Phylogenetic analysis in a recent controlled outbreak of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in the south of Iran, December 2008.

abstract：:Analysis of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates in the Netherlands in 2003 revealed that 8% of the hospital isolates carried the loci for Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL). Molecular subtyping showed that most Dutch PVL-MRSA genotypes corresponded to well-documented global epidemic types. The m...

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

authors： Wannet WJB,Heck ME,Pluister GN,Spalburg E,Van Santen MG,Huijsdans XW,Tiemersma E,de Neeling AJ

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report an outbreak of invasive and non-invasive disease due to an unusual type of Streptococcus pyogenes (group A Streptococcus, emm66) among a vulnerable, largely homeless population in southern England and Wales, detected in September 2016. Twenty-seven confirmed cases were subsequently identified between 5 Janua...

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

authors： Bundle N,Bubba L,Coelho J,Kwiatkowska R,Cloke R,King S,Rajan-Iyer J,Courtney-Pillinger M,Beck CR,Hope V,Lamagni T,Brown CS,Jermacane D,Glass R,Desai M,Gobin M,Balasegaram S,Anderson C

更新日期：2017-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:In contrast to air travel, there are no recommendations on tracing ground transport passengers exposed to infectious pathogens. We analysed European statistics on passenger transport in different conveyances and conducted expert workshops to discuss environmental conditions in ground transport, indications and minimal...

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

authors： Askar MA,Mohr O,Eckmanns T,Krause G,Poggensee G

更新日期：2012-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the longitudinal follow-up of Zika virus (ZIKV) RNA in semen of a traveller who developed ZIKV disease after return to the Netherlands from Barbados, March 2016. Persistence of ZIKV RNA in blood, urine, saliva and semen was followed until the loads reached undetectable levels. RNA levels were higher in semen...

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

authors： Reusken C,Pas S,GeurtsvanKessel C,Mögling R,van Kampen J,Langerak T,Koopmans M,van der Eijk A,van Gorp E

更新日期：2016-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:For many years, influenza vaccination in the Netherlands has been administered by general practitioners (GPs), with whom every person is registered. Nine out of ten practices use one of six approved general practice information systems (GPIS). The exponen ...

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

authors： Van Essen GA

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes the prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) drug resistance mutations among 1,815 patients in Denmark from 2004 to 2016 and characterises transmission clusters. POL sequences were analysed for subtype, drug resistance mutations and phylogenetic relationship. The prevalence of surveillance...

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

authors： Petersen A,Cowan SA,Nielsen J,Fischer TK,Fonager J

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2009, 28 European Union and European Economic Area (EU/EEA) countries reported 25,917 newly diagnosed cases of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Sex among men who have sex with men was the most common transmission mode (35%) followed by heterosexual contact (24%). Overall, the number of HIV cases in 2009 increase...

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

authors： Likatavicius G,Van de Laar MJ

更新日期：2010-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the epidemiological year 2009/10, the United Kingdom has experienced a year-on-year increase in meningococcal group W (MenW) disease due to rapid expansion of a single endemic hyper-virulent strain belonging to sequence type 11 clonal complex (cc). This strain was identified among cases diagnosed across all regi...

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

authors： Campbell H,Saliba V,Borrow R,Ramsay M,Ladhani SN

更新日期：2015-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Malaria incidence is reportedly declining steadily in many parts of the world, including in at least several African countries. The incidence of imported malaria is also declining in a number of European countries. However, incidence rates in travellers, both European tourists and the so called VFR (visiting friends a...

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

authors： Bisoffi Z

更新日期：2008-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Following Latin American migration, Chagas disease has inevitably appeared in non-endemic countries in Europe and elsewhere. New policies are necessary to prevent transmission in those countries but the long, often undetected chronic period of the early stages of the disease also renders epidemiological studies import...

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

authors： Valerio L,Roure S,Sabria M,Balanzo X,Valles X,Seres L

更新日期：2011-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasive meningococcal disease surveillance in Europe combines isolate characterisation and epidemiological data to support public health intervention. A representative European Meningococcal Strain Collection (EMSC) of IMD isolates was obtained, and whole genome sequenced to characterise 799 EMSC isolates from the ep...

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

authors： Bratcher HB,Brehony C,Heuberger S,Pieridou-Bagatzouni D,Křížová P,Hoffmann S,Toropainen M,Taha MK,Claus H,Tzanakaki G,Erdôsi T,Galajeva J,van der Ende A,Skoczyńska A,Pana M,Vaculíková A,Paragi M,Maiden MC,Caugant DA

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) remains poorly controlled in many European countries, of which several have not yet implemented national CDI surveillance. In 2013, experts from the European CDI Surveillance Network project and from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control developed a protocol with ...

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

authors： van Dorp SM,Kinross P,Gastmeier P,Behnke M,Kola A,Delmée M,Pavelkovich A,Mentula S,Barbut F,Hajdu A,Ingebretsen A,Pituch H,Macovei IS,Jovanović M,Wiuff C,Schmid D,Olsen KE,Wilcox MH,Suetens C,Kuijper EJ,European C

更新日期：2016-07-21 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：:On 16 April 2011, a working group of World Health Organization (WHO) member states agreed on a pandemic influenza preparedness framework. It regulates the sharing of viruses within the WHO Laboratory Global Influenza Surveillance Network (GISN) and the access to vaccines, antiviral drugs, diagnostic kits, and other be...

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

authors： Eurosurveillance editorial team.

更新日期：2011-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:A cross-sectional study was undertaken to analyse the impact of the 2009 influenza A(H1N1) pandemic on frontline public health workers in the Netherlands and to consider its implications for future pandemics. A structured, self-administered questionnaire was made available online (26 March to 26 May 2010) for frontlin...

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

authors： Vinck L,Isken L,Hooiveld M,Trompenaars M,Ijzermans J,Timen A

更新日期：2011-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Monthly serological testing is mandatory in France for pregnant women not immune to toxoplasmosis. We assessed for the first time the adherence to this national programme, using data from antenatal tests for Toxoplasma antibodies collected by the Union of Health Insurance Services in the French Rhone-Alpes region. ...

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

authors： Cornu C,Bissery A,Malbos C,Garwig R,Cocherel C,Ecochard R,Peyron F,Wallon M

更新日期：2009-03-05 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：:Colistin resistance was investigated in 1,696 isolates collected from 2007 to 2014 within the frame of the French livestock antimicrobial resistance surveillance programme. The mcr-1 gene was detected in all commensal Escherichia coli isolates with a minimum inhibitory concentration to colistin above the 2 mg/L cut-of...

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

authors： Perrin-Guyomard A,Bruneau M,Houée P,Deleurme K,Legrandois P,Poirier C,Soumet C,Sanders P

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines the Salmonella status in reptiles kept in households with children suffering from gastroenteritis due to an exotic Salmonella serovar, to obtain information on possible transmission paths. A number of affected households (n=79) were contacted, and almost half (34/79) comprised at least one reptile ...

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

authors： Pees M,Rabsch W,Plenz B,Fruth A,Prager R,Simon S,Schmidt V,Munch S,Braun P

更新日期：2013-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:We use a time dependent modification of the Kermack and McKendrick model to study the evolution of the influenza A(H1N1)v epidemic reported in the Mexico City area under the control measures used during April and May 2009. The model illustrates how the sanitary measures postponed the peak of the epidemic and decreased...

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

authors： Cruz-Pacheco G,Duran L,Esteva L,Minzoni A,Lopez-Cervantes M,Panayotaros P,Ahued Ortega A,Villasenor Ruiz I

更新日期：2009-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (EUCAST) was established to harmonise clinical antimicrobial breakpoints and to define breakpoints for new agents in Europe. Data from the European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Network (EARS-Net) external quality assessment (EQA) exercises from 20...

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

authors： Brown D,Canton R,Dubreuil L,Gatermann S,Giske C,MacGowan A,Martinez-Martinez L,Mouton J,Skov R,Steinbakk M,Walton C,Heuer O,Struelens MJ,Diaz Hogberg L,Kahlmeter G

更新日期：2015-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 2009, an improved influenza surveillance system was implemented and weekly reporting to the World Health Organization on influenza-like illness (ILI) began. The goals of the surveillance system are to monitor and analyse the intensity of influenza activity, to provide timely information about circulating ...

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

authors： Rakocevic B,Grgurevic A,Trajkovic G,Mugosa B,Sipetic Grujicic S,Medenica S,Bojovic O,Lozano Alonso JE,Vega T

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On 28 August 2009, French authorities reported five cases of chikungunya fever on Reunion Island: three confirmed, one probable, and one suspected case under investigation. All three confirmed patients presented with an acute febrile syndrome, arthralgia, myalgia and cutaneaous rash. All live in the same area on the w...

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

authors： D'Ortenzio E,Grandadam M,Balleydier E,Dehecq JS,Jaffar-Bandjee MC,Michault A,Andriamandimby SF,Reynes JM,Filleul L

更新日期：2009-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the introduction of various multi-drug resistant bacterial strains, including an NDM-1-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae, through a traveller returning from Egypt, where they had been admitted to a private hospital. All family members of the patient were colonised with one or more extended-spectrum beta-lact...

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

authors： Bathoorn E,Friedrich AW,Zhou K,Arends JP,Borst DM,Grundmann H,Rossen JW

更新日期：2013-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has emerged as a frequent pathogen in blood cultures in Pirkanmaa Hospital District (HD), Finland. To study risk factors for MRSA bacteraemia and the adequacy of empirical antimicrobial treatment, we retrospectively reviewed the hospital records of 102 patients, 51 wit...

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

authors： Rahikka P,Syrjänen J,Vuento R,Laine J,Huttunen R

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surveillance of Zika virus (ZIKV) infection in the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) was implemented in 2016 in response to the large outbreak reported in the Americas in 2015 associated with an increased number of infants born with microcephaly. Between June 2015 and January 2017, 21 EU/EEA countries rep...

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

authors： Spiteri G,Sudre B,Septfons A,Beauté J,The European Zika Surveillance Network.

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current Ebola virus disease (EVD) diagnosis relies on reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) technology, requiring skilled laboratory personnel and technical infrastructure. Lack of laboratory diagnostic capacity has led to diagnostic delays in the current West African EVD outbreak of 2014 and 2015, compromising outbreak ...

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

authors： Walker NF,Brown CS,Youkee D,Baker P,Williams N,Kalawa A,Russell K,Samba AF,Bentley N,Koroma F,King MB,Parker BE,Thompson M,Boyles T,Healey B,Kargbo B,Bash-Taqi D,Simpson AJ,Kamara A,Kamara TB,Lado M,Johnson O,

更新日期：2015-03-26 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：: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：:Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection remains of major public health importance in Europe, with evidence of increasing transmission of HIV in several countries. This article provides an overview of HIV and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) surveillance data, and indicates that since 2000 the rate of new...

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

authors： van de Laar MJ,Likatavicius G,Stengaard AR,Donoghoe MC

更新日期：2008-12-11 00:00:00