Childhood immunisation against S. pneumoniae is the most effective public health measure for preventing IPD both among vaccine recipients (direct effect), and among unimmunised populations (indirect ‘herd’ effect).
Three imported cases of rabies were reported in 2014. Every year, a small number of human cases is reported in Europe, either travel related or autochthonous.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 9 to 15 October 2016 and includes updates on Influenza, West Nile virus, Zika virus and MERS.
This rapid risk assessment monitors the threat posed by Rift Valley fever (RVF) which has been reported in regions of eastern and southern Africa, and in most of the sub-Saharan and West African countries.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 2 - 8 October 2016 and includes updates on Rift Valley fever, cholera and Zika virus.
Illnesses caused by infectious diseases are common in children in schools or other childcare settings. Currently there is no common EU approach to the control of communicable diseases in schools or other childcare settings, and existing information is uncertain.