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This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 9 July - 15 July 2017 and includes updates on measles, influenza A(H7N9), poliomyelitis, West Nile fever, rubella, salmonella and cyclosporiasis.

This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 26 April - 2 May 2015, and includes updates on Multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, influenza, Salmonella Enteritidis, Borna virus, measles, rubella and Ebola virus.

Human cases and fatalities due to influenza A(H5N1) virus continue to increase in Egypt, with cases from the country now accounting for the highest number of human cases reported worldwide.

This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 28 December 2014 - 3 January 2015, and includes updates on influenza, polio, MERS, Ebola virus and avian influenza.

According to a WHO update published on 4 December 2014, eight new human cases of influenza A(H5N1) have been reported in Egypt, with onset of disease in November 2014, bringing the total for 2014 to 12.

This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 23-29 November 2014, and includes updates on influenza, avian influenza, rubella, measles, plague, polio, Ebola virus, MERS and Enterovirus D68.

Highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) infections are continuing to occur in poultry and humans in Egypt. However there is no evidence of a significant change in the pattern of human illness and deaths related to A(H5N1) virus infections in the country. Certainly there are no epidemiological data or analyses consistent with adaptation of these viruses to humans.