Measles outbreak in Greater Manchester, England, October 2012 to September 2013: epidemiology and control.

abstract：:This review summarises the epidemiology and control of pertussis in England and Wales since the introduction of routine immunisation and considers the implications for future control. Routine infant immunisation with a whole-cell pertussis (wP) vaccine was introduced in 1957 and had a marked impact on the overall dise...

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

authors： Amirthalingam G,Gupta S,Campbell H

更新日期：2013-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) are an important public health concern. Since the emergence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) during the 1980s and its link with human Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, active surveillance has been a key element of the European Union's TSE control strategy. Success of ...

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

authors： Wall BA,Arnold ME,Radia D,Gilbert W,Ortiz-Pelaez A,Stärk KD,Van Klink E,Guitian J

更新日期：2017-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:In the pre-vaccination era, rubella was regarded as only a mild exanthematous acute viral infection of children. The devastating effects of the disease were first identified in the early 1940s by an Australian ophthalmologist, and further confirmed during the 1962-65 rubella pandemic in Europe and the United States. T...

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

authors： Lévy-Bruhl D,Six C,Parent I

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since 1994, the incidence of gonorrhoea in Østfold county, Norway, has remained within the range of 1-8 cases per year, with 40% of cases being imported from abroad. On 20 January 2008, a general practitioner in the county diagnosed two seemingly unrelated domestic cases of gonorrhoea in three days and started contact...

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

authors： Jakopanec I,Hassfjord JJ,Nilsen O,Larsen AL,Aavitsland P

更新日期：2008-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:BackgroundTo increase the acceptability of influenza vaccine, it is important to quantify the overall benefits of the vaccination programme.AimTo assess the impact of influenza vaccination in Portugal, Spain and the Netherlands, we estimated the number of medically attended influenza-confirmed cases (MAICC) in primary...

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

authors： Machado A,Mazagatos C,Dijkstra F,Kislaya I,Gherasim A,McDonald SA,Kissling E,Valenciano M,Meijer A,Hooiveld M,Nunes B,Larrauri A

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report an outbreak of invasive and non-invasive disease due to an unusual type of Streptococcus pyogenes (group A Streptococcus, emm66) among a vulnerable, largely homeless population in southern England and Wales, detected in September 2016. Twenty-seven confirmed cases were subsequently identified between 5 Janua...

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

authors： Bundle N,Bubba L,Coelho J,Kwiatkowska R,Cloke R,King S,Rajan-Iyer J,Courtney-Pillinger M,Beck CR,Hope V,Lamagni T,Brown CS,Jermacane D,Glass R,Desai M,Gobin M,Balasegaram S,Anderson C

更新日期：2017-01-19 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：:This study examines the Salmonella status in reptiles kept in households with children suffering from gastroenteritis due to an exotic Salmonella serovar, to obtain information on possible transmission paths. A number of affected households (n=79) were contacted, and almost half (34/79) comprised at least one reptile ...

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

authors： Pees M,Rabsch W,Plenz B,Fruth A,Prager R,Simon S,Schmidt V,Munch S,Braun P

更新日期：2013-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of herpes simplex virus (HSV) type-specific IgG was determined in sera taken in 1999 to 2006 from 1,100 children aged 0–18 years, 800 blood donors and 200 pregnant women in Thuringia, Germany, using tests based on the HSV glycoproteins (g) gG. By the age of 10–12 years, HSV-1 IgG prevalence reached 57.3...

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

authors： Sauerbrei A,Schmitt S,Scheper T,Brandstädt A,Saschenbrecker S,Motz M,Soutschek E,Wutzler P

更新日期：2011-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Since early May 2011, an increased incidence of haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) and bloody diarrhoea related to infections with Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) has been observed in Germany, with most cases in the north of the country. Cases reported from other European countries had travelled to this a...

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

authors： Frank C,Faber MS,Askar M,Bernard H,Fruth A,Gilsdorf A,Hohle M,Karch H,Krause G,Prager R,Spode A,Stark K,Werber D,HUS investigation team.

更新日期：2011-05-26 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

abstract：:Colistin resistance was investigated in 1,696 isolates collected from 2007 to 2014 within the frame of the French livestock antimicrobial resistance surveillance programme. The mcr-1 gene was detected in all commensal Escherichia coli isolates with a minimum inhibitory concentration to colistin above the 2 mg/L cut-of...

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

authors： Perrin-Guyomard A,Bruneau M,Houée P,Deleurme K,Legrandois P,Poirier C,Soumet C,Sanders P

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IntroductionLymphogranuloma venereum (LGV), an invasive form of Chlamydia trachomatis infection, has been reported among (mainly HIV-positive) men who have sex with men (MSM) since 2003. In the Netherlands, LGV testing recommendations changed from selective to universal testing in 2015. Changes in tested populations c...

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

authors： van Aar F,Kroone MM,de Vries HJ,Götz HM,van Benthem BH

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

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：:A measles outbreak is affecting the Tel Aviv district, Israel, since April 2012. As of 10 September, 99 cases were confirmed, including 63 (64%) migrants of Eritrean and Sudanese origin. All genotyped cases had the African B3 genotype*. The mean age of migrant and non-migrant cases was 6.0±9.6 and 30.2±24.2 years, res...

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

authors： Kopel E,Amitai Z,Savion M,Aboudy Y,Mendelson E,Sheffer R

更新日期：2012-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:During the 2009 influenza A(H1N1) pandemic, a new laboratory-based virological sentinel surveillance system, the Respiratory DataMart System (RDMS), was established in a network of 14 Health Protection Agency (now Public Health England (PHE)) and National Health Service (NHS) laboratories in England. Laboratory result...

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

authors： Zhao H,Green H,Lackenby A,Donati M,Ellis J,Thompson C,Bermingham A,Field J,Sebastianpillai P,Zambon M,Watson J,Pebody R

更新日期：2014-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:BackgroundIn most countries, including France, data on clinical indications for outpatient antibiotic prescriptions are not available, making it impossible to assess appropriateness of antibiotic use at prescription level.AimOur objectives were to: (i) propose proxy indicators (PIs) to estimate appropriateness of anti...

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

authors： Thilly N,Pereira O,Schouten J,Hulscher ME,Pulcini C

更新日期：2020-07-01 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：: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：: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：: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：:Depuis la deuxieme moitie des annees 1980, la legionellose associee au voyage est devenue preoccupante pour les pays europeens en raison de la morbidite dans la population europeenne; de plus, l'apparition de cas chez les touristes constitue une menace p ...

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

authors： Galmes Truyols A,Martinez Navarro JF

更新日期：1997-06-01 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

abstract：:There are an estimated 17 million human diarrhoea cases annually in the United Kingdom. In 2008 and 2009, enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC) were identified in 1.9% of stools. However, it remains unclear whether there is a causal link between presence of EAEC and disease. This study used bacterial load, the presence of ...

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

authors： Chattaway MA,Harris R,Jenkins C,Tam C,Coia JE,Gray J,Iturriza-Gomara M,Wain J

更新日期：2013-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:To develop a European surveillance protocol for Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), existing national CDI surveillance systems were assessed in 2011. A web-based electronic form was provided for all national coordinators of the European CDI Surveillance Network (ECDIS-Net). Of 35 national coordinators approached, 3...

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

authors： Kola A,Wiuff C,Akerlund T,van Benthem BH,Coignard B,Lyytikäinen O,Weitzel-Kage D,Suetens C,Wilcox MH,Kuijper EJ,Gastmeier P,members of ECDIS-Net.

更新日期：2016-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The monoclonal antibodies and the sequence-based typing (SBT) are two methodologies widely used to characterise Legionella pneumophila strains serogroup 1 (sg1). In this study, we analysed the clinical strains received in two Portuguese laboratories since 1987, including the strains isolated in Portugal during the fou...

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

authors： Chasqueira MJ,Rodrigues L,Nascimento M,Marques T

更新日期：2009-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the outbreak investigation associated with an unusual increase in Salmonella Goldcoast cases in Hungary observed in autumn 2009, which included descriptive and analytical epidemiological studies and microbiological and veterinary investigations. Sixty cases were identified between 1 January 2009 and 1 Marc...

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

authors： Horváth JK,Mengel M,Krisztalovics K,Nogrady N,Pászti J,Lenglet A,Takkinen J

更新日期：2013-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood and plasma donations in Germany are collected by several institutions, namely the German Red Cross, community and hospital-based blood services, private blood centres, commercial plasma donation sites and transfusion services of the army. All blood donation centres are required to report quarterly data on infect...

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

authors： Offergeld R,Faensen D,Ritter S,Hamouda O

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since 2015, outbreaks of hepatitis A among men who have sex with men (MSM) have been reported worldwide. To examine the impact of these MSM outbreaks in the Netherlands, we combined notification and epidemiological data with sequence analysis. Our results show the hazards of outbreaks within risk-groups spilling over ...

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

authors： Friesema IH,Sonder GJ,Petrignani MW,Meiberg AE,van Rijckevorsel GG,Ruijs WL,Vennema H

更新日期：2018-06-01 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