This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period from 17-23 February 2019 and includes updates on Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), chikungunya virus disease and dengue, Ebola virus disease, influenza, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Salmonella Poona and influenza A(H9N2).

Trichinellosis is a rare but serious disease in the EU/EEA. In 2016, 13 EU/EEA countries reported 101 confirmed cases.

Trichinellosis is a rare but serious disease in the EU/EEA. For 2017, 15 EU/EEA countries reported 224 cases of trichinellosis, of which 168 cases were confirmed.

For 2017, EU/EEA countries did not report any cases of Rift Valley fever.

For 2017, one case of travel-related rabies was reported by France with exposure in Sri Lanka.

This protocol is based partly on the laboratory manual developed for the European survey of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (EuSCAPE)

The ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) is a weekly bulletin for epidemiologists and health professionals on active public health threats. This issue covers the period from 10-16 February 2019 and includes updates on Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), dengue, Ebola virus disease, influenza, influenza A(H9N2) and measles.

This rapid risk assessment addresses the public health risk associated with the current Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and its implications for EU/EEA citizens.