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Communicable disease threats report, 1-7 March 2020, week 10
This issue of the CDTR (Communicable Disease Threats Report) covers the period from 1-7 March 2020 and includes updates on COVID-19, Ebola virus disease, polio, influenza, MERS-CoV.
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Communicable Disease Threats Report, 2-8 February 2020, week 6
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 2-8 February 2020 and includes updates on Ebola virus disease, 2019-nCoV, polio, seasonal influenza and MERS.
- Belgium
- China
- Coronavirus
- COVID-19
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Ebola haemorrhagic fever
- Ebola outbreak - North Kivu, Ituri, DRC
- Europe
- Germany
- Influenza in humans, seasonal
- Middle East
- Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- Poliomyelitis
- Public health threat
- Saudi Arabia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Travellers' health
- Uganda
- United Kingdom
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Risk assessment guidelines for infectious diseases transmitted on aircraft (RAGIDA) - Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV)
The Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) was first discovered in 2012 in a patient who died from severe respiratory disease. Since then, and as of 16 January 2020, 2 521 cases have been reported worldwide, including 919 deaths (crude case fatality 36%). Most cases have been reported from the Arabian Peninsula (and around 84% specifically from Saudi Arabia), and all cases elsewhere had a travel history to the Arabian Peninsula or were a contact of someone who had a travel history to the region.
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Communicable disease threats report, 1-7 December 2019, week 49
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 1-7 December 2019 and includes updates on Ebola virus disease, Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, West Nile virus, monkeypox, influenza and diphtheria.
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Distribution of confirmed cases of MERS-CoV by place of infection and month of onset, from March 2012 to 2 December 2019
Since April 2012 and as of 30 September 2019, 2 494 cases of MERS-CoV, including 912 deaths, have been reported by health authorities worldwide.
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Geographical distribution of confirmed MERS-CoV cases by probable region of infection and exposure in 2019, Saudi Arabia, as of 2 December 2019
Since April 2012 and as of 30 September 2019, 2 494 cases of MERS-CoV, including 912 deaths, have been reported by health authorities worldwide.
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Communicable disease threats report, 27 October-2 November 2019, week 44
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 27 October-2 November 2019 and includes updates on Ebola virus disease, mass gathering monitoring in Japan, MERS-CoV, West Nile virus and Zika fever.
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Communicable disease threats report, 29 September-5 October 2019, week 40
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 29 September-5 October 2019 and includes updates on Ebola virus disease, extensively drug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae, mass gathering monitoring (Japan, Rugby World Cup 2019), Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, Plasmodium cynomolgi infection, poliomyelitis, West Nile virus, and yellow fever.
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Communicable disease threats report, 1-7 September 2019, week 36
The ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) is a weekly bulletin for epidemiologists and health professionals on active public health threats. This issue covers the period 1-7 September 2019 and includes updates on Ebola virus disease, Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, poliomyelitis, tularaemia, Vibrio growth in the Baltic Sea and West Nile virus.
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Communicable disease threats report, 28 July-3 August 2019, week 31
The ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) is a weekly bulletin for epidemiologists and health professionals on active public health threats. This issue covers the period from 28 July to 3 August 2019 and includes updates on Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), Ebola virus disease, monitoring environmental sustainability of Vibrio growth in the Baltic Sea and West Nile virus infection.