Two cases of food-borne botulism in Finland caused by conserved olives, October 2011.

abstract：:Six outbreaks of infectious syphilis in the United Kingdom, ongoing since 2012, have been investigated among men who have sex with men (MSM) and heterosexual men and women aged under 25 years. Interventions included case finding and raising awareness among healthcare professionals and the public. Targeting at-risk pop...

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

authors： Jakovljev A,Steinbakk M,Mengshoel AT,Sagvik E,Brügger-Synnes P,Sakshaug T,Rønning K,Blystad H,Bergh K

更新日期：2014-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Over 400 laboratories participate in EARSS (European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System) and send data to the National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) in The Netherlands. Data on about 14 000 isolates of Staphylococcus aure ...

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

authors： Veldhuijzen I,Bronzwaer SL,Degener J,Kool JL,Les Participants De EARSS \/ EARSS Participants

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An increase in the number of cases of Salmonella enterica serotype Goldcoast infection was observed in England during September 2013. A total of 38 cases were reported, with symptom onset dates between 21 June and 6 October 2013. Epidemiological, environmental, microbiological and food chain evidence all support the c...

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

authors： Inns T,Beasley G,Lane C,Hopps V,Peters T,Pathak K,Perez-Moreno R,Adak G,Shankar A,Outbreak Control Team.

更新日期：2013-12-05 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：: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 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：:A novel genotype of H5N6 influenza viruses was isolated from migratory birds in South Korea during November 2016. Domestic outbreaks of this virus were associated with die-offs of wild birds near reported poultry cases in Chungbuk province, central South Korea. Genetic analysis and animal studies demonstrated that the...

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

authors： Si YJ,Lee IW,Kim EH,Kim YI,Kwon HI,Park SJ,Nguyen HD,Kim SM,Kwon JJ,Choi WS,Beak YH,Song MS,Kim CJ,Webby RJ,Choi YK

更新日期：2017-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:In May 2015, following a 30-year diphtheria-free interval in Catalonia, an unvaccinated 6-year-old child was diagnosed with diphtheria caused by toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae. After a difficult search for equine-derived diphtheria antitoxin (DAT), the child received the DAT 4 days later but died at the end of ...

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

authors： Jané M,Vidal MJ,Camps N,Campins M,Martínez A,Balcells J,Martin-Gomez MT,Bassets G,Herrera-León S,Foguet A,Maresma M,Follia N,Uriona S,Pumarola T

更新日期：2018-03-01 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：:A case of human brucellosis was diagnosed in France in January 2012. The investigation demonstrated that the case had been contaminated by raw milk cheese from a neighbouring dairy farm. As France has been officially free of bovine brucellosis since 2005, veterinary investigations are being conducted to determine the ...

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

authors： Mailles A,Rautureau S,Le Horgne JM,Poignet-Leroux B,d'Arnoux C,Dennetière G,Faure M,Lavigne JP,Bru JP,Garin-Bastuji B

更新日期：2012-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:New Zealand, like other southern hemisphere countries with a temperate climate, has been in the winter period with seasonal influenza activity. New Zealand has also experienced a dramatic increase in the number of cases of pandemic influenza A(H1N1)v virus. Early reports from the northern hemisphere at the beginning o...

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

authors： Hall RJ,Peacey MP,Ralston JC,Bocacao J,Ziki M,Gunn W,Quirk A,Huang QS

更新日期：2009-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this article is to describe trends in infectious syphilis in the UK, and specifically the epidemiology of the London syphilis outbreak, the largest in the UK to date. Analysis of routine surveillance data from genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinics was performed as well as data collection through enhanced sur...

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

authors： Righarts AA,Simms I,Wallace L,Solomou M,Fenton KA

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Denmark is currently experiencing an outbreak of syphilis that began in 2003 and has continued in 2004. Data from the national surveillance system show that most cases are in men who have sex with men (MSM), and that a large proportion of these patients are also HIV positive. The proportion of known HIV positive cases...

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

authors： Cowan S

更新日期：2004-12-01 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：:In 1975 the BCG vaccination policy in Sweden changed from routine vaccination of all newborn infants to selective vaccination of groups at higher risk. This report aims to evaluate the present BCG policy, with focus on the tuberculosis situation in Sweden during the period from 1989 to 2005. The population structure i...

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

authors： Romanus V

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In May 2013, Italy declared a national outbreak of hepatitis A, which also affected several foreign tourists who had recently visited the country. Molecular investigations identified some cases as infected with an identical strain of hepatitis A virus subgenotype IA. After additional European Union/European Economic A...

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

authors： Severi E,Verhoef L,Thornton L,Guzman-Herrador BR,Faber M,Sundqvist L,Rimhanen-Finne R,Roque-Afonso AM,Ngui SL,Allerberger F,Baumann-Popczyk A,Muller L,Parmakova K,Alfonsi V,Tavoschi L,Vennema H,Fitzgerald M,Myrmel M,G

更新日期：2015-07-23 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：:Invasive group A streptococcal infection has a 15% case fatality rate and a risk of secondary transmission. This retrospective study used two national data sources from England; enhanced surveillance (2009) and a case management system (2011-2013) to identify clusters of severe group A streptococcal disease. Twenty-fo...

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

authors： Mearkle R,Saavedra-Campos M,Lamagni T,Usdin M,Coelho J,Chalker V,Sriskandan S,Cordery R,Rawlings C,Balasegaram S

更新日期：2017-05-11 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：:An outbreak of influenza A(H1N1)v was confirmed in May and June 2009 in a boarding school in South East England involving 102 symptomatic cases with influenza-like illness. Influenza A(H1N1)v infection was laboratory-confirmed by PCR in 62 pupils and one member of staff. ...

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

authors： Smith A,Coles S,Johnson S,Saldana L,Ihekweazu C,O'Moore E

更新日期：2009-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Portugal has been the western European country with the highest rate of notified acquired immunodeficiency [corrected] syndrome (AIDS) cases since 1999 and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection cases since 2000. Nonetheless, exact information on the magnitude and trends of recently acquired infections is missin...

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

authors： Cortes Martins H,Paixao M

更新日期：2008-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes the first general outbreak of verocytotoxin-producing E. coli (VTEC) in Denmark. Twenty five patients, 18 children and seven adults, with culture-confirmed VTEC O157:H- infection and indistinguishable pulsed-field gel electrophoresis DNA profiles, were identified during a six month period from Se...

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

authors： Jensen C,Ethelberg S,Gervelmeyer A,Nielsen EM,Olsen KE,Mølbak K,The Outbreak Investigation Team

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glanders and melioidosis are two infectious diseases that are caused by Burkholderia mallei and Burkholderia pseudomallei respectively. Infection may be acquired through direct skin contact with contaminated soil or water. Ingestion of such contaminated water or dust is another way of contamination. Glanders and melio...

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

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a rapidly changing environment, national institutions in charge of health security can no longer rely only on traditional disease reporting mechanisms that are not designed to recognise emergence of new hazards. Epidemic intelligence provides a conceptual framework within which countries may adapt their public heal...

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

authors： Paquet C,Coulombier D,Kaiser R,Ciotti M

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：: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：:A distinct cluster of highly pathogenic avian influenzaviruses of subtype A(H5N1) has been found to emergewithin clade 2.2.1.2 in poultry in Egypt since summer2014 and appears to have quickly become predominant.Viruses of this cluster may be associated withincreased incidence of human influenza A(H5N1) infectionsin Eg...

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

authors： Arafa AS,Naguib MM,Luttermann C,Selim AA,Kilany WH,Hagag N,Samy A,Abdelhalim A,Hassan MK,Abdelwhab EM,Makonnen Y,Dauphin G,Lubroth J,Mettenleiter TC,Beer M,Grund C,Harder TC

更新日期：2015-04-02 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 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：:Since the 2008/9 influenza season, the I-MOVE multicentre case-control study measures influenza vaccine effectiveness (VE) against medically-attended influenza-like-illness (ILI) laboratory confirmed as influenza. In 2011/12, European studies reported a decline in VE against influenza A(H3N2) within the season. Using ...

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

authors： Kissling E,Nunes B,Robertson C,Valenciano M,Reuss A,Larrauri A,Cohen JM,Oroszi B,Rizzo C,Machado A,Pitigoi D,Domegan L,Paradowska-Stankiewicz I,Buchholz U,Gherasim A,Daviaud I,Horváth JK,Bella A,Lupulescu E,O Donnel

更新日期：2016-04-21 00:00:00