H,Lackenby A,Donati M,Ellis J,Thompson C,Bermingham A,Field J,Sebastianpillai P,Zambon M,Watson J,Pebody R

更新日期：2014-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Between January 2003 and June 2005, an outbreak of meningococcal disease occurred in the department of Seine-Maritime in northern France. Eighty six cases were notified, giving an average annual incidence of 2.7 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, compared with 1.6 in France. An especially affected area was defined as the ...

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

authors： Rouaud P,Perrocheau A,Taha MK,Sesboué C,Forgues AM,Parent du Châtelet I,Levy-Bruhl D

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surveillance of 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1) in Denmark was enhanced during the 2009–10 winter season with a system monitoring the burden of the pandemic on intensive care units (ICUs), in order to inform policymakers and detect shortages in ICUs in a timely manner. Between week 46 of 2009 and week 11 of 2010, all ...

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

authors： Gubbels S,Perner A,Valentiner-Branth P,Molbak K

更新日期：2010-12-09 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：: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：:Blood and plasma donations in Germany are collected by several institutions, namely the German Red Cross, community and hospital-based blood services, private blood centres, commercial plasma donation sites and transfusion services of the army. All blood donation centres are required to report quarterly data on infect...

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

authors： Offergeld R,Faensen D,Ritter S,Hamouda O

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estimating influenza vaccine effectiveness (IVE) early in the season helps measuring the consequences of a mismatch between the vaccine and the circulating strain and guiding alternative or complementary interventions. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control is funding a project to develop pilot studies...

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

authors： Valenciano M,Ciancio B,Moren A,Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness Working Group.

更新日期：2008-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:During 2000, the millennium year, 26 million people visited Rome. An improved surveillance system for infectious diseases, especially for foodborne disease outbreaks (FBDO), meningitis, and legionnaires' disease was introduced in 1997. This rapid alert network links public health services with the principal sources of...

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

authors： Giorgi Rossi P,Sangalli M,Faustini A,Forestiere F,Perucci CA

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In August 2004 seven cases of Escherichia coli O157 infection were identified in children on holiday in Cornwall, southwest England, all of whom had stayed at different sites in the area. Isolates from all seven cases were confirmed as E. coli serogroup O157 phage type 21/28. We carried out a case-control study among ...

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

authors： Ihekweazu C,Barlow M,Roberts S,Christensen H,Guttridge B,Lewis DA,Painter S

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 9 May and 4 June 2009, a total of 401 laboratory-confirmed cases of influenza A(H1N1)v virus were reported in Japan, from 16 of the 47 Japanese prefectures. The two areas most affected were Osaka prefecture and Kobe city where outbreaks in high schools occurred leading to school closures. To date all cases hav...

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

authors： Shimada T,Gu Y,Kamiya H,Komiya N,Odaira F,Sunagawa T,Takahashi H,Toyokawa T,Tsuchihashi Y,Yasui Y,Tada Y,Okabe N

更新日期：2009-06-18 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