This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 2-8 August 2020 and includes updates on the Ebola virus disease eleventh outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, poliomyelitis, West Nile virus, COVID-19 associated with SARS-CoV-2, monitoring environmental suitability of Vibrio growth in the Baltic Sea, influenza A(H3N2) variant virus – Hawaii, USA, tick-borne encephalitis in the UK, local transmission of dengue fever in France and babesiosis in the UK.
Between 16 February and 15 May 2020, 290 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5) virus outbreaks were reported in Europe in poultry (n=287), captive birds (n=2) and wild birds (n=1) in Bulgaria, Czechia, Germany, Hungary and Poland and two low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) A(H7N1) virus outbreaks were reported in poultry in Italy.
Between 16 November 2019 and 15 February 2020, 36 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5N8) virus outbreaks were reported in Europe in poultry (n=34), captive birds (n=1) and wild birds (n=2), in Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Romania, Germany, Czechia and Ukraine, one HPAI outbreak caused by a simultaneous infection with A(H5N2) and A(H5N8) was reported in poultry in Bulgaria, and two low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) A(H5) virus outbreaks were reported in poultry in the United Kingdom and in Denmark.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 15-21 December 2019 and includes updates on Ebola virus disease, dengue, chikungunya, influenza, cholera, and polio.
This scientific report provides an overview of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus outbreaks detected in poultry, captive and wild birds and noteworthy outbreaks of low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) virus in poultry and captive birds, as well as human cases due to avian influenza (AI) virus, reported in and outside Europe between 16 August and 15 November 2019.
This report of the European Food Safety Authority and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control presents the results of zoonoses monitoring activities carried out in 2018 in 36 European countries (28 Member States (MS) and 8 non-MS).