The burden of visceral leishmaniasis in Italy from 1982 to 2012: a retrospective analysis of the multi-annual epidemic that occurred from 1989 to 2009.

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：:We aimed to investigate transmission rates of pertussis in household contacts of cases and factors associated with transmission. A prospective epidemiological study was conducted in 2012 and 2013 to determine the incidence of pertussis among household contacts of reported cases in Catalonia and Navarre, Spain. An epid...

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

authors： Godoy P,García-Cenoz M,Toledo D,Carmona G,Caylà JA,Alsedà M,Àlvarez J,Barrabeig I,Camps N,Plans P,Company M,Castilla J,Sala-Farré MR,Muñoz-Almagro C,Rius C,Domínguez À,Transmission of Pertussis in Households Working Group

更新日期：2016-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:On 18 January 2016, the French National Reference Centre for Salmonella reported to Santé publique France an excess of Salmonella enterica serotype Dublin (S. Dublin) infections. We investigated to identify the source of infection and implement control measures. Whole genome sequencing (WGS) and multilocus variable-nu...

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

authors： Ung A,Baidjoe AY,Van Cauteren D,Fawal N,Fabre L,Guerrisi C,Danis K,Morand A,Donguy MP,Lucas E,Rossignol L,Lefèvre S,Vignaud ML,Cadel-Six S,Lailler R,Jourdan-Da Silva N,Le Hello S

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of anaphylaxis following meningococcal chemoprophylaxis of a healthcare worker, despite no history of direct contact with a patient who had meningococcal disease. The public health implications of this case are discussed. ...

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

authors： Giovanetti F

更新日期：2009-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Since May 2014, an increase in Plasmodium vivax malaria has been observed in Sweden. As of 31 August 2014, 105 malaria cases have been reported in newly arrived Eritrean refugees, 84 of them P. vivax. The patients were mainly young men and reported migration through Ethiopia and/or Sudan. Severe anaemia and long sympt...

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

authors： Sonden K,Castro E,Törnnberg L,Stenstrom C,Tegnell A,Farnert A

更新日期：2014-09-04 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：: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：:We report a case of meningoencephalitis caused by Toscana virus (TOSV) with central facial paralysis lasting over two days acquired in south-eastern France. The patient was not febrile either before or during the course of the disease. The diagnosis was established by both real-time RT-PCR and virus isolation with com...

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

authors： Marlinge M,Crespy L,Zandotti C,Piorkowski G,Kaphan E,Charrel RN,Ninove L

更新日期：2014-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:In August 2011, a case of canine rabies was notified to the French veterinary services. The dog was a three-month-old puppy illegally imported from Morocco that presented behavioural changes on 1 August and was admitted to a veterinary clinic on 6 August. It died the following day and the body was shortly sent to the ...

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

authors： Mailles A,Boisseleau D,Dacheux L,Michalewiscz C,Gloaguen C,Ponçon N,Bourhy H,Callon H,Vaillant V,Dabosville I,Morineau-Le Houssine P

更新日期：2011-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe Zika virus (ZIKV) vertical transmission in an imported case in Spain, in a 17-week pregnant woman. ZIKV IgG, IgM and RNA were detected in serum in week 17. At 19 weeks, ultrasound scan revealed fetal malformations and ZIKV was detected in the amniotic fluid. Pregnancy was terminated at week 21; autopsy of ...

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

authors： Perez S,Tato R,Cabrera JJ,Lopez A,Robles O,Paz E,Coira A,Sanchez-Seco MP,Vazquez A,Carballo R,Quintas C,Pousa A

更新日期：2016-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Viral hepatitis causes major disease burden worldwide, due to the chronic hepatitis sequelae: cirrhosis and primary liver cancer. Transmission of viral hepatitis is a problem not only in low-income countries, but also in high-income ones where viral hepatitis is a frequently occurring infection among men who have sex ...

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

authors： Urbanus AT,van Houdt R,van de Laar TJ,Coutinho RA

更新日期：2009-11-26 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：: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：:The incidence of reported tetanus in Italy decreased from 0.5/100,000 in the 1970s to 0.2/100,000 in the 1990 s. During this period of time, the case-fatality ratio decreased from 68% to 39%. Italy has the highest reported number of tetanus cases in European countries. Elderly women are the most affected: the proporti...

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

authors： Pedalino B,Cotter B,Ciofi degli Atti M,Mandolini D,Parroccini S,Salmaso S

更新日期：2002-07-01 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：:Rubella vaccination has been included in the United Kingdom's (UK) routine childhood schedule for nearly 30 years. The UK achieved World Health Organization (WHO) elimination status in 2016 and acute rubella infections are rare. In the period 2003-16, 31 rubella infections in pregnancy (0.23 per 100,000 pregnancies) w...

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

authors： Bukasa A,Campbell H,Brown K,Bedford H,Ramsay M,Amirthalingam G,Tookey P

更新日期：2018-05-01 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 Andalusia, Spain, West Nile virus (WNV) surveillance takes place from April to November, during the active vector period. Within this area seroconversion to this virus was evidenced in wild birds in 2004, affecting horses and two humans for the first time in 2010. Since 2010, the virus has been isolated every year ...

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

authors： López-Ruiz N,Montaño-Remacha MDC,Durán-Pla E,Pérez-Ruiz M,Navarro-Marí JM,Salamanca-Rivera C,Miranda B,Oyonarte-Gómez S,Ruiz-Fernández J

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasive group A streptococcal infections (iGAS) are a major clinical and public health challenge. iGAS is a notifiable disease in Ireland since 2004. The aim of this paper is to describe the epidemiology of iGAS in Ireland for the first time over the seven-year period from 2004 to 2010. The Irish national electronic ...

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

authors： Martin J,Murchan S,O'Flanagan D,Fitzpatrick F

更新日期：2011-10-13 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：: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：: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：: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：: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：: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

abstract：:Since the steady rise in human cases which started in 2007, Q fever has become a major public health problem in the Netherlands with 2,357 human cases notified in the year 2009. Ongoing research confirms that abortion waves on dairy goat farms are the primary source of infection for humans, primarily affecting people ...

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

authors： van der Hoek W,Dijkstra F,Schimmer B,Schneeberger PM,Vellema P,Wijkmans C,ter Schegget R,Hackert V,van Duynhoven Y

更新日期：2010-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Conjugate vaccines have reduced pneumococcal disease in vaccinated children and unvaccinated adults, but non-vaccine serotypes are of concern, particularly if antibiotic resistant. We reviewed Streptococcus pneumoniae collected via: (i) the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (BSAC) surveillances from 2001-...

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

authors： Sheppard C,Fry NK,Mushtaq S,Woodford N,Reynolds R,Janes R,Pike R,Hill R,Kimuli M,Staves P,Doumith M,Harrison T,Livermore DM

更新日期：2016-12-15 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：:The effect of the elevated temperatures on mortality experienced in Europe during the summer of 2003 was observed in several countries. This study, carried out in Spain, describes mortality between 1 June and 31 August and evaluates the effect of the heat wave on mortality. Observed deaths were obtained from official ...

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

authors： Simon F,Lopez-Abente G,Ballester E,Martinez F

更新日期：2005-07-01 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