Outbreaks caused by parvovirus B19 in three Portuguese schools.

abstract：:An early estimate of disease transmissibility is essential for a well-informed public health response to a newly emerged infectious disease. In this study, we ask what type and quantity of data are needed for useful estimation of the initial reproduction number (R). It is possible to estimate R from case incidence dat...

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

authors： Becker NG,Wang D,Clements M

更新日期：2010-07-01 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：:The incidence of pertussis throughout the Netherlands, determined by notifications, rose suddenly in 1996 to reach 27.2 cases per 100 000 population, compared with 2.3/100 000 on average from 1989 to 1995. Earlier increases in 1989-1990 and 1994 reflected ...

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

authors： Neppelenbroek SE,De Melker HE,Schellekens JF,Conyn-Van Spaendonck MA

更新日期：1999-12-01 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：:Rabies is still present in Europe in 2005. Its incidence in humans remains limited (fewer than 5 human cases per year) through the application of strict prophylactic measures (anti-rabies treatment) and by means of veterinary rabies control measures in the domesticated and wild animal populations. The main indigenous ...

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

authors： Bourhy H,Dacheux L,Strady C,Mailles A

更新日期：2005-11-01 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 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

abstract：:In August 2011, a case of canine rabies was notified to the French veterinary services. The dog was a three-month-old puppy illegally imported from Morocco that presented behavioural changes on 1 August and was admitted to a veterinary clinic on 6 August. It died the following day and the body was shortly sent to the ...

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

authors： Mailles A,Boisseleau D,Dacheux L,Michalewiscz C,Gloaguen C,Ponçon N,Bourhy H,Callon H,Vaillant V,Dabosville I,Morineau-Le Houssine P

更新日期：2011-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Six outbreaks of infectious syphilis in the United Kingdom, ongoing since 2012, have been investigated among men who have sex with men (MSM) and heterosexual men and women aged under 25 years. Interventions included case finding and raising awareness among healthcare professionals and the public. Targeting at-risk pop...

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

authors： Jakovljev A,Steinbakk M,Mengshoel AT,Sagvik E,Brügger-Synnes P,Sakshaug T,Rønning K,Blystad H,Bergh K

更新日期：2014-06-19 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：: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：:BackgroundCampylobacter is the main cause of bacterial gastroenteritis worldwide. The main transmission route is through consumption of food contaminated with Campylobacter species or contact with infected animals. In Latvia, the prevalence of campylobacteriosis is reported to be low (4.6 cases per 100,000 population ...

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

authors： Meistere I,Ķibilds J,Eglīte L,Alksne L,Avsejenko J,Cibrovska A,Makarova S,Streikiša M,Grantiņa-Ieviņa L,Bērziņš A

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serological reactivity was analysed in plasma from 436 individuals with a history of disease compatible with COVID-19, including 256 who had been laboratory-confirmed with SARS-CoV-2 infection. Over 99% of laboratory-confirmed cases developed a measurable antibody response (254/256) and 88% harboured neutralising anti...

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

authors： Harvala H,Mehew J,Robb ML,Ijaz S,Dicks S,Patel M,Watkins N,Simmonds P,Brooks T,Johnson R,Gopal R,Roberts DJ,Zambon M,NHS Blood and Transplant Convalescent Plasma Testing Group.

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We found that a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the nucleoprotein gene of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) from a patient interfered with detection in a widely used commercial assay. Some 0.2% of the isolates in the EpiCoV database contain this SNP. Although SARS-CoV-2 was still det...

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

authors： Ziegler K,Steininger P,Ziegler R,Steinmann J,Korn K,Ensser A

更新日期：2020-10-01 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：:IntroductionThe United Kingdom is in the fourth season of introducing a universal childhood influenza vaccine programme. The 2016/17 season saw early influenza A(H3N2) virus circulation with care home outbreaks and increased excess mortality particularly in those 65 years or older. Virus characterisation data indicate...

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

authors： Pebody R,Warburton F,Ellis J,Andrews N,Potts A,Cottrell S,Reynolds A,Gunson R,Thompson C,Galiano M,Robertson C,Gallagher N,Sinnathamby M,Yonova I,Correa A,Moore C,Sartaj M,de Lusignan S,McMenamin J,Zambon M

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The worrying increase of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in Amsterdam was investigated in two studies carried out by the department of AIDS research of the municipal health service. The results indicate that the introduction of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapies (HAART) may have had an influence on the increa...

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

authors： Stolte G,Dukers NH,de Wit JB,Fennema H,Coutinho RA

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a setting for potential tuberculosis (TB) transmission and contact tracing, aircraft pose specific challenges. Evidence-based guidelines are needed to support the related-risk assessment and contact-tracing efforts. In this study evidence of TB transmission on aircraft was identified to update the Risk Assessment G...

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

authors： Kotila SM,Payne Hallström L,Jansen N,Helbling P,Abubakar I

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：:BackgroundThe spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is of worldwide concern. Public health policymakers and pharmaceutical companies pursuing antibiotic development require accurate predictions about the future spread of AMR.AimWe aimed to identify and model temporal and geographical patterns of AMR spread and to p...

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

authors： Fallach N,Dickstein Y,Silberschein E,Turnidge J,Temkin E,Almagor J,Carmeli Y,DRIVE-AB Consortium.

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From 1 July 2009 to 15 November 2009, 244 patients with 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1) were admitted to intensive care unit (ICU) and were compared with 514 cases hospitalised in medical wards in France until 2 November 2009. Detailed case-based epidemiological information and outcomes were gathered for all hospitali...

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

authors： Fuhrman C,Bonmarin I,Paty AC,Duport N,Chiron E,Lucas E,Bitar D,Mailles A,Herida M,Vaux S,Lévy-Bruhl D

更新日期：2010-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight cases of psittacosis due to Chlamydia psittaci were identified in May 2013 among 15 individuals involved in chicken gutting activities on a mixed poultry farm in France. All cases were women between 42 and 67 years-old. Cases were diagnosed by serology and PCR of respiratory samples. Appropriate treatment was im...

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

authors： Laroucau K,Aaziz R,Meurice L,Servas V,Chossat I,Royer H,de Barbeyrac B,Vaillant V,Moyen JL,Meziani F,Sachse K,Rolland P

更新日期：2015-06-18 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：: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：: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：:On 22 August, a common whitethroat in the Netherlands tested positive for West Nile virus lineage 2. The same bird had tested negative in spring. Subsequent testing of Culex mosquitoes collected in August and early September in the same location generated two of 44 positive mosquito pools, providing first evidence for...

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

authors： Sikkema RS,Schrama M,van den Berg T,Morren J,Munger E,Krol L,van der Beek JG,Blom R,Chestakova I,van der Linden A,Boter M,van Mastrigt T,Molenkamp R,Koenraadt CJ,van den Brand JM,Oude Munnink BB,Koopmans MP,van der Jeug

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An outbreak of 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1), involving 81 cases with symptoms of influenza-like illness, was confirmed in June 2009 in a complex of schools in Paris, France. At that time, there was no community transmission in France. The index case, a 10-year-old girl, had travelled to the United Kingdom with her ...

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

authors： Carrillo-Santisteve P,Renard-Dubois S,Cheron G,Csaszar-Goutchkoff M,Lecuit M,Lortholary O,Bello P

更新日期：2010-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Several countries plan to introduce non-contact infrared thermometers (NCIT) at international airports in order to detect febrile passengers, thus to delay the introduction of a novel influenza strain. We reviewed the existing studies on fever screening by NCIT to estimate their efficacy under the hypothesis of pandem...

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

authors： Bitar D,Goubar A,Desenclos JC

更新日期：2009-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Between January 2003 and June 2005, an outbreak of meningococcal disease occurred in the department of Seine-Maritime in northern France. Eighty six cases were notified, giving an average annual incidence of 2.7 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, compared with 1.6 in France. An especially affected area was defined as the ...

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

authors： Rouaud P,Perrocheau A,Taha MK,Sesboué C,Forgues AM,Parent du Châtelet I,Levy-Bruhl D

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A norovirus recombinant GII.P4_NewOrleans_2009/GII.4_Sydney_2012 was first detected in Victoria, Australia, in August 2015 at low frequency, and then re-emerged in June 2016, having undergone genetic changes. Analysis of 14 years' surveillance data from Victoria suggests a typical delay of two to seven months between ...

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

authors： Bruggink L,Catton M,Marshall J

更新日期：2016-09-29 00:00:00