This report presents the epidemiological situation for vaccine-preventable diseases – invasive bacterial diseases (invasive Haemophilus influenzae, meningococcal and pneumococcal disease) as of 2012 and describes the statistical and epidemiological methods used.
ECDC releases today an update of its tick-borne diseases communication toolkit to support public health authorities in devising communication initiatives as part of their tick-borne diseases prevention programmes.
ECDC comments on Joseph Lewnard and colleagues' mathematical model assessing the effectiveness of expanding the currently available interventions for controlling the outbreak in Montserrado.
Following the first confirmed case of Ebola transmission outside of West Africa, ECDC is updating its risk assessment on the on-going outbreak of Ebola virus disease.
A case definition for reporting cases of Ebola virus disease in the EU has been released by ECDC. The definition aims to classify cases for epidemiological reporting and not to guide investigation or clinical management of cases.