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Communicable disease threats report, 13-19 November 2016, week 46
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 13-19 November 2016 and includes updates on Zika virus and influenza.
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Communicable disease threats report, 9-15 November 2014, week 46
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report covers the period 9-15 November 2014, and includes updates on Legionnaires' disease, influenza, West Nile virus, Ebola virus, marburg fever, avian influenza, MERS, enterovirus, polio.
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Communicable disease threats report, 5-11 October 2014, week 41
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 5-11 October 2014, and includes updates on influenza, West Nile virus, chikungunya, Marburg fever, Ebola virus, Enterovirus, avian influenza, MERS, dengue and polio.
- Americas
- Avian influenza virus
- Chikungunya virus disease
- China
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Dengue
- Ebola haemorrhagic fever
- Enterovirus
- Europe
- Influenza
- Marburg haemorrhagic fever
- Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- Public health threat
- Surveillance
- Uganda
- United States
- West Nile virus infection
- Western Africa
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Epidemiological update: Fatal paediatric infections associated with Enterovirus 71 in Cambodia April-July 2012, and hand, foot and mouth disease in AsiaArchived
From April to early July 2012 an unusual number and pattern of fatalities among young children were reported by Kantha Bopa Children’s Hospital in Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh. The patients presented with fever, respiratory distress and signs of encephalitis, and most of the children were under 3 years old.
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Cambodia: fatal illness in children now linked to enterovirus 71Archived
The Cambodian Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO) are currently investigating a number of cases an undiagnosed illness that has resulted in the deaths of several children in Cambodia in the past 2 months. According to the WHO, the latest laboratory results indicate that “a significant proportion of the samples tested positive for Enterovirus 71 (EV-71), which causes hand foot and mouth disease”.
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Epidemiological update on hand, foot and mouth disease in Asia, May 2012Archived
As of May 2012, Vietnam continues to see sustained high incidence of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) since the beginning of the year. China, Hong Kong (China), Macao (China) and Singapore have been reporting an increase in number of cases.