This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 24 -30 July and includes updates on COVID-19, monkeypox, West Nile virus, increase in hepatitis of unknown aetiology in children, mass gatherings in the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth games, Vibrio growth, Marburg disease, Chikungunya, dengue, and wild poliovirus.
For 2020, 29 EU/EEA Member States reported 14 428 cases of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. Excluding the five countries that only reported acute cases, the number of cases (14 137) corresponds to a crude rate of 4.2 cases per 100 000 population.
In 2020, 13 914 cases of hepatitis C were reported in 28 EU/EEA Member States. Excluding countries that only reported acute cases leaves 13 901 cases, which corresponds to a crude rate of 3.9 cases per 100 000 population.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 26 June-2 July 2022 and includes updates on West Nile virus infection, COVID-19, hepatitis, monkeypox, plague, dengue, polio, chikungunya and cholera.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the the period 12-18 June 2022 and includes updates on West Nile virus infection, COVID-19, hepatitis, monkeypox, Mycobacterium chelonae in bioprosthetic heart valves and avian influenza.
This report presents findings related to the hepatitis B and C continuum of care, policy on testing and treatment, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hepatitis services in the EU/EEA from the second data collection conducted in 2021.
ECDC provides support to EU/EEA countries in monitoring their progress towards the hepatitis elimination targets and has just published a report based on the second data collection.