Since late February 2023 and up until 30 March 2023, 87 cases of botulism linked to intragastric injection of the botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) have been reported.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 26 March - 1 April 2023 and includes updates on Iatrogenic botulism exposure in Türkiye, COVID-19, group A streptococcal infection, influenza, swine influenza. Marburg virus disease and poliomyelitis.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 19-25 March 2023 and includes updates on Marburg virus disease, iatrogenic botulism, COVID-19, Influenza, Group A streptococcal infection, cholera, poliomyelitis, measles, and extensively drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 12-18 March 2023 and includes updates on COVID-19, iatrogenic botulism, group A streptococcal infection, influenza, chikungunya and dengue, and influenza B among young people.
Viral hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver caused by a virus. The most common hepatitis viruses in Europe are types A, B, and C (commonly referred to as HAV, HBV and HCV).
Since late February 2023 and as of 10 March 2023, 67 cases of botulism linked to intragastric injection of the botulism neurotoxin (BoNT) have been reported in Germany (12), Austria (1), Switzerland (1) and Türkiye (53).