ECDC coordinates the enhanced surveillance for hepatitis A, B and C to help countries define epidemiological trends or transmission patterns among newly diagnosed cases.
World Hepatitis Day on 28 July provides an opportunity each year to increase the awareness and understanding of viral hepatitis.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 16-22 February 2020 and includes updates on chikungunya, dengue, Ebola virus disease, COVID-19, polio, seasonal influenza and polio.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 12-18 January 2020 and includes updates on Ebola virus disease, dengue, chikungunya, influenza and pnuemonia cases in China.
On 3 August 2015, Spain notified a case of chikungunya virus infection in a resident of the city of Gandía in the autonomous community of Valencia. On 11 September 2015, authorities in Spain acknowledged that the case was a false positive. This rapid risk assessment reviews the later discarded chikungunya case reported from Spain without travel history to endemic areas and the risk of possible onwards transmission.