This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 11-17 May 2014, and includes updates on chikungunya, dengue, Ebola virus, influenza, MERS, polio and schistosomiasis.

As of 16 May 2014, eleven cases (six from France and five from Germany) of uro-genital schistosomiasis have been reported. All cases were exposed to freshwater in a natural swimming area in southern Corsica (Cavu River).

This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 5-11 July 2015, and includes updates on vibrio, Schistosoma haematobium, West Nile virus, Ebola virus, MERS, avian influenza and polio.

This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 19-25 July 2015, and includes updates on anthrax, West Nile virus, Schistosoma haematobium, MERS, Ebola virus and polio.

​The autochthonous transmission of Schistosoma haematobium in Corsica in 2013 was a local public health event that highlighted a potential risk for other parts of the EU.