Interim 2018/19 influenza vaccine effectiveness: six European studies, October 2018 to January 2019.

abstract：:In May 2015, following a 30-year diphtheria-free interval in Catalonia, an unvaccinated 6-year-old child was diagnosed with diphtheria caused by toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae. After a difficult search for equine-derived diphtheria antitoxin (DAT), the child received the DAT 4 days later but died at the end of ...

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

authors： Jané M,Vidal MJ,Camps N,Campins M,Martínez A,Balcells J,Martin-Gomez MT,Bassets G,Herrera-León S,Foguet A,Maresma M,Follia N,Uriona S,Pumarola T

更新日期：2018-03-01 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：:A survey on the epidemiological situation, surveillance and containment activities for carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) was conducted in European countries in 2018. All 37 participating countries reported CPE cases. Since 2015, the epidemiological stage of CPE expansion has increased in 11 countries. R...

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

authors： Brolund A,Lagerqvist N,Byfors S,Struelens MJ,Monnet DL,Albiger B,Kohlenberg A,European Antimicrobial Resistance Genes Surveillance Network EURGen-Net Capacity Survey Group.

更新日期：2019-02-01 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：:IntroductionIn 2007, a new federal legislation in Belgium prohibited non-biosafety level 3 laboratories to process culture tubes suspected of containing mycobacteria.AimTo present mycobacterial surveillance/diagnosis data from the Belgian National Reference Centre for mycobacteria (NRC) from 2007 to 2016.MethodsThis r...

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

authors： Soetaert K,Subissi L,Ceyssens PJ,Vanfleteren B,Chantrenne M,Asikainen T,Duysburgh E,Mathys V

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first case of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in France was diagnosed in March 2003. We conducted a serological survey to assess whether or not asymptomatic persons who had been in contact with this patient during his infectious stage had been infected. They were interviewed and asked to provide a blood s...

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

authors： Le Vu S,Yazdanpanah Y,Bitar D,Emmanuelli J,Bonmarin I,Desenclos JC

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During summer 2016, all the conditions for local mosquito-borne transmission of Zika virus (ZIKV) are met in mainland France: a competent vector, Aedes albopictus, a large number of travellers returning from ZIKV-affected areas, and an immunologically naive population. From 1 January to 15 July 2016, 625 persons with ...

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

authors： Septfons A,Leparc-Goffart I,Couturier E,Franke F,Deniau J,Balestier A,Guinard A,Heuzé G,Liebert AH,Mailles A,Ndong JR,Poujol I,Raguet S,Rousseau C,Saidouni-Oulebsir A,Six C,Subiros M,Servas V,Terrien E,Tillaut H,V

更新日期：2016-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:IntroductionIt is unclear whether high-dose influenza vaccine (HD) is more effective at reducing mortality among seniors.AimThis study aimed to evaluate the relative vaccine effectiveness (rVE) of HD. MethodsWe linked electronic medical record databases in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) and Medicare administ...

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

authors： Young-Xu Y,Thornton Snider J,Mahmud SM,Russo EM,Van Aalst R,Thommes EW,Lee JK,Chit A

更新日期：2020-05-01 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：:We describe clonal shifts in vanA Enterococcus faecium isolates from clinical samples obtained from patients in Denmark from 2015 to the first quarter (Q1) of 2019. During Q1 2019, the vancomycin-variable enterococci (VVE) ST1421-CT1134 vanA E. faecium became the most dominant vanA E. faecium clone and has spread to a...

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

authors： Hammerum AM,Justesen US,Pinholt M,Roer L,Kaya H,Worning P,Nygaard S,Kemp M,Clausen ME,Nielsen KL,Samulioniené J,Kjærsgaard M,Østergaard C,Coia J,Søndergaard TS,Gaini S,Schønning K,Westh H,Hasman H,Holzknecht BJ

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report an outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) associated paediatric haemolytic uraemic syndrome linked to the consumption of raw cow's milk soft cheeses. From 25 March to 27 May 2019, 16 outbreak cases infected with STEC O26 (median age: 22 months) were identified. Interviews and trace-back in...

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

authors： Jones G,Lefèvre S,Donguy MP,Nisavanh A,Terpant G,Fougère E,Vaissière E,Guinard A,Mailles A,de Valk H,Fila M,Tanné C,Le Borgne C,Weill FX,Bonacorsi S,Jourdan-Da Silva N,Mariani-Kurkdjian P

更新日期：2019-05-01 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：BACKGROUND:In 2009, an improved influenza surveillance system was implemented and weekly reporting to the World Health Organization on influenza-like illness (ILI) began. The goals of the surveillance system are to monitor and analyse the intensity of influenza activity, to provide timely information about circulating ...

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

authors： Rakocevic B,Grgurevic A,Trajkovic G,Mugosa B,Sipetic Grujicic S,Medenica S,Bojovic O,Lozano Alonso JE,Vega T

更新日期：2019-03-01 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：:BackgroundIn 2005 in England, universal Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination of school-age children was replaced by targeted BCG vaccination of high-risk neonates.AimEstimate the impact of the 2005 change in BCG policy on tuberculosis (TB) incidence rates in England.MethodsWe conducted an observational study by ...

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

authors： Abbott S,Christensen H,Welton NJ,Brooks-Pollock E

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BackgroundSurveillance of tuberculosis (TB) treatment outcome, for which reporting has been mandatory in France since 2007, is a key component of TB control.AimWe aimed to present surveillance data for non-multidrug-resistant (MDR) cases reported between 2008 and 2014, and identify factors associated with potentially ...

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

authors： Guthmann JP,Léon L,Antoine D,Lévy-Bruhl D

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The World Health Organization (WHO) has stated that preparedness for effectively facing a major influenza epidemic should involve the training of physicians in the management of contagious diseases and upgrading hospital resources and procedures [1]. Children would be particularly vulnerable during an influenza pandem...

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

authors： Giacomet V,Tarallo L,De Marco G,Giannattasio A,Barbarino A,Guarino A

更新日期：2007-07-01 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：:Emergence and spread of Neisseria gonorrhoeae resistant to extended spectrum cephalosporins is a major problem threatening treatment of gonorrhoea and is further highlighted by the recent report of a second ceftriaxone-resistant N. gonorrhoeae strain (F89) in Europe, initially observed in France and subsequently ident...

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

authors： Goire N,Lahra MM,Ohnishi M,Hogan T,Liminios AE,Nissen MD,Sloots TP,Whiley DM

更新日期：2013-04-04 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：:This paper reflects on the qualitative risk analysis framework developed for a Foresight study on the Detection and Identification of Infectious Diseases, which was coordinated in 2005 by the United Kingdom (UK) under what is now the Government Office for Science, Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills. Th...

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

authors： Suk J,Lyall C,Tait J

更新日期：2008-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:An outbreak of isoniazid-resistant tuberculosis first identified in London has now been ongoing for 20 years, making it the largest drug-resistant outbreak of tuberculosis documented to date worldwide. We identified culture-confirmed cases with indistinguishable molecular strain types and extracted demographic, clinic...

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

authors： Smith CM,Trienekens SC,Anderson C,Lalor MK,Brown T,Story A,Fry H,Hayward AC,Maguire H

更新日期：2017-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite measures taken in France since 1990 to control the spread of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), the incidence of BSE cases notified in France by the BSE Epidemiological Surveillance Network has been rising in recent years. By 1 July 2000, 103 ...

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

authors： Savey M,Coudert M,Agrech AE,Calavas D,Ducrot C,Baron S

更新日期：2000-09-01 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：: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：: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：:The recently identified human infections with avian influenza A(H7N9) viruses in China raise important questions regarding possible source and risk to humans. Sequence comparison with an influenza A(H7N7) outbreak in the Netherlands in 2003 and an A(H7N1) epidemic in Italy in 1999–2000 suggests that widespread circula...

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

authors： Jonges M,Meijer A,Fouchier RA,Koch G,Li J,Pan JC,Chen H,Shu YL,Koopmans MP

更新日期：2013-04-18 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：: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：: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