Development and validation of a real time quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) assay for investigation of wild poliovirus type 1-South Asian (SOAS) strain reintroduced into Israel, 2013 to 2014.

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 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：: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：:In the Netherlands, meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is detected on pork and veal farms, and hence farmers working with MRSA-positive animals are at an increased risk of being colonised. Recently retail meat products have been found positive for MRSA. Therefore, we tested the prevalence of MRSA among ...

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

authors： de Jonge R,Verdier JE,Havelaar AH

更新日期：2010-11-18 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：:During summer 2016, all the conditions for local mosquito-borne transmission of Zika virus (ZIKV) are met in mainland France: a competent vector, Aedes albopictus, a large number of travellers returning from ZIKV-affected areas, and an immunologically naive population. From 1 January to 15 July 2016, 625 persons with ...

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

authors： Septfons A,Leparc-Goffart I,Couturier E,Franke F,Deniau J,Balestier A,Guinard A,Heuzé G,Liebert AH,Mailles A,Ndong JR,Poujol I,Raguet S,Rousseau C,Saidouni-Oulebsir A,Six C,Subiros M,Servas V,Terrien E,Tillaut H,V

更新日期：2016-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Hospital-acquired listeriosis cases are not commonly reported but remain a significant public health problem. We report on three cases in patients with underlying conditions occurring during one week in February 2011. The cases had common exposure to pre-packed sandwiches and salads manufactured in compliance with reg...

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

authors： Coetzee N,Laza-Stanca V,Orendi JM,Harvey S,Elviss NC,Grant KA

更新日期：2011-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Background and aimAs a consequence of socioeconomic and political crises in many parts of the world, many European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) countries have faced an increasing number of migrants. In the German federal state of Bavaria, a mandatory health screening approach is implemented, where individuals...

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

authors： Ackermann N,Marosevic D,Hörmansdorfer S,Eberle U,Rieder G,Treis B,Berger A,Bischoff H,Bengs K,Konrad R,Hautmann W,Schönberger K,Belting A,Schlenk G,Margos G,Hoch M,Pürner F,Fingerle V,Liebl B,Sing A

更新日期：2018-03-01 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：: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：: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：:BackgroundStrategies to control varicella vary across Europe. Evidence from established programmes has prompted the United Kingdom to re-evaluate the need for universal vaccination. The burden of complicated varicella is a key parameter in the cost-effectiveness analysis.AimOur objective was to estimate the burden of ...

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

authors： Bernal JL,Hobbelen P,Amirthalingam G

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As antibiotic consumption rates between hospitals can vary depending on the characteristics of the patients treated, risk-adjustment that compensates for the patient-based variation is required to assess the impact of any stewardship measures. The aim of this study was to investigate the usefulness of patient-based ad...

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

authors： Oza A,Donohue F,Johnson H,Cunney R

更新日期：2016-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Albania, a country with 3.5 million inhabitants, is facing an economic and social crisis. The average per capita income is less than US$1000 per year. Since 1995 unemployment has increased by 2.7%. Poverty and migration are major constraints of the societ ...

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

authors： Valenciano M,Pinto A,Coulombier D,Hashorva E,Murthi M

更新日期：1999-09-01 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：:Advantages of testing for Zika virus (ZIKV) in urine have been reported, such as the persistence of ZIKV in this type of specimen for up to 20 days after ZIKV disease onset. We investigate 61 patients in the first 5 days post-symptom onset and find more patients testing positive for ZIKV in plasma samples (n=46), than...

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

authors： Pessôa R,Patriota JV,de Souza Mde L,Abd El Wahed A,Sanabani SS

更新日期：2016-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2014, the United States (US) experienced a nationwide outbreak of enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) infection with 1,152 cases reported mainly in hospitalised children with severe asthma or bronchiolitis. Following the US alert, 11 laboratories of the French enterovirus (EV) surveillance network participated in an EV-D68 su...

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

authors： Schuffenecker I,Mirand A,Josset L,Henquell C,Hecquet D,Pilorgé L,Petitjean-Lecherbonnier J,Manoha C,Legoff J,Deback C,Pillet S,Lepiller Q,Mansuy JM,Marque-Juillet S,Antona D,Peigue-Lafeuille H,Lina B

更新日期：2016-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The current issue of Eurosurveillance provides the common theme of the epidemiology and control of congenital rubella infection (CRI) across Europe. It provides a stark reminder that despite the availability of a safe and effective vaccine for many years, CRI - the consequence of rubella infection during pregnancy, re...

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

authors： Crowcroft N,Pebody RG

更新日期：2004-04-01 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：:A survey on the epidemiological situation, surveillance and containment activities for carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) was conducted in European countries in 2018. All 37 participating countries reported CPE cases. Since 2015, the epidemiological stage of CPE expansion has increased in 11 countries. R...

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

authors： Brolund A,Lagerqvist N,Byfors S,Struelens MJ,Monnet DL,Albiger B,Kohlenberg A,European Antimicrobial Resistance Genes Surveillance Network EURGen-Net Capacity Survey Group.

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A national hand hygiene promotion campaign based on the World Health Organization (WHO) multimodal, Clean Care is Safer Care campaign was launched in Italy in 2007. One hundred seventy-five hospitals from 14 of 20 Italian regions participated. Data were collected using methods and tools provided by the WHO campaign, t...

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

authors： Moro ML,Morsillo F,Nascetti S,Parenti M,Allegranzi B,Pompa MG,Pittet D

更新日期：2017-06-08 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：:We use data on confirmed cases of pandemic influenza A(H1N1), disseminated by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(US CDC), to fit the parameters of a seasonally forced Susceptible, Infective, Recovered (SIR) model. We use the resulting model to predict the course of the H1N1 influenza pandemic...

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

authors： Towers S,Feng Z

更新日期：2009-10-15 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：:After the West Nile virus (WNV) outbreak in 2012, we collected mosquito samples from Vojvodina province, Serbia, in 2013. We found high WNV infection rate in two species, Culex pipiens and Anopheles maculipennis. Phylogenetic analysis showed that Serbian WNV strains from 2013 were most closely related to Italian and G...

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

authors： Kemenesi G,Krtinić B,Milankov V,Kutas A,Dallos B,Oldal M,Somogyi N,Nemeth V,Banyai K,Jakab F

更新日期：2014-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Unnecessary and inappropriate use of antibiotics in human healthcare is a major driver for the development and spread of antimicrobial resistance; many countries are implementing measures to limit the overuse and misuse of antibiotics e.g. through the establishment of antimicrobial use reduction targets. We performed ...

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

authors： D'Atri F,Arthur J,Blix HS,Hicks LA,Plachouras D,Monnet DL,The European Survey On Transatlantic Task Force On Antimicrobial Resistance Tatfar Action Group.

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of serological surveillance is to monitor levels of immunity to particular diseases within a population in order to enhance the quality of information on which public health measures, such as vaccination programmes, are based. Serological surv ...

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

authors： Osborne K,Weinberg J,Miller E

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In April 2012, a cluster of two cases of meningococcal disease caused by rifampicin-resistant C meningococci was reported in the Champagne-Ardenne region, France. The two cases occurred in a student population living in the same town but studying at different schools. Bacteriological and epidemiological investigations...

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

authors： Mounchetrou Njoya I,Deghmane A,Taha M,Isnard H,Parent du Chatelet I

更新日期：2012-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a fatal case of community-acquired Legionnaires' disease in an infant aged under six months. Epidemiological and microbiological investigations suggested that a free-standing cold water humidifier using domestic tap water contaminated with Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 served as a vehicle for infection....

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

authors： Moran-Gilad J,Lazarovitch T,Mentasti M,Harrison T,Weinberger M,Mordish Y,Mor Z,Stocki T,Anis E,Sadik C,Amitai Z,Grotto I

更新日期：2012-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Measles cases are increasing in Ireland, with 320 cases notified since August 2009. Nearly two-thirds of these cases (n=206) were unvaccinated. In the early stages of the outbreak a substantial number of cases were linked to the Traveller community with some cases also reported among the Roma community, other citizens...

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

authors： Gee S,Cotter S,O'Flanagan D,National Incident Management Team.

更新日期：2010-03-04 00:00:00