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Hepatitis B and C testing in the EU/EEA: progress in reaching the elimination targets
This brief will present a snapshot of hepatitis B and C testing in the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA), discussing progress made towards the European action plan 2020 testing target, focussing on key populations and settings for testing, barriers to testing, and testing policies.
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Infographic: Sexually transmitted infections: a long-standing and ongoing threat for public health
Every year, more than 500 000 sexually-transmitted infections (STIs) are notified in the EU/EEA and the UK. What can be done to boost testing and treatment?
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Technologies, strategies and approaches for testing populations at risk of sexually transmitted infections in the EU/EEA
This report presents the results of a systematic literature review investigating the impact of novel strategies and approaches (using existing and/or novel testing technologies) on access to testing, testing coverage, and linkage to care of key populations at-risk for sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
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Sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 - first update
This technical guidance aims to provide guidelines to laboratories and relevant stakeholders in the European Union (EU), European Economic Area (EEA) and other countries in the WHO European region in making decisions on establishing sequencing capacities and capabilities, in making decisions on which technologies to use and/or in deciding on the role of sequencing for SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics, research, outbreak investigations and surveillance.
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Automated digital reporting of clinical laboratory information to national public health surveillance systems, results of a EU/EEA survey, 2018
Leitmeyer, K.C., Espinosa, L., Broberg, E.K., Struelens, M.J.
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EU Laboratory capacity up by 13% over the past 5 years
The new EULabCap data on microbiology system performance in the 30 EU/ EEA countries show continuous improvement.
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A review on the eco-epidemiology and clinical management of human granulocytic anaplasmosis and its agent in Europe
Matei, I.A., Estrada-Peña, A., Cutler, S.J., Vayssier-Taussat, M., Varela-Castro, L., Potkonjak, A., Zeller, H., Mihalca, A.D.
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The European gonococcal antimicrobial surveillance programme (Euro-GASP) appropriately reflects the antimicrobial resistance situation for Neisseria gonorrhoeae in the European Union/European Economic Area
Cole, M.J., Quinten, C., Jacobsson, S., Day, M., Amato-Gauci, A.J., Woodford, N., Spiteri, G., Unemo, M., Stary, A., Haller, M., Verbrugge, R., Crucitti, T., Soteriou, S., Pieridou, D., Cowan, S., Hoffmann, S., Epstein, J., Viktorova, J., Ndeikoundam, N., Goubard, A., Kohl, P., Buder, S., Bremer, V., Tzelepi, E., Konte, V., Balla, E., Dudás, M., Sigmundsdóttir, G., Hauksdóttir, G.S., Igoe, D., Crowley, B., Suligoi, B., Stefanelli, P., Pakarna, G., Mavcutko, V., Barbara, C., Melillo, J.M., Van Dam, A., Van Benthem, B., Linde, I., Kløvstad, H., Bergheim, T., Majewski, S., Mlynarczyk-Bonikowska, B., Azevedo, J., Borrego, M.J., Pavlik, P., Truska, P., Klavs, I., Jeverica, S., Vazquez, J., Diez, M., Velicko, I., Unemo, M., Hughes, G., Eastick, K.
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Effectiveness of screening and treatment approaches for schistosomiasis and strongyloidiasis in newly-arrived migrants from endemic countries in the EU/EEA: A systematic review
Agbata, E.N., Morton, R.L., Bisoffi, Z., Bottieau, E., Greenaway, C., Biggs, B., Montero, N., Tran, A., Rowbotham, N., Arevalo-Rodriguez, I., Myran, D.T., Noori, T., Alonso-Coello, P., Pottie, K., Requena-Méndez, A.
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The diagnostic accuracy of serological tests for Lyme borreliosis in Europe: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Leeflang, M.M.G., Ang, C.W., Berkhout, J., Bijlmer, H.A., Van Bortel, W., Brandenburg, A.H., Van Burgel, N.D., Van Dam, A.P., Dessau, R.B., Fingerle, V., Hovius, J.W.R., Jaulhac, B., Meijer, B., Van Pelt, W., Schellekens, J.F.P., Spijker, R., Stelma, F.F., Stanek, G., Verduyn-Lunel, F., Zeller, H., Sprong, H.