This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 17-23 September 2023 and includes updates on Nipah virus disease, severe floods, COVID-19, West Nile Virus, Poliomyelitis, and mass gathering monitoring for the Rugby World Cup 2023.
Since the beginning of the 2023 transmission season and as of 20 September 2023, EU/EEA countries have reported 492 human cases of WNV infection and 47 outbreaks among equids and 153 outbreaks among birds.
Information on autochthonous vectorial transmission of dengue in mainland EU/EEA, including location, period, number of cases, virus serotype and mode of transmission.
ECDC regularly assesses new evidence on variants detected through epidemic intelligence, rules-based genomic variant screening or other scientific sources.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 10-16 September 2023 and includes updates on COVID-19, diphtheria, West Nile virus, avian influenza, dengue, legionnaires' disease, the Rugby World Cup 2023, cutaneous Anthrax, pertussis, botulism and severe floods.
Since last week’s update, and as of 13 September 2023, European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA) countries reported 31 human cases of West Nile virus (WNV) infection and 1 death related to WNV infections.