Illnesses caused by infectious diseases are common in children in schools or other childcare settings. Currently there is no common EU approach to the control of communicable diseases in schools or other childcare settings, and existing information is uncertain.
In July 2014, a panel of three strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae and two simulated samples of cerebrospinal fluid was sent to 30 reference laboratories in the IBD-labnet surveillance network for quality assessment testing. This report summarises the diagnostic results submitted by the participating laboratories.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 20-26 March 2016 and includes updates on polio, measles, rubella, Ebola, Zika virus, influenza, haemolytic uraemic syndrome, Lassa fever, yellow fever and diphtheria.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 17-23 January 2016 and includes updates on Zika virus, Ebola virus disease and seasonal influenza.
The occurrence of shigellosis among refugees is not unexpected because shigellosis is endemic in the countries they originate from, as well as in some of the countries they travel through.
These slogans are part a toolkit which aims to support infection prevention in schools, with a focus on gastrointestinal diseases, by assisting EU/EEA countries in their communication initiatives for disease prevention in school settings.
This surveillance report on seven priority food- and waterborne diseases is the second dedicated epidemiological report offering detailed analyses of these diseases in the EU/EEA for the years 2010 to 2012.