This report provides an integrated analysis of relationships between antimicrobial consumption in humans and food- producing animals and the occurrence of antimicrobial resistance in bacteria from humans and food- producing animals, respectively.
Since the risk assessment published by ECDC in August 2021 on the risk of vCJD disease transmission via blood and PDMP manufactured from donations obtained in the UK, no new cases of vCJD associated with dietary exposure or transfusion of blood or blood components have been reported in EU/EEA or in the rest of the world.
Male adult users of smartphone-based online gay dating apps in the European region have high acceptance of mpox (monkeypox) vaccination according to Eurosurveillance report published on 20 October 2022.
Globally, as of 9 August, 19 cases of polio due to wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) and 223 cases due to circulating vaccine derived poliovirus (cVDPV) have been reported this year. In 2022, the cVDPV cases have been reported in 15 countries, with 93% of the cases attributed to cVDPV type 2 (cVDPV2).
ECDC assessed the risk to the EU/EEA of the presence and the possible transmission of prions, which have been linked to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, by blood and plasma-derived medicinal products (PDMPs) manufactured from donations obtained in the UK.