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Campylobacter and Salmonella cases stable in the EU
The number of reported human cases of illness caused by Campylobacter and Salmonella bacteria across Europe appears to have stabilised over the past five years, according to the latest report on zoonotic diseases by EFSA and ECDC.
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The European Union One Health 2019 Zoonoses Report
This report of the EFSA and ECDC presents the results of zoonoses monitoring activities carried out in 2019 in 36 European countries (28 Member States (MS) and eight non-MS).
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Surveillance systems overview for 2019
This spreadsheet contains all surveillance system overview tables from ECDC's annual epidemiological report for 2019.
- Anthrax
- Botulism
- Campylobacteriosis
- Chikungunya virus disease
- Chlamydia infection
- Cholera
- Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever
- Cryptosporidiosis
- Dengue
- Diphtheria
- Ebola haemorrhagic fever
- Echinococcosis
- EU/EEA
- Giardiasis
- Hantavirus infection
- Healthcare-associated infections
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- HIV infection
- Influenza
- Invasive Haemophilus influenzae disease
- Lassa fever
- Leptospirosis
- Listeriosis
- Malaria
- Marburg haemorrhagic fever
- Meningococcal disease
- Mumps
- Pertussis
- Plague
- Pneumococcal disease
- Poliomyelitis
- Q fever
- Rabies
- Rift Valley fever
- Salmonellosis
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
- Shigellosis
- Smallpox
- Surveillance
- Verotoxigenic Escherichia coli infection
- West Nile virus infection
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Rabies - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2019
For 2019, EU/EEA countries reported five human Lyssavirus infections. Four human cases of travel-related rabies were reported by Italy, Latvia, Spain and Norway with exposure in Tanzania, India, Morocco and the Philippines, respectively. One locally-acquired fatal case of European bat lyssavirus (EBLV-1) infection was reported by France.
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Eurosurveillance for World Rabies Day – 28 September
Rabies is a deadly disease and endemic in over 100 countries. It causes around 59,000 human deaths annually, the vast majority in Asia and Africa. There are safe and effective human vaccines for pre- and post-exposure prophylaxis. With a prompt and proper post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP), exposed people have a survival rate close to 100%.
Prevention of human rabies: A challenge for the European Union and the European Economic Area
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Gossner, C.M., Mailles, A., Aznar, I., Dimina, E., Echevarria, J.E., Feruglio, S.L., Lange, H., Maraglino, F.P., Parodi, P., Perevoscikovs, J., Van der Stede, Y., Bakonyi, T.
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Communicable disease threats report, 8-14 December 2019, week 50
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 8-14 December 2019 and includes updates on Ebola virus disease, poliomyelitis, West Nile virus, measles, influenza A(H9N2), influenza, rabies and Plasmodium vivax malaria cases.
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Salmonella the most common cause of foodborne outbreaks in the European Union
Nearly one in three foodborne outbreaks in the EU in 2018 were caused by Salmonella. This is one of the main findings of the annual report on trends and sources of zoonoses published today by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).
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The European Union One Health 2018 Zoonoses Report
This report of the European Food Safety Authority and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control presents the results of zoonoses monitoring activities carried out in 2018 in 36 European countries (28 Member States (MS) and 8 non-MS).
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Fourth travel-related rabies case reported in the EU in 2019
Within one week, Latvia, Spain and Italy each notified a case of imported rabies. Earlier in the year, Norway had reported an additional travel-related case. Travellers to countries where rabies is enzootic should follow basic preventive measures.