Botulism in Norway.

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：:Starting from 1989 Italy experienced an increase of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) cases over a baseline of 10 to 30 cases reported annually. The number of cases peaked in 2000 and 2004 with more than 200 cases/year, and subsequently declined to reach on average one third of the 2000 peak value in the period after 2010. ...

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

authors： Gramiccia M,Scalone A,Di Muccio T,Orsini S,Fiorentino E,Gradoni L

更新日期：2013-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed a multicentre retrospective cohort study including 606,649 acute inpatient episodes at 10 European hospitals in 2010 and 2011 to estimate the impact of antimicrobial resistance on hospital mortality, excess length of stay (LOS) and cost. Bloodstream infections (BSI) caused by third-generation cephalospori...

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

authors： Stewardson AJ,Allignol A,Beyersmann J,Graves N,Schumacher M,Meyer R,Tacconelli E,De Angelis G,Farina C,Pezzoli F,Bertrand X,Gbaguidi-Haore H,Edgeworth J,Tosas O,Martinez JA,Ayala-Blanco MP,Pan A,Zoncada A,Marwick CA,

更新日期：2016-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:An outbreak of food poisoning (emetic syndrome) occurred in three kindergartens (A, B and C) in Berlin, Germany, on 3 December 2007 after an excursion during which food was served. We conducted a retrospective cohort study among the kindergarten children and personnel who participated in the trip. The overall attack r...

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

authors： Kamga Wambo GO,Burckhardt F,Frank C,Hiller P,Wichmann-Schauer H,Zuschneid I,Hentschke J,Hitzbleck T,Contzen M,Suckau M,Stark K

更新日期：2011-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Iberian hares (Lepus granatensis) were recently deemed responsible for an outbreak of human leishmaniasis affecting metropolitan Madrid, Spain. However, the reservoir potential of hares in Europe is poorly known. We report a retrospective survey on Leishmania infantum, the causal agent of zoonotic endemic leishmaniasi...

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

authors： Ruiz-Fons F,Ferroglio E,Gortázar C

更新日期：2013-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Since May 2014, an increase in Plasmodium vivax malaria has been observed in Sweden. As of 31 August 2014, 105 malaria cases have been reported in newly arrived Eritrean refugees, 84 of them P. vivax. The patients were mainly young men and reported migration through Ethiopia and/or Sudan. Severe anaemia and long sympt...

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

authors： Sonden K,Castro E,Törnnberg L,Stenstrom C,Tegnell A,Farnert A

更新日期：2014-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of reported tetanus in Italy decreased from 0.5/100,000 in the 1970s to 0.2/100,000 in the 1990 s. During this period of time, the case-fatality ratio decreased from 68% to 39%. Italy has the highest reported number of tetanus cases in European countries. Elderly women are the most affected: the proporti...

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

authors： Pedalino B,Cotter B,Ciofi degli Atti M,Mandolini D,Parroccini S,Salmaso S

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multilocus variable-number tandem repeat analysis (MLVA) is a rapid and reproducible typing method that is an important tool for investigation, as well as detection, of national and multinational outbreaks of a range of food-borne pathogens. Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis is the most common Salmonella serovar...

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

authors： Peters T,Bertrand S,Björkman JT,Brandal LT,Brown DJ,Erdõsi T,Heck M,Ibrahem S,Johansson K,Kornschober C,Kotila SM,Le Hello S,Lienemann T,Mattheus W,Nielsen EM,Ragimbeau C,Rumore J,Sabol A,Torpdahl M,Trees E,Tuohy

更新日期：2017-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：:On 3 April 2017, a wild poliovirus type 2 (WPV2) spill occurred in a Dutch vaccine manufacturing plant. Two fully vaccinated operators with risk of exposure were advised on stringent personal hygiene and were monitored for virus shedding. Poliovirus (WPV2-MEF1) was detected in the stool of one, 4 days after exposure, ...

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

authors： Duizer E,Ruijs WL,van der Weijden CP,Timen A

更新日期：2017-05-25 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：:Following the fatal invasive meningococcal disease in a Swiss student who had been visiting Berlin, several public health institutions on local, regional and national level cooperated to ensure that the appropriate measures such as contact tracing and post exposure prophylaxis were taken to prevent further cases. The ...

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

authors： Zuschneid I,Witschi A,Quaback L,Hellenbrand W,Kleinkauf N,Koch D,Krause G

更新日期：2008-11-06 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：:In January-February 2008, one imported case of measles initiated a series of exposures with around 380 nosocomial secondary contacts. Susceptible individuals were traced early and control measures were initiated that managed to limit the consequences considerably. Only four secondary cases were identified by the end o...

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

authors： Follin P,Dotevall L,Jertborn M,Khalid Y,Liljeqvist JA,Muntz S,Qvarfordt I,Söderström A,Wiman A,Ahrén C,Osterberg P,Johansen K

更新日期：2008-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood and plasma donations in Germany are collected by several institutions, namely the German Red Cross, community and hospital-based blood services, private blood centres, commercial plasma donation sites and transfusion services of the army. All blood donation centres are required to report quarterly data on infect...

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

authors： Offergeld R,Faensen D,Ritter S,Hamouda O

更新日期：2005-02-01 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：:New Zealand, like other southern hemisphere countries with a temperate climate, has been in the winter period with seasonal influenza activity. New Zealand has also experienced a dramatic increase in the number of cases of pandemic influenza A(H1N1)v virus. Early reports from the northern hemisphere at the beginning o...

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

authors： Hall RJ,Peacey MP,Ralston JC,Bocacao J,Ziki M,Gunn W,Quirk A,Huang QS

更新日期：2009-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Two surveys have been conducted on behalf of the Campylobacter Working Group with the aim of assessing the feasibility of a European network on human Campylobacter infections. The first survey, conducted in 18 countries, collected information about diagnostic methods used for surveillance purpose while the second one,...

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

authors： Takkinen J,Ammon A,Robstad O,Breuer T,Campylobacter Working Group.

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In April 2012, a cluster of two cases of meningococcal disease caused by rifampicin-resistant C meningococci was reported in the Champagne-Ardenne region, France. The two cases occurred in a student population living in the same town but studying at different schools. Bacteriological and epidemiological investigations...

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

authors： Mounchetrou Njoya I,Deghmane A,Taha M,Isnard H,Parent du Chatelet I

更新日期：2012-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:We present preliminary results of a case-control study to estimate influenza vaccine effectiveness in Spain, from week 50 of 2010 to week 6 of 2011. The adjusted effectiveness of the vaccine in preventing laboratory-confirmed influenza due to any type of influenza virus was 50% (95% CI: -6 to 77%) for the trivalent se...

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

authors： Savulescu C,Jiménez-Jorge S,de Mateo S,Ledesma J,Pozo F,Casas I,Larrauri A,cycEVA Study Team.

更新日期：2011-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the epidemiology and management of a prolonged outbreak of measles across the 2.7 million conurbation of Greater Manchester in the United Kingdom. Over a period of one year (from October 2012 to September 2013), over a thousand suspected measles cases (n = 1,073) were notified across Greater Manch...

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

authors： Pegorie M,Shankar K,Welfare WS,Wilson RW,Khiroya C,Munslow G,Fiefield D,Bothra V,McCann R

更新日期：2014-12-11 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：:Autochthonous hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection has been increasingly reported in Europe and the United States, mostly arising from genotype 3 and less frequently genotype 4. We report here on a patient with HEV genotype 3a infection complicated by Guillain-Barré syndrome in Portugal in December 2012. We draw attentio...

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

authors： Santos L,Mesquita JR,Rocha Pereira N,Lima-Alves C,Serrão R,Figueiredo P,Reis J,Simões J,Nascimento M,Sarmento A

更新日期：2013-08-22 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 1994, the incidence of gonorrhoea in Østfold county, Norway, has remained within the range of 1-8 cases per year, with 40% of cases being imported from abroad. On 20 January 2008, a general practitioner in the county diagnosed two seemingly unrelated domestic cases of gonorrhoea in three days and started contact...

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

authors： Jakopanec I,Hassfjord JJ,Nilsen O,Larsen AL,Aavitsland P

更新日期：2008-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Advantages of testing for Zika virus (ZIKV) in urine have been reported, such as the persistence of ZIKV in this type of specimen for up to 20 days after ZIKV disease onset. We investigate 61 patients in the first 5 days post-symptom onset and find more patients testing positive for ZIKV in plasma samples (n=46), than...

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

authors： Pessôa R,Patriota JV,de Souza Mde L,Abd El Wahed A,Sanabani SS

更新日期：2016-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) disseminates between hospitals serving one patient catchment area. Successful prevention and control requires concerted efforts and regional surveillance. Forty hospitals located in the German EUREGIO have established a network for combating MRSA. In 2007 they agreed u...

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

authors： Jurke A,Kock R,Becker K,Thole S,Hendrix R,Rossen J,Daniels-Haardt I,Friedrich A

更新日期：2013-09-05 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：: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：:We report the longitudinal follow-up of Zika virus (ZIKV) RNA in semen of a traveller who developed ZIKV disease after return to the Netherlands from Barbados, March 2016. Persistence of ZIKV RNA in blood, urine, saliva and semen was followed until the loads reached undetectable levels. RNA levels were higher in semen...

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

authors： Reusken C,Pas S,GeurtsvanKessel C,Mögling R,van Kampen J,Langerak T,Koopmans M,van der Eijk A,van Gorp E

更新日期：2016-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of serological surveillance is to monitor levels of immunity to particular diseases within a population in order to enhance the quality of information on which public health measures, such as vaccination programmes, are based. Serological surv ...

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

authors： Osborne K,Weinberg J,Miller E

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00