Outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis linked to the consumption of frozen beefburgers received from a food bank and originating from Poland: northern France, December 2014 to April 2015.

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：:Between November 2013 and August 2014, nine cases of verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli O117:H7 VT1 were confirmed in adult men. Further investigation using semi-structured interviews revealed that eight cases were United Kingdom (UK)-born men who have sex with men (MSM) who had sexually acquired infection in th...

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

authors： Simms I,Gilbart VL,Byrne L,Jenkins C,Adak GK,Hughes G,Crook PD

更新日期：2014-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV10) became available in Portugal in mid-2009 and the 13-valent vaccine (PCV13) in early 2010. The incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in patients aged under 18 years decreased from 8.19 cases per 100,000 in 2008–09 to 4.52/100,000 in 2011–12. However, IPD i...

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

authors： Aguiar SI,Brito MJ,Horacio AN,Lopes JP,Ramirez M,Melo-Cristino J,Portuguese Group for the Study of Streptococcal Infections.,Portuguese Study Group of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease of the Paediatric Infectious Disease Society.

更新日期：2014-03-27 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：:Data on newly diagnosed HIV infections and HIV prevalence in 2005 to 2010 suggest falling infection rates in injecting drug users (IDUs) in the European Union (EU). However, recent increases in HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection rates in IDUs suggest increasing injecting risks in some countries. The coverage of...

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

authors： Wiessing L,Likatavicius G,Hedrich D,Guarita B,van de Laar MJ,Vicente J

更新日期：2011-12-01 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：: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：: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：: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：: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：: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：: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：:The public health implications of hepatitis E virus (HEV) in Europe have changed due to increasing numbers of hepatitis E cases and recent reports of chronic, persistent HEV infections associated with progression to cirrhosis in immunosuppressed patients. The main infectious risk for such immunosuppressed patients is ...

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

authors： Domanović D,Tedder R,Blümel J,Zaaijer H,Gallian P,Niederhauser C,Sauleda Oliveras S,O'Riordan J,Boland F,Harritshøj L,Nascimento MSJ,Ciccaglione AR,Politis C,Adlhoch C,Flan B,Oualikene-Gonin W,Rautmann G,Strengers P,H

更新日期：2017-04-20 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：:The study by Stefanoff et al raises two important questions concerning tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) virus infections. First, the lack of a generally accepted case definition and secondly the quality of national surveillance of TBE cases. Ideally, reported cases should be confirmed and the clinically relevant cases wi...

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

authors： Günther G,Lindquist L

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Q fever is a zoonotic disease caused by Coxiella burnetii. Its interest as a potential biological weapon stems from the fact that an aerosol of very few organisms could infect humans. Another route of transmission of C. burnetii could be through adding it to the food supply. Nevertheless, C. burnetii is considered to ...

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,Task Force on Biological and Chemical Agent Threats, Public Health Directorate, European Commission, Luxembourg.

更新日期：2004-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Over 400 laboratories participate in EARSS (European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System) and send data to the National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) in The Netherlands. Data on about 14 000 isolates of Staphylococcus aure ...

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

authors： Veldhuijzen I,Bronzwaer SL,Degener J,Kool JL,Les Participants De EARSS \/ EARSS Participants

更新日期：2000-03-01 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：:This report describes the first general outbreak of verocytotoxin-producing E. coli (VTEC) in Denmark. Twenty five patients, 18 children and seven adults, with culture-confirmed VTEC O157:H- infection and indistinguishable pulsed-field gel electrophoresis DNA profiles, were identified during a six month period from Se...

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

authors： Jensen C,Ethelberg S,Gervelmeyer A,Nielsen EM,Olsen KE,Mølbak K,The Outbreak Investigation Team

更新日期：2006-02-01 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：: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：: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：:We report an increased number of Salmonella enterica Paratyphi A infections in adults in Cambodia. Between January 2011 and August 2013, 71 S. Paratyphi A isolates were recovered from blood cultures, representing a 44-fold increase compared to July 2007 to December 2010, while monthly numbers of cultures did not chang...

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

authors： Vlieghe E,Phe T,De Smet B,Veng CH,Kham C,Sar D,van Griensven J,Lim K,Thai S,Jacobs J

更新日期：2013-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:In May 2013, Italy declared a national outbreak of hepatitis A, which also affected several foreign tourists who had recently visited the country. Molecular investigations identified some cases as infected with an identical strain of hepatitis A virus subgenotype IA. After additional European Union/European Economic A...

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

authors： Severi E,Verhoef L,Thornton L,Guzman-Herrador BR,Faber M,Sundqvist L,Rimhanen-Finne R,Roque-Afonso AM,Ngui SL,Allerberger F,Baumann-Popczyk A,Muller L,Parmakova K,Alfonsi V,Tavoschi L,Vennema H,Fitzgerald M,Myrmel M,G

更新日期：2015-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Progress has been made in influenza pandemic preparedness in Europe in the past six month. ...

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

authors： Horstick O,Kaiser R,Ciotti M,Brown C,Coulombier D,Nicoll A,Karcher F,Ganter B

更新日期：2005-11-17 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：: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：:During 2000, the millennium year, 26 million people visited Rome. An improved surveillance system for infectious diseases, especially for foodborne disease outbreaks (FBDO), meningitis, and legionnaires' disease was introduced in 1997. This rapid alert network links public health services with the principal sources of...

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

authors： Giorgi Rossi P,Sangalli M,Faustini A,Forestiere F,Perucci CA

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In March 2014, an infection with the nematode Dirofilaria repens was diagnosed in a German citizen in the federal state of Saxony-Anhalt. The patient had developed an itching subcutaneous nodule containing a female worm, which was identified as D. repens by 12S ribosomal ribonucleic acid (rRNA) gene sequencing. Autoch...

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

authors： Tappe D,Plauth M,Bauer T,Muntau B,Dießel L,Tannich E,Herrmann-Trost P

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Dutch Working Party on Antibiotic Policy (Stichting Werkgroep AntibioticaBeleid, SWAB) was founded in 1996 as an initiative of the Society for Infectious Diseases, the Dutch Society for Medical Microbiology, and the Dutch Association of Hospital Pharmacists. Its primary goal is to contribute to the containment of ...

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

authors： Prins JM,Degener JE,de Neeling AJ,Gyssens IC,SWAB Board.

更新日期：2008-11-13 00:00:00