The mosquito species Aedes albopictus, a known vector of chikungunya and dengue viruses, is establishing itself further northwards and westwards in Europe, according to the latest data.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 11-17 June 2023 and includes updates on COVID-19, West Nile virus, chikungunya and dengue, avian influenza, measles, diphtheria, cholera, echovirus, and information on the Hajj.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 21-27 May 2023 and includes updates on COVID-19, influenza, Marburg virus disease, poliomyelitis, extensively drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and suspected fungal meningitis.
At the start of European Immunization Week, the ECDC report “Poliomyelitis situation update” reveals that between 2012 and 2021, approximately 2.4 million children in the EU/EEA may have not received three doses of polio-containing vaccines on time. Additionally, the newly published ECDC “Measles Annual Epidemiological Report 2022” highlights the risks when having pockets of an under-vaccinated population or groups not immunised at all.
The European Region was declared polio-free in 2002. Since then, renewed circulation of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) and outbreaks of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus (cVDPV) has been observed globally.
This issue of the CDTR covers the period 16-22 April 2023 and includes updates on influenza, avian influenza, Marburg virus disease, COVID-19 and poliomyelitis.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 26 March - 1 April 2023 and includes updates on Iatrogenic botulism exposure in Türkiye, COVID-19, group A streptococcal infection, influenza, swine influenza. Marburg virus disease and poliomyelitis.