This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 23-28 October 2017 and includes updates on chikungunya, dengue fever, Zika virus, influenza, yellow fever, plague and malaria.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 15-21 October 2017 and includes updates on West Nile virus, chikungunya, influenza, Legionnaires' disease and plague.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 8-14 October 2017 and includes updates on Legionnaires' disease, influenza, rubella, measles, West Nile fever, chikungunya, cholera and plague.
Madagascar has been experiencing an outbreak of plague since 23 August 2017, and 560 cases and 57 deaths (case fatality rate 10.1%) have been reported as of 12 October 2017.
On 4 October 2017, Italy reported through the Early Warning and Response System (EWRS) the detection of four Plasmodium falciparum malaria cases in the Apulia region. Cases are 21 to 37-year-old men, originally from Africa. All stated that they had been in Italy for more than three months. Dates for onset of symptoms ranged from 20 to 27 September 2017. The cases are agricultural workers in Ginosa and Castellaneta. Malaria vectors such as Anopheles labranchiae and Anopheles superpictus are present in Italy.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 1-7 October 2017 and includes updates on Malaria, West Nile fever and chikungunya.