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This report presents the results of the sixth round of the external quality assessment (EQA) scheme for typing of verocytotoxin-producing E.coli. The EQA was carried out from January to April 2015, with 29 public health reference laboratories from 30 EU countries participating.

This report presents the results of the zoonoses monitoring activities carried out in 2014 in 32 European countries: 28 Member States and four non-Member States European Free Trade Association countries.

This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers 20-26 December 2015 and includes updates on polio, influenza A(H7N9), MERS, Ebola, Zika, influenza and public health risks associated with refugee movements in Europe.

​This surveillance report is based on the 2014 disease surveillance data collected by the European Legionnaires’ Disease Surveillance Network.

This publication aims to provide EU/EEA data providers with a single protocol for performing multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis (MLVA) of Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis (S. Enteritidis) and thereby ensure interlaboratory comparability of the generated results using capillary electrophoresis (CE).

The Protocol is targeted at the national public health reference laboratories to guide the susceptibility testing needed for EU surveillance and the reporting to ECDC.

This report presents the results of the seventh round of the external quality assessment (EQA-7) scheme for typing of Salmonella enterica spp. organised for laboratories in the Food- and Waterborne Diseases and Zoonoses network (FWD-Net).

This publication assesses the risk of Salmonella infection associated with exposure to feeder mice in the context of a multi-country outbreak of S. Enteritidis PT 8 infection, characterised by MLVA type 2-10-8-5-2.

This report presents the results of the seventh round of the external quality assessment (EQA) scheme for typing of verocytotoxin-producing E.coli.

This report of EFSA and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control presents the results of the zoonoses monitoring activities carried out in 2015 in 32 European countries.