West Nile virus lineage 2 isolated from Culex modestus mosquitoes in the Czech Republic, 2013: expansion of the European WNV endemic area to the North?

abstract：:Autochthonous hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection has been increasingly reported in Europe and the United States, mostly arising from genotype 3 and less frequently genotype 4. We report here on a patient with HEV genotype 3a infection complicated by Guillain-Barré syndrome in Portugal in December 2012. We draw attentio...

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

authors： Santos L,Mesquita JR,Rocha Pereira N,Lima-Alves C,Serrão R,Figueiredo P,Reis J,Simões J,Nascimento M,Sarmento A

更新日期：2013-08-22 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 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：:We performed an ecological study using sentinel consultation data from a medical deputising service to assess the impact of increasing coverage with childhood varicella vaccine on the incidence risk of varicella and zoster in the population served by the deputising service in Victoria, Australia from 1998 to 2012. Fol...

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

authors： Kelly HA,Grant KA,Gidding H,Carville KS

更新日期：2014-10-16 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：:IntroductionAedes albopictus (Skuse) is an important vector of arboviral diseases, including dengue, chikungunya and Zika virus disease. Monitoring insecticide resistance and mechanisms by which the mosquito develops resistance is crucial to minimise disease transmission.AimTo determine insecticide resistance status a...

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

authors： Kasai S,Caputo B,Tsunoda T,Cuong TC,Maekawa Y,Lam-Phua SG,Pichler V,Itokawa K,Murota K,Komagata O,Yoshida C,Chung HH,Bellini R,Tsuda Y,Teng HJ,Filho JLL,Alves LC,Ng LC,Minakawa N,Yen NT,Phong TV,Sawabe K,Tomit

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV infection in Spain was monitored in persons undergoing voluntary HIV testing in ten sentinel clinics between 1992 and 2002. Only patients on their first visit were considered for inclusion, and their numbers rose from 4426 in 1992 to 6649 in 2002. Most of them recognised their risk exposure as heterosexual. The pr...

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

authors： Barrasa A,Castilla J,del Romero J,Pueyo I,de Armas C,Varela JA,Ureña JM,Bru FJ,Ordoñana JR,Sáez de Vicuña LM,EPI-VIH Group.

更新日期：2004-05-01 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：:An average of 20 000 rubella cases were recorded annually in Denmark until 1987. In 1989, however, only 1006 cases were reported, and the true current incidence of rubella infection in Denmark is unknown but considered to be very low and <1 per 100 000 population. The significant decrease in the inci-dence of rubella ...

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

authors： Glismann S

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since January 2006, H5N1 avian influenza has affected Nigeria's poultry population causing enormous loss of resources. The current circulating virus is a potential candidate for pandemic influenza which may severely affect the human and animal population worldwide especially in the resource-poor countries. In this stu...

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

authors： Joannis TM,Meseko CA,Oladokun AT,Ularamu HG,Egbuji AN,Solomon P,Nyam DC,Gado DA,Luka P,Ogedengbe ME,Yakubu MB,Tyem AD,Akinyede O,Shittu AI,Sulaiman LK,Owolodun OA,Olawuyi AK,Obishakin ET,Fasina FO

更新日期：2008-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:From 24 December to 24 July 2015, 174 cases were reported in a nationwide salmonellosis outbreak in Sweden: 108 cases were connected to a single restaurant. A spice mix, containing dried vegetables from the restaurant tested positive for the outbreak strain. Additional spice mixes with similar content from different s...

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

authors： Jernberg C,Hjertqvist M,Sundborger C,Castro E,Lofdahl M,Pääjärvi A,Sundqvist L,Löf E

更新日期：2015-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:BackgroundA steady increase in HIV drug resistance (HIVDR) has been demonstrated globally in individuals initiating first-line antiretroviral therapy (ART). To support effective use of ART and prevent spread of HIVDR, monitoring is essential.AimWe piloted a surveillance system for transmitted HIVDR to assess the feasi...

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

authors： van de Laar MJ,Bosman A,Pharris A,Andersson E,Assoumou L,Ay E,Bannert N,Bartmeyer B,Brady M,Chaix ML,Descamps D,Dauwe K,Fonager J,Hauser A,Lunar M,Mezei M,Neary M,Poljak M,van Sighem A,Verhofstede C,Amato-Gauci AJ

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leishmaniasis is endemic in southern Europe, and in other European countries cases are diagnosed in travellers who have visited affected areas both within the continent and beyond. Prompt and accurate diagnosis poses a challenge in clinical practice in Europe. Different methods exist for identification of the infectin...

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

authors： Van der Auwera G,Bart A,Chicharro C,Cortes S,Davidsson L,Di Muccio T,Dujardin JC,Felger I,Paglia MG,Grimm F,Harms G,Jaffe CL,Manser M,Ravel C,Robert-Gangneux F,Roelfsema J,Töz S,Verweij JJ,Chiodini PL

更新日期：2016-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Wet cooling systems are often associated with large outbreaks of Legionnaires' disease. Several European countries have legislation for registering such systems. The authors aimed to obtain an overview of the situation in Europe. A questionnaire survey was sent to 35 of the countries that collaborate in the European W...

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

authors： Ricketts KD,Joseph C,Lee J,Wewalka G,European Working Group for Legionella Infections.

更新日期：2008-09-18 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 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：: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

abstract：:We report an outbreak of viral gastroenteritis linked to municipal drinking water in a town in northern Italy in June 2009. Over one month we identified 299 probable cases of whom 30 were confirmed for at least one of the following viruses: norovirus, rotavirus, enterovirus or astrovirus. Water samples and filters fro...

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

authors： Scarcella C,Carasi S,Cadoria F,Macchi L,Pavan A,Salamana M,Alborali GL,Losio MM,Boni P,Lavazza A,Seyler T

更新日期：2009-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:An increase in the number of new HIV diagnoses among men who have sex with men (MSM) has been observed in several countries in the early 2000s. In this article, we explore the trends in MSM in France between 2003 and 2008. To estimate the number of MSM newly diagnosed with HIV, we take into account the reporting delay...

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

authors： Semaille C,Cazein F,Lot F,Pillonel J,Le Vu S,Le Strat Y,Bousquet V,Velter A,Barin F

更新日期：2009-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronaviruses have the potential to cause severe transmissible human disease, as demonstrated by the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak of 2003. We describe here the clinical and virological features of a novel coronavirus infection causing severe respiratory illness in a patient transferred to London, ...

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

authors： Bermingham A,Chand MA,Brown CS,Aarons E,Tong C,Langrish C,Hoschler K,Brown K,Galiano M,Myers R,Pebody RG,Green HK,Boddington NL,Gopal R,Price N,Newsholme W,Drosten C,Fouchier RA,Zambon M

更新日期：2012-10-04 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：: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：: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：:From 1994 to 2009, national field epidemiology training programmes (FETP) have been installed in Spain, Germany, Italy, France and Norway. During their two year duration, different components of the FETP are devised as follows: 63-79 weeks are spent on projects in hosting institutes, 2-26 weeks in outside projects, 9-...

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

authors： Krause G,Aavitsland P,Alpers K,Barrasa A,Bremer V,Helynck B,Perra A

更新日期：2009-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Multilocus variable-number tandem repeat analysis (MLVA) is a rapid and reproducible typing method that is an important tool for investigation, as well as detection, of national and multinational outbreaks of a range of food-borne pathogens. Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis is the most common Salmonella serovar...

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

authors： Peters T,Bertrand S,Björkman JT,Brandal LT,Brown DJ,Erdõsi T,Heck M,Ibrahem S,Johansson K,Kornschober C,Kotila SM,Le Hello S,Lienemann T,Mattheus W,Nielsen EM,Ragimbeau C,Rumore J,Sabol A,Torpdahl M,Trees E,Tuohy

更新日期：2017-03-02 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：:We herein describe and analyse the first outbreak of severe pneumonia caused by human adenovirus type1 (HAdV C type 1), which included immunocompetent patients in an intensive care unit (ICU) of Marseille, France, and occurred between September and October 2012. Seven successive patients were diagnosed by HAdV specifi...

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

authors： Cassir N,Hraiech S,Nougairede A,Zandotti C,Fournier PE,Papazian L

更新日期：2014-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The introduction and rapidly expanding range of Aedes albopictus in Europe is an iconic example of the growing risk of the globalization of vectors and vector-borne diseases. The history of yellow fever and dengue in temperate regions confirms that transmission of both diseases could recur, particularly if Ae. aegypti...

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

authors： Reiter P

更新日期：2010-03-11 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：: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