Development and deployment of a rapid recombinase polymerase amplification Ebola virus detection assay in Guinea in 2015.

abstract：:BackgroundHepatitis E virus (HEV) is an emerging zoonotic pathogen and an important cause of acute viral hepatitis in European countries. Corsica Island has been previously identified as a hyperendemic area for HEV.AimOur aim was to characterise the prevalence and titres of IgG antibodies to HEV among blood donors on ...

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

authors： Capai L,Hozé N,Chiaroni J,Gross S,Djoudi R,Charrel R,Izopet J,Bosseur F,Priet S,Cauchemez S,de Lamballerie X,Falchi A,Gallian P

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Routine varicella vaccination with one dose for children of 11 to 14 months was recommended in Germany in 2004 to reduce disease incidence and severe complications. A country-wide varicella sentinel surveillance system was initiated in 2005 to detect trends of disease frequency and vaccine uptake and to evaluate the v...

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

authors： Siedler A,Arndt U

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In most European Union (EU)/European Economic Area (EEA) countries, between 2010 and 2012, reports of new human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) diagnoses among people who inject drugs have been stable or declining. HIV outbreaks in Greece and Romania, first reported in 2011, continue and economic conditions hinder provis...

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

authors： Hedrich D,Kalamara E,Sfetcu O,Pharris A,Noor A,Wiessing L,Hope V,Van de Laar M

更新日期：2013-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:First infections with the 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza virus were identified on Reunion Island in July 2009. By the end of July, sustained community transmission of the virus was established. Pandemic H1N1 influenza activity peaked during week 35 (24 to 30 August), five weeks after the beginning of the epidemic and ha...

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

authors： Thouillot F,Do C,Balleydier E,Rachou E,Staikowsky F,Morbidelli P,Jacques-Antoine Y,Bourde A,Lagrange-Xelot M,Poubeau P,Winer A,Gauzere B,Michault A,Jaffar-Bandjee M,Henrion G,Filleul L,D'Ortenzio E

更新日期：2009-10-22 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：:The ongoing Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo is facing unprecedented levels of insecurity and violence. We evaluate the likely impact in terms of added transmissibility and cases of major security incidents in the Butembo coordination hub. We also show that despite this additional burden,...

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

authors： Jombart T,Jarvis CI,Mesfin S,Tabal N,Mossoko M,Mpia LM,Abedi AA,Chene S,Forbin EE,Belizaire MRD,de Radiguès X,Ngombo R,Tutu Y,Finger F,Crowe M,Edmunds WJ,Nsio J,Yam A,Diallo B,Gueye AS,Ahuka-Mundeke S,Yao M,Fa

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We identified the first two cases of the Finnish new variant of Chlamydia trachomatis (F-nvCT) beyond Finland in two clinical urogenital specimens in Örebro County, Sweden. These Aptima Combo 2 assay-negative specimens were Aptima Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) assay positive and had the characteristic C1515T mutation in ...

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

authors： Unemo M,Hansen M,Hadad R,Lindroth Y,Fredlund H,Puolakkainen M,Sundqvist M

更新日期：2019-06-01 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：: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：:Carbapenems belong to the group of last resort antibiotics in human medicine. Therefore, the emergence of growing numbers of carbapenemase-producing bacteria in food-producing animals or the environment is worrying and an important concern for the public health sector. In the present study, a set of 45 Enterobacteriac...

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

authors： Roschanski N,Guenther S,Vu TTT,Fischer J,Semmler T,Huehn S,Alter T,Roesler U

更新日期：2017-10-01 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：:Using a test-negative design, we assessed interim vaccine effectiveness (VE) for the 2017/18 epidemic of co-circulating influenza A(H3N2) and B(Yamagata) viruses. Adjusted VE for influenza A(H3N2), driven by a predominant subgroup of clade 3C.2a viruses with T131K + R142K + R261Q substitutions, was low at 17% (95% con...

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

authors： Skowronski DM,Chambers C,De Serres G,Dickinson JA,Winter AL,Hickman R,Chan T,Jassem AN,Drews SJ,Charest H,Gubbay JB,Bastien N,Li Y,Krajden M

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

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：: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：:Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) surveillance is important to get insight into the burden of disease and epidemic pattern of RSV infection. This information is useful for healthcare resource allocation as well as the timing of preventive messages and palivizumab prophylaxis. For influenza surveillance the European In...

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

authors： Meerhoff TJ,Mosnier A,Schellevis F,Paget WJ,EISS RSV Task Group.

更新日期：2009-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has emerged as a frequent pathogen in blood cultures in Pirkanmaa Hospital District (HD), Finland. To study risk factors for MRSA bacteraemia and the adequacy of empirical antimicrobial treatment, we retrospectively reviewed the hospital records of 102 patients, 51 wit...

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

authors： Rahikka P,Syrjänen J,Vuento R,Laine J,Huttunen R

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A European multi-country outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis phage type (PT) 14b occurred from March to November 2014 associated with the consumption of eggs. The outbreak involved more than 400 human cases from France, Luxembourg, Austria and the United Kingdom. In 2016-2017, it has been re-evaluated combining recent ...

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

authors： Hörmansdorfer S,Messelhäußer U,Rampp A,Schönberger K,Dallman T,Allerberger F,Kornschober C,Sing A,Wallner P,Zapf A

更新日期：2017-12-01 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：:In 2009, 28 European Union and European Economic Area (EU/EEA) countries reported 25,917 newly diagnosed cases of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Sex among men who have sex with men was the most common transmission mode (35%) followed by heterosexual contact (24%). Overall, the number of HIV cases in 2009 increase...

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

authors： Likatavicius G,Van de Laar MJ

更新日期：2010-12-02 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：:BackgroundThe epidemiology of carriage of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing (ESBL-E) and carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) in the general population is unknown.AimIn this observational study, the prevalence and risk factors for intestinal ESBL-E and CPE carriage in the Dutch general population ...

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

authors： van den Bunt G,van Pelt W,Hidalgo L,Scharringa J,de Greeff SC,Schürch AC,Mughini-Gras L,Bonten MJM,Fluit AC

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 2004-2005 influenza season in Europe started in late December 2004 and the first influenza activity occurred in the west and southwest (Spain, United Kingdom and Ireland). Influenza activity then moved gradually east across Europe during January and early February 2005, and from late February until late March, mos...

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

authors： Meijer A,Paget WJ,Meerhoff TJ,Brown CS,Meuwissen LE,van der Velden J,European Influenza Surveillance Scheme (EISS).

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (EUCAST) was established to harmonise clinical antimicrobial breakpoints and to define breakpoints for new agents in Europe. Data from the European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Network (EARS-Net) external quality assessment (EQA) exercises from 20...

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

authors： Brown D,Canton R,Dubreuil L,Gatermann S,Giske C,MacGowan A,Martinez-Martinez L,Mouton J,Skov R,Steinbakk M,Walton C,Heuer O,Struelens MJ,Diaz Hogberg L,Kahlmeter G

更新日期：2015-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In October 2011, a cluster of four tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) cases was identified in Hungary. Initial investigations revealed a possible link with consumption of unpasteurised cow milk sold by a farmer without authorisation. We performed a cohort study including all regular customers of the farmer. Overall, eleven...

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

authors： Caini S,Szomor K,Ferenczi E,Szekelyne Gaspar A,Csohan A,Krisztalovics K,Molnar Z,Horvath J

更新日期：2012-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past 20 to 30 years, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains have been present in hospitals and have become a major cause of hospital-acquired infection. Methicillin resistance rates of S. aureus vary considerably between countries, with a high prevalence in the United States, and southern Eu...

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

authors： Vandenesch F,Etienne J

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis (TB) transmission in a non-household setting is difficult to detect, because contact with the source case is often not obvious. Here, we report on a case of a four-year-old child who got infected through sporadic non-household exposure at a coffee shop. The source case was a woman who had suffered from we...

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

authors： Duarte R,Tavares E,Miranda A,Carvalho A

更新日期：2009-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Passenger ships carry a large number of people in confined spaces. A case of the new influenza A (H1N1) virus aboard a passenger ship is an expected event and would lead to rapid spread of the virus, if preventive measures are not in place. However, many cruise lines have detailed policies and procedures to deal with ...

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

authors： Mouchtouri V,Black N,Nichols G,Paux T,Riemer T,Rjabinina J,Schlaich C,Menel Lemos C,Kremastinou J,Hadjichristodoulou C,SHIPSAN TRAINET project.

更新日期：2009-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:In low-incidence countries in the European Union (EU), tuberculosis (TB) is concentrated in big cities, especially among certain urban high-risk groups including immigrants from TB high-incidence countries, homeless people, and those with a history of drug and alcohol misuse. Elimination of TB in European big cities r...

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

authors： van Hest NA,Aldridge RW,de Vries G,Sandgren A,Hauer B,Hayward A,Arrazola de Oñate W,Haas W,Codecasa LR,Caylà JA,Story A,Antoine D,Gori A,Quabeck L,Jonsson J,Wanlin M,Orcau Å,Rodes A,Dedicoat M,Antoun F,van Deuteko

更新日期：2014-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe here the results of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) detection by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) during two consecutive seasons, from December 2006 to February 2007 and from October 2007 to March 2008, performed in the National Laboratory of Influenza and Acute Respiratory Diseas...

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

authors： Pavlova S,Hadzhiolova T,Abadjieva P,Kotseva R

更新日期：2009-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Livestock constitutes a potential reservoir of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates belonging to a recently derived lineage within clonal complex 398 (MRSA CC398-IIa). Since its discovery in the early 2000s, this lineage has become a major cause of human disease in Europe, posing a serious public health...

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

authors： Larsen J,Petersen A,Sørum M,Stegger M,van Alphen L,Valentiner-Branth P,Knudsen LK,Larsen LS,Feingold B,Price LB,Andersen PS,Larsen AR,Skov RL

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00