Impact of influenza vaccination programmes among the elderly population on primary care, Portugal, Spain and the Netherlands: 2015/16 to 2017/18 influenza seasons.

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：: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：: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：: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：:The Korean government established an antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance system, compatible with the Global AMR Surveillance System (GLASS): Kor-GLASS. We describe results from the first year of operation of the Kor-GLASS from May 2016 to April 2017, comprising all non-duplicated clinical isolates of major pat...

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

authors： Lee H,Yoon EJ,Kim D,Jeong SH,Won EJ,Shin JH,Kim SH,Shin JH,Shin KS,Kim YA,Uh Y,Yang JW,Kim IH,Park C,Lee KJ

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since October 2008, a total of 143 cases of rubella have affected the two Austrian provinces Styria and Burgenland. The index case occurred in mid-October 2008, but was not notified to the public health authorities until February 2009, when the Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety was asked to investigate a clus...

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

authors： Schmid D,Kasper S,Kuo HW,Aberle S,Holzmann H,Daghofer E,Wassermann-Neuhold M,Feenstra O,Krischka C,Allerberger F

更新日期：2009-04-23 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：:Streptococcus suis, a major porcine pathogen, is emerging as a zoonotic agent capable of causing severe invasive disease in humans exposed to pigs or pork products. S. suis infection is rare in industrialised countries and usually arises as sporadic cases, with meningitis the most common clinical presentation in human...

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

authors： Princivalli MS,Palmieri C,Magi G,Vignaroli C,Manzin A,Camporese A,Barocci S,Magistrali C,Facinelli B

更新日期：2009-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A distinct cluster of highly pathogenic avian influenzaviruses of subtype A(H5N1) has been found to emergewithin clade 2.2.1.2 in poultry in Egypt since summer2014 and appears to have quickly become predominant.Viruses of this cluster may be associated withincreased incidence of human influenza A(H5N1) infectionsin Eg...

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

authors： Arafa AS,Naguib MM,Luttermann C,Selim AA,Kilany WH,Hagag N,Samy A,Abdelhalim A,Hassan MK,Abdelwhab EM,Makonnen Y,Dauphin G,Lubroth J,Mettenleiter TC,Beer M,Grund C,Harder TC

更新日期：2015-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Monthly serological testing is mandatory in France for pregnant women not immune to toxoplasmosis. We assessed for the first time the adherence to this national programme, using data from antenatal tests for Toxoplasma antibodies collected by the Union of Health Insurance Services in the French Rhone-Alpes region. ...

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

authors： Cornu C,Bissery A,Malbos C,Garwig R,Cocherel C,Ecochard R,Peyron F,Wallon M

更新日期：2009-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:From January to April 2015, Réunion experienced a major outbreak of acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis (AHC) caused by coxsackievirus A24, which heavily impacted the healthcare system. According to the general practitioners' (GP) sentinel network, the number of medical consultations due to conjunctivitis during this pe...

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

authors： Marguerite N,Brottet E,Pagès F,Jaffar-Bandjee MC,Schuffenecker I,Josset L,Vilain P,Filleul L

更新日期：2016-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the epidemiological year 2009/10, the United Kingdom has experienced a year-on-year increase in meningococcal group W (MenW) disease due to rapid expansion of a single endemic hyper-virulent strain belonging to sequence type 11 clonal complex (cc). This strain was identified among cases diagnosed across all regi...

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

authors： Campbell H,Saliba V,Borrow R,Ramsay M,Ladhani SN

更新日期：2015-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:A descriptive analysis of routine surveillance data on tuberculosis (TB) from 1995 to 1999 was performed in Austria. The federal states of Vienna and Upper Austria showed the highest yearly incidences for all five years. In general, however, a decrease of the yearly incidence was observed for all federal states except...

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

authors： Strauss R,Fülöp G,Pfeifer C

更新日期：2003-01-01 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：:Denmark is currently experiencing an outbreak of syphilis that began in 2003 and has continued in 2004. Data from the national surveillance system show that most cases are in men who have sex with men (MSM), and that a large proportion of these patients are also HIV positive. The proportion of known HIV positive cases...

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

authors： Cowan S

更新日期：2004-12-01 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：:The prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage among 959 healthy employees of the Hellenic Air Force was investigated from November 2004 to October 2005. Nine participants were found to be colonised by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) (SCCmec type IV). Eight of the MRSA ...

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

authors： Karapsias S,Piperaki ET,Spiliopoulou I,Katsanis G,Tseleni-Kotsovili A

更新日期：2008-10-02 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：:Wet cooling systems are often associated with large outbreaks of Legionnaires' disease. Several European countries have legislation for registering such systems. The authors aimed to obtain an overview of the situation in Europe. A questionnaire survey was sent to 35 of the countries that collaborate in the European W...

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

authors： Ricketts KD,Joseph C,Lee J,Wewalka G,European Working Group for Legionella Infections.

更新日期：2008-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:In a household setting within a residential care facility for visually and intellectually disabled people, a resident (index case) was diagnosed with dermal abscesses caused by a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) which was non-typeable by standard pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. All residents and st...

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

authors： Fanoy E,Helmhout LC,van der Vaart WL,Weijdema K,van Santen-Verheuvel MG,Thijsen SF,de Neeling AJ,van Wamel WJ,Manaskova SH,Kingma-Thijssen JL

更新日期：2009-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Differentiation between travel-related and domestic cases of infectious disease is important in managing risk. Incubation periods of cases from several outbreaks of campylobacteriosis in Canada, Europe, and the United States with defined exposure time of less than 24 hours were collated to provide information on the i...

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

authors： Horn BJ,Lake RJ

更新日期：2013-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1975 the BCG vaccination policy in Sweden changed from routine vaccination of all newborn infants to selective vaccination of groups at higher risk. This report aims to evaluate the present BCG policy, with focus on the tuberculosis situation in Sweden during the period from 1989 to 2005. The population structure i...

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

authors： Romanus V

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

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：: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：:In Italy, B and C are the predominant serogroups among meningococci causing invasive diseases. Nevertheless, in the period from 2013 to 2016, an increase in serogroup W Neisseria meningitidis (MenW) was observed. This study intends to define the main characteristics of 63 MenW isolates responsible of invasive meningoc...

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

authors： Fazio C,Neri A,Vacca P,Ciammaruconi A,Arghittu M,Barbui AM,Vocale C,Bernaschi P,Isola P,Galanti IA,Mencacci A,De Nittis R,Chironna M,Giammanco A,Pagani E,Bisbano A,Stefanelli P

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After an initial peak in the mid-1980s, HIV incidence in men who have sex with men (MSM) declined in most western industrialised countries and then levelled off during the 1990s. Since the late 1990s, increasing numbers of newly diagnosed HIV infections in MSM have been observed in the majority of countries with large...

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

authors： Marcus U,Voss L,Kollan C,Hamouda O

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we report the detection of the recently described mcr-4 gene in two human isolates of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. The strains were isolated from faecal samples of two Italian patients with gastroenteritis, collected in 2016. The identified mcr-4 genes (variant mcr-4.2) differed from the mcr-...

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

authors： Carretto E,Brovarone F,Nardini P,Russello G,Barbarini D,Pongolini S,Gagliotti C,Carattoli A,Sarti M

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On 10 September 2011, a patient in his 50s was admitted to hospital in Ancona, Italy, after six days of high fever and no response to antibiotics. West Nile virus (WNV) infection was suspected after tests to determine the aetiology of the fever were inconclusive. On 20 September, WNV-specific IgM and IgG antibodies we...

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

authors： Bagnarelli P,Marinelli K,Trotta D,Monachetti A,Tavio M,Del Gobbo R,Capobianchi M,Menzo S,Nicoletti L,Magurano F,Varaldo P

更新日期：2011-10-27 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：: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