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Key messages

Flu transmits easily from person to person. It does this through the air or from contaminated hands or surfaces. The risk of getting or causing infection is easily reduced by taking some simple preventive steps. Immunisation in particular decreases the risk of a person being infected. Proper use of flu vaccines is the most effective form of protection.

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Factsheet about seasonal influenza

Influenza is a contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses that infect the nose, throat, and sometimes the lungs. It can cause mild to severe illness, and at times can lead to death. The best way to prevent flu is by getting a flu vaccine each year.

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Systematic review on the incubation and infectiousness/shedding period of communicable diseases in children

Systematic review - 2 Jun 2016

​Illnesses caused by infectious diseases are common in children in schools or other childcare settings. Currently there is no common EU approach to the control of communicable diseases in schools or other childcare settings, and existing information is uncertain.

Systematic review on the incubation and infectiousness/shedding period of communicable diseases in children - EN - [PDF-1.12 MB]
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Guide to public health measures to reduce the impact of influenza pandemics in Europe – ‘The ECDC Menu’

Technical guidance, Guide - 17 Jun 2009

This document presents a menu of possible public measures to be taken during influenza pandemics, giving public health and scientific information on what is known or can be said about their likely effectiveness, costs (direct and indirect), acceptability, public expectations and other more practical considerations. The ‘ECDC Menu’ aims to help EU Member States and institutions, individually or collectively, decide which measures they will apply.

0906_TER_Public_Health_Measures_for_Influenza_Pandemics.pdf - EN - [PDF-889.23 KB]
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