European Immunization Week (EIW) aims to raise awareness of the importance of immunisation for the general health and well-being of the European and wider population.
High burden of Hepatitis B and C persists in the EU/EEA
Recent ECDC data show that despite progress in prevention and control, the hepatitis B and hepatitis C viruses still pose significant public health challenges in the EU/EEA.
Multi-country outbreak of Listeria linked to smoked salmon
A prolonged genomic cluster of 20 human Listeria monocytogenes ST1607 infections has been reported. The number of cases has sharply increased after 2021. The most recent case was reported in March 2024 in Denmark.
Call for abstracts for ESCAIDE 2024 open until 15 May
The annual European Scientific Conference on Applied Infectious Disease Epidemiology (ESCAIDE) is taking place in Stockholm and online from 20-22 November 2024.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 28 April - 4 May 2024 and includes updates on cholera, MERS-CoV, SARS-CoV-2, an overview of respiratory virus epidemiology in the EU/EEA, highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) in cattle and a related human case, Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever, and Lassa fever.
Campylobacteriosis is the most frequently reported food- and waterborne disease in the EU/EEA. In 2018, 30 EU/EEA countries reported 250 384 confirmed cases of campylobacteriosis.
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