Large and ongoing outbreak of haemolytic uraemic syndrome, Germany, May 2011.

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：:In a household setting within a residential care facility for visually and intellectually disabled people, a resident (index case) was diagnosed with dermal abscesses caused by a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) which was non-typeable by standard pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. All residents and st...

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

authors： Fanoy E,Helmhout LC,van der Vaart WL,Weijdema K,van Santen-Verheuvel MG,Thijsen SF,de Neeling AJ,van Wamel WJ,Manaskova SH,Kingma-Thijssen JL

更新日期：2009-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:In October 2011, a cluster of four tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) cases was identified in Hungary. Initial investigations revealed a possible link with consumption of unpasteurised cow milk sold by a farmer without authorisation. We performed a cohort study including all regular customers of the farmer. Overall, eleven...

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

authors： Caini S,Szomor K,Ferenczi E,Szekelyne Gaspar A,Csohan A,Krisztalovics K,Molnar Z,Horvath J

更新日期：2012-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Q fever is a zoonotic disease caused by Coxiella burnetii. Its interest as a potential biological weapon stems from the fact that an aerosol of very few organisms could infect humans. Another route of transmission of C. burnetii could be through adding it to the food supply. Nevertheless, C. burnetii is considered to ...

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

authors： Bossi P,Tegnell A,Baka A,Van Loock F,Hendriks J,Werner A,Maidhof H,Gouvras G,Task Force on Biological and Chemical Agent Threats, Public Health Directorate, European Commission, Luxembourg.

更新日期：2004-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed a multicentre retrospective cohort study including 606,649 acute inpatient episodes at 10 European hospitals in 2010 and 2011 to estimate the impact of antimicrobial resistance on hospital mortality, excess length of stay (LOS) and cost. Bloodstream infections (BSI) caused by third-generation cephalospori...

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

authors： Stewardson AJ,Allignol A,Beyersmann J,Graves N,Schumacher M,Meyer R,Tacconelli E,De Angelis G,Farina C,Pezzoli F,Bertrand X,Gbaguidi-Haore H,Edgeworth J,Tosas O,Martinez JA,Ayala-Blanco MP,Pan A,Zoncada A,Marwick CA,

更新日期：2016-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Multidrug-resistant organisms (MDRO) and in particular multidrug-resistant Gram-negative organisms (MRGN) are an increasing problem in hospital care. However, data on the current prevalence of MDRO in long-term care facilities (LTCFs) are rare. To assess carriage rates of MDRO in LTCF residents in the German Rhine-Mai...

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

authors： Hogardt M,Proba P,Mischler D,Cuny C,Kempf VA,Heudorf U

更新日期：2015-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the objectives of any surveillance activity is to monitor trends in infections. The international surveillance network for human enteric infections, Enter-net, has been collecting and reporting data on laboratory-confirmed human salmonella infections since 1993. The number of cases identified rose in the mid-19...

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

authors： Fisher IS,Enter-net participants.

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preliminary findings suggest ongoing HCV transmission among MSM infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and that enhanced surveillance for newly acquired HCV in MSM is feasible. ...

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

authors： Ruf M,Cohuet S,Maguire H,Brant LJ,Ramsay M,Lattimore S,Delpech V,SNAHC Steering Group.

更新日期：2008-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:BackgroundSurveillance of tuberculosis (TB) treatment outcome, for which reporting has been mandatory in France since 2007, is a key component of TB control.AimWe aimed to present surveillance data for non-multidrug-resistant (MDR) cases reported between 2008 and 2014, and identify factors associated with potentially ...

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

authors： Guthmann JP,Léon L,Antoine D,Lévy-Bruhl D

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:First infections with the 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza virus were identified on Reunion Island in July 2009. By the end of July, sustained community transmission of the virus was established. Pandemic H1N1 influenza activity peaked during week 35 (24 to 30 August), five weeks after the beginning of the epidemic and ha...

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

authors： Thouillot F,Do C,Balleydier E,Rachou E,Staikowsky F,Morbidelli P,Jacques-Antoine Y,Bourde A,Lagrange-Xelot M,Poubeau P,Winer A,Gauzere B,Michault A,Jaffar-Bandjee M,Henrion G,Filleul L,D'Ortenzio E

更新日期：2009-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:In October 2011 in Finland, two persons fell ill with symptoms compatible with botulism after having eaten conserved olives stuffed with almonds. One of these two died. Clostridium botulinum type B and its neurotoxin were detected in the implicated olives by PCR and mouse bioassay, respectively. The olives were traced...

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

authors： Jalava K,Selby K,Pihlajasaari A,Kolho E,Dahlsten E,Forss N,Bäcklund T,Korkeala H,Honkanen-Buzalski T,Hulkko T,Derman Y,Järvinen A,Kotilainen H,Kultanen L,Ruutu P,Lyytikaïnen O,Lindström M

更新日期：2011-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:On 31 August, a veterinarian and a farmworker were hospitalised for skin lesions. Both had been exposed to a dead cow on 19 August on a farm near Rome, where eight further cattle died of confirmed anthrax later the same month. At admission, the first case showed a black depressed eschar and another smaller lesion on o...

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

authors： Nicastri E,Vairo F,Mencarini P,Battisti A,Agrati C,Cimini E,Carrara S,D'Arezzo S,Adone R,Vulcano A,Iannetta M,Capone A,Petrosillo N,Fasanella A,Ippolito G,Italian Anthrax Team Members

更新日期：2019-06-01 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：:The elimination of tuberculosis (TB) is threatened by an apparent increase in the level of resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In the Netherlands, where the majority of TB patients are migrants, resistance may also be increasing. We conducted a retrospective study, using 18,294 M. tuberculosis isolates from TB c...

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

authors： Ruesen C,van Gageldonk-Lafeber AB,de Vries G,Erkens CG,van Rest J,Korthals Altes H,de Neeling H,Kamst M,van Soolingen D

更新日期：2014-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Results from early clinical trials have shown that a single dose of pandemic H1N1 influenza vaccine may generate sufficient antibody response, but the relevance of this fact to public health decision making has yet to be clarified. The present study compares the risk of clinical attack (i.e. clinical attack rate) betw...

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

authors： Nishiura H,Iwata K

更新日期：2009-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:BackgroundProgress towards HIV, hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) elimination requires local prevalence estimates and linkage to care (LTC) of undiagnosed or disengaged cases.AimWe aimed to estimate seroprevalence, factors associated with positive blood-borne virus (BBV) serology and numbers needed t...

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

authors： Bundle N,Balasegaram S,Parry S,Ullah S,Harris RJ,Ahmad K,Foster GR,Tong CY,Orkin C

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight cases of psittacosis due to Chlamydia psittaci were identified in May 2013 among 15 individuals involved in chicken gutting activities on a mixed poultry farm in France. All cases were women between 42 and 67 years-old. Cases were diagnosed by serology and PCR of respiratory samples. Appropriate treatment was im...

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

authors： Laroucau K,Aaziz R,Meurice L,Servas V,Chossat I,Royer H,de Barbeyrac B,Vaillant V,Moyen JL,Meziani F,Sachse K,Rolland P

更新日期：2015-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Two surveys have been conducted on behalf of the Campylobacter Working Group with the aim of assessing the feasibility of a European network on human Campylobacter infections. The first survey, conducted in 18 countries, collected information about diagnostic methods used for surveillance purpose while the second one,...

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

authors： Takkinen J,Ammon A,Robstad O,Breuer T,Campylobacter Working Group.

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monophasic variant of Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Typhimurium (monophasic S. Typhimurium), with antigenic structure 1,4,[5],12:i:-, appears to be of increasing importance in Europe. In Italy, monophasic S. Typhimurium represented the third most frequent Salmonella serovar isolated from human cases ...

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

authors： Cito F,Baldinelli F,Calistri P,Di Giannatale E,Scavia G,Orsini M,Iannetti S,Sacchini L,Mangone I,Candeloro L,Conte A,Ippoliti C,Morelli D,Migliorati G,Barile NB,Marfoglia C,Salucci S,Cammà C,Marcacci M,Ancora M,Di

更新日期：2016-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe clonal shifts in vanA Enterococcus faecium isolates from clinical samples obtained from patients in Denmark from 2015 to the first quarter (Q1) of 2019. During Q1 2019, the vancomycin-variable enterococci (VVE) ST1421-CT1134 vanA E. faecium became the most dominant vanA E. faecium clone and has spread to a...

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

authors： Hammerum AM,Justesen US,Pinholt M,Roer L,Kaya H,Worning P,Nygaard S,Kemp M,Clausen ME,Nielsen KL,Samulioniené J,Kjærsgaard M,Østergaard C,Coia J,Søndergaard TS,Gaini S,Schønning K,Westh H,Hasman H,Holzknecht BJ

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report 52 cases of measles linked to music and arts festivals in England and Wales, between mid-June and mid-October 2016. Nearly half were aged 15 to 19 years. Several individuals who acquired measles at one festival subsequently attended another festival while infectious, resulting in multiple interlinked outbrea...

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

authors： le Polain de Waroux O,Saliba V,Cottrell S,Young N,Perry M,Bukasa A,Ramsay M,Brown K,Amirthalingam G

更新日期：2016-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:In some influenza surveillance systems, timely transport to laboratories for reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing is challenging.Guidelines suggest that samples can be stored at 4°Cfor up to 96 hours but the effect of longer storage times has not been systematically evaluated. We collected ...

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

authors： Caselton D,Arunga G,Emukule G,Muthoka P,Mayieka L,Kosgey A,Ochola R,Waiboci L,Feikin D,Mott J,Breiman R,Katz M

更新日期：2014-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:In January-February 2008, one imported case of measles initiated a series of exposures with around 380 nosocomial secondary contacts. Susceptible individuals were traced early and control measures were initiated that managed to limit the consequences considerably. Only four secondary cases were identified by the end o...

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

authors： Follin P,Dotevall L,Jertborn M,Khalid Y,Liljeqvist JA,Muntz S,Qvarfordt I,Söderström A,Wiman A,Ahrén C,Osterberg P,Johansen K

更新日期：2008-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:A questionnaire survey on the attitude of healthcare workers towards pandemic influenza vaccination showed low acceptance (17%) of the pandemic vaccine. Factors associated with vaccine uptake were acceptance of seasonal influenza vaccination, medical profession and age. The main reason for refusal of vaccination was f...

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

authors： Rachiotis G,Mouchtouri VA,Kremastinou J,Gourgoulianis K,Hadjichristodoulou C

更新日期：2010-02-11 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：:A new azole resistance mechanism in Aspergillus fumigatus consisting of a TR46/Y121F/T289A alteration in the cyp51A gene was recently described in the Netherlands. Strains containing these mutations are associated with invasive infection and therapy failure. This communication describes the first case of fatal invasiv...

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

authors： Vermeulen E,Maertens J,Schoemans H,Lagrou K

更新日期：2012-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：:An early estimate of disease transmissibility is essential for a well-informed public health response to a newly emerged infectious disease. In this study, we ask what type and quantity of data are needed for useful estimation of the initial reproduction number (R). It is possible to estimate R from case incidence dat...

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

authors： Becker NG,Wang D,Clements M

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differentiation between travel-related and domestic cases of infectious disease is important in managing risk. Incubation periods of cases from several outbreaks of campylobacteriosis in Canada, Europe, and the United States with defined exposure time of less than 24 hours were collated to provide information on the i...

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

authors： Horn BJ,Lake RJ

更新日期：2013-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Several countries plan to introduce non-contact infrared thermometers (NCIT) at international airports in order to detect febrile passengers, thus to delay the introduction of a novel influenza strain. We reviewed the existing studies on fever screening by NCIT to estimate their efficacy under the hypothesis of pandem...

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

authors： Bitar D,Goubar A,Desenclos JC

更新日期：2009-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The need for timely establishment of diagnostic assays arose when Germany was confronted with the first travel-associated outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in Europe. We describe our laboratory experiences during a large contact tracing investigation, comparing previously publish...

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

authors： Konrad R,Eberle U,Dangel A,Treis B,Berger A,Bengs K,Fingerle V,Liebl B,Ackermann N,Sing A

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00