This report presents the results of the seventh round of the external quality assessment (EQA-7) scheme for Listeria monocytogenes (L. monocytogenes) typing organised for national public health reference laboratories (NPHRLs) providing data to the Food- and Waterborne Diseases and Zoonoses Network (FWD-Net) managed by ECDC.
A collaborative study between ECDC, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Union Reference Laboratory (EURL) for Listeria monocytogenes* found a relatively high degree of dissemination of certain listeriosis bacteria in the food chain and in the human population across the European Union (EU).
This report presents the objectives, methods, results, and conclusions of a collaborative study called the 'European Listeria Typing Exercise’ (ELiTE), as well as recommendations for further studies.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 11-17 October 2020 and includes updates on COVID-19 associated with SARS-CoV-2, malaria, West Nile virus, influenza, Ebola virus disease - eleventh outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Poliomyelitis.