On this episode we are joined by Otilia Mårdh, Medical Epidemiologist at ECDC, to discuss the latest reports on sexually transmitted infections in Europe.
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has published its latest Annual Epidemiological Reports shedding light on the state of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA).
For 2022, 216 508 confirmed cases of chlamydia infection were reported in 27 EU/EEA countries, with a crude notification rate of 88 cases per 100 000 population.
Information on autochthonous vectorial transmission of dengue in mainland EU/EEA, including location, period, number of cases, virus serotype and mode of transmission.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) the period 18-24 February 2024 and includes updates on influenza, poliomyelitis, SARS-CoV-2, and an overview of respiratory virus epidemiology in the EU/EEA.
During the 2023 West Nile virus transmission season, and as of 4 January 2024, 709 locally acquired human cases of West Nile virus infection, including 67 deaths, were reported by nine European Union countries.