This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 27 February - 5 March 2023 and includes updates on COVID-19, group A streptococcal infection, influenza and influenza A(H5N1) , Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), Mpox, poliomyelitis, Marburg virus disease and the Earthquakes in Türkiye, Syria.
Immediate health needs following earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria are mostly related to trauma and the disruption of healthcare, however, infectious disease threats may be concerning in the following two to four weeks.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 12-18 February 2023 and includes updates on the Earthquake in Türkiye and Syria, COVID-19, Marburg virus disease, Group A streptococcal infection, Mpox and Influenza.
This evidence brief summarises key issues and priorities for action in Europe and Central Asia on PrEP. It is largely based on data collected between February and August 2022.
For 2020, 2 377 malaria cases were reported in the EU/EEA, 2 369 (> 99%) of which were confirmed. Among 2 088 cases with known importation status, 99.8% were travel-related. Five confirmed cases were reported as acquired in the EU (three by France and two by Greece).
For 2021, 6 534 confirmed cases of STEC infection were reported by 30 EU/EEA countries (Table 1). Twenty-seven countries reported at least two confirmed cases, and three countries reported no cases. The EU/EEA notification rate was 2.2 cases per 100 000 population, representing a 37.5% increase compared with the previous year.
Hepatitis A cases in 2021 were at their lowest levels since EU-level hepatitis A surveillance began in 2007, while five other food and waterborne diseases are rising towards pre-pandemic levels. The information is revealed in the Annual Epidemiological Report 2021, of which six chapters are published today by ECDC.