This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 16-22 October 2022 and includes updates on COVID-19, monkeypox, diphtheria, West Nile virus, measles, Ebola virus disease, cholera, influenza A(H5N6), poliomyelitis, seasonal influenza, and Avian influenza A(H5N1) in mink.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 21-27 August 2022 and includes updates on monkeypox, West Nile virus, COVID-19, Ebola, Vibrio growth, diphtheria, cholera, chikungunya virus disease and dengue.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 31 July-6 August and includes updates on West Nile virus infection, monkeypox, COVID-19, cholera, diphteria, anthrax, Vibrio growth, Marburg virus disease, mass gatherings at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth games, MERS-CoV, and Poliovirus.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 18-24 July 2021 and includes updates on Escherichia coli ST38, COVID-19, Vibrio growth in the Baltic Sea the Olympic Games in Tokyo 2020 (2021), West Nile virus, avian influenza and cholera.
For 2018, 63 cases of diphtheria were reported to ECDC; 62 due to toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae or C. ulcerans and one case with an unknown pathogen. The highest proportion of C. ulcerans cases was among adults 65 years and over, whereas C. diphtheriae cases were more common in younger age groups. Among the C. diphtheriae cases, 60% were reported as imported. High vaccination coverage is crucial to prevent diphtheria.