This document assesses the risk of further spread of S. sonnei amongst MSM and in the broader population in EU/EEA countries, resulting from the current increase in extensively-drug resistant S. sonnei infections.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 13-19 February 2022, and includes updates on COVID-19, Influenza, polio, cholera, Lassa fever, and mass gathering monitoring for the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 16-22 January 2022 and includes updates on COVID-19, Influenza, the Omicron variant, poliomyelitis and cholera.
This report presents the results of the 10th round of the external quality assessment (EQA-10) scheme for typing of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC).
The ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) is a weekly bulletin for epidemiologists and health professionals on active public health threats. This issue covers the period 21-27 November 2021 and includes updates on COVID-19, influenza, chikungunya, dengue cholera and Ebola.
The ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) is a weekly bulletin for epidemiologists and health professionals on active public health threats. This issue covers the period 17 -23 October 2021 and includes updates on COVID-19, West Nile virus, Ebola virus disease, seasonal influenza, avian influenza, swine influenza, and cholera.
In the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA), cholera is a rare disease that is primarily associated with travel to endemic countries outside of the EU/EEA. In 2019, seven EU countries reported 26 confirmed cases of cholera, which was similar to previous years. Most cases (16/26) were reported by the United Kingdom.