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Communicable disease threats report, 8-14 May 2022, week 19
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 8-14 May 2022 and includes updates on COVID-19, Influenza, the arrival of people displaced from Ukraine to the EU following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, hepatitis, measles and monkeypox.
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Legionnaires’ disease - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2020
Legionnaires’ disease remains an uncommon and mainly sporadic respiratory infection with an overall notification rate of 1.9 cases per 100 000 population for the EU/EEA in 2020.
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Communicable disease threats report, 24-30 April 2022, week 17
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 24-30 April 2022 and includes updates on COVID-19, Influenza, the arrival of people displaced from Ukraine to the EU following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, hepatitis, Ebola, cholera and poliomyelitis.
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19 April update: Monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak linked to chocolate products
As of 19 April 2022, an outbreak of 187 confirmed and probable cases of monophasic S. Typhimurium (cluster 1) has been identified in the EU/EEA and the United Kingdom.
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Multi-country outbreak of monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium sequence type (ST) 34 linked to chocolate products
On 17 February 2022, the United Kingdom (UK) reported a cluster of cases with monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium sequence type 34 infection. By 8 April 2022, 150 cases had been reported in nine EU/EEA countries and the UK. Most cases are below 10 years of age and many children have been hospitalised.
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Multi-country Salmonella outbreak linked to chocolate products
On 12 April 2022, ECDC and EFSA published a rapid outbreak assessment on a multi-country outbreak of monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium linked to chocolate products made at a factory in Arlon, Belgium.
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Communicable disease threats report, 3-9 April 2022, week 14
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 3-9 April 2022 and includes updates on COVID-19, the influx of people displaced from Ukraine to the EU following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, seasonal influenza, hepatitis, monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium, MERS-CoV, chikungunya and dengue.
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8 April update: Monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak linked to chocolate products
An outbreak caused by monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium is rapidly evolving in eight EU/EEA countries and the United Kingdom (UK).
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6 April: Monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak linked to chocolate products
An outbreak caused by monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium is rapidly evolving in seven EU/EEA countries and the United Kingdom (UK).
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Salmonella and Campylobacter continue to show high levels of antibiotic resistance
Antibiotic resistance in Salmonella and Campylobacter bacteria is still high, says a report released today by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).