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Communicable disease threats report, 5 - 11 September, week 36
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 5-11 September 2021 and includes updates on COVID-19, West Nile virus, measles, Nipah virus, meningitis, plague and polio.
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Threat Assessment Brief: Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617 variants in India and situation in the EU/EEA
The aim of this Threat Assessment Brief is to assess potential public health implications of B.1.617 variants for EU/EEA countries, with a focus on lineage B.1.617.2.
On 24 May, ECDC upgraded B.1.617.2 to a variant of concern, after new information became available on increased transmissibility and some impact on vaccine effectiveness, especially after one vaccine dose. The suggestions highlighted in the Threat Assessment Brief regarding options for response remain valid, particularly vaccination rollout as a high priority to reduce COVID-19 mortality by vaccinating those at risk of severe illness in the shortest time possible.
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The 2019 report of The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: ensuring that the health of a child born today is not defined by a changing climate
Watts, N., Amann, M., Arnell, N., Ayeb-Karlsson, S., Belesova, K., Boykoff, M., Byass, P., Cai, W., Campbell-Lendrum, D., Capstick, S., Chambers, J., Dalin, C., Daly, M., Dasandi, N., Davies, M., Drummond, P., Dubrow, R., Ebi, K.L., Eckelman, M., Ekins, P., Escobar, L.E., Fernandez Montoya, L., Georgeson, L., Graham, H., Haggar, P., Hamilton, I., Hartinger, S., Hess, J., Kelman, I., Kiesewetter, G., Kjellstrom, T., Kniveton, D., Lemke, B., Liu, Y., Lott, M., Lowe, R., Sewe, M.O., Martinez-Urtaza, J., Maslin, M., McAllister, L., McGushin, A., Jankin Mikhaylov, S., Milner, J., Moradi-Lakeh, M., Morrissey, K., Murray, K., Munzert, S., Nilsson, M., Neville, T., Oreszczyn, T., Owfi, F., Pearman, O., Pencheon, D., Phung, D., Pye, S., Quinn, R., Rabbaniha, M., Robinson, E., Rocklöv, J., Semenza, J.C., Sherman, J., Shumake-Guillemot, J., Tabatabaei, M., Taylor, J., Trinanes, J., Wilkinson, P., Costello, A., Gong, P., Montgomery, H.
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Communicable disease threats report, 16-22 September 2018, week 38
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 16-22 September 2018 and includes updates on leptospirosis, West Nile virus, Ebola virus disease, cholera, monkeypox and Legionnaires' disease.
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Treatment and outcomes in children with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: A systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis
Harausz, E.P., Garcia-Prats, A.J., Law, S., Schaaf, H.S., Kredo, T., Seddon, J.A., Menzies, D., Turkova, A., Achar, J., Amanullah, F., Barry, P., Becerra, M., Chan, E.D., Chan, P.C., Ioana Chiotan, D., Crossa, A., Drobac, P.C., Fairlie, L., Falzon, D., Flood, J., Gegia, M., Hicks, R.M., Isaakidis, P., Kadri, S.M., Kampmann, B., Madhi, S.A., Marais, E., Mariandyshev, A., Méndez-Echevarría, A., Moore, B.K., Nargiza, P., Ozere, I., Padayatchi, N., ur-Rehman, S., Rybak, N., Santiago-Garcia, B., Shah, N.S., Sharma, S., Shim, T.S., Skrahina, A., Soriano-Arandes, A., van den Boom, M., van der Werf, M.J., van der Werf, T.S., Williams, B., Yablokova, E., Yim, J.-J., Furin, J., Hesseling, A.C.
- Africa
- Belarus
- Child health
- Drug-resistant tuberculosis
- Epidemiology
- Georgia
- HIV infection
- India
- Latvia
- Microbiology
- Multidrug resistance
- Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
- Netherlands
- Pakistan
- Peru
- Prevention and control
- Romania
- Russia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Surveillance
- Tajikistan
- Tuberculosis
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uzbekistan
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Genetic spatiotemporal anatomy of plasmodium vivax malaria episodes in Greece, 2009–2013
Spanakos, G., Snounou, G., Pervanidou, D., Alifrangis, M., Rosanas-Urgell, A., Baka, A., Tseroni, M., Vakali, A., Vassalou, E., Patsoula, E., Zeller, H., Van Bortel, W., Hadjichristodoulou, C.
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New drug resistant form of tuberculosis reported in IndiaArchived
In a recent scientific article (Udwadia, F et al. Clin. Infect. Dis. 2011, Dec 21, Eprint) four cases of so-called total drug resistant tuberculosis (TB) were reported from India.
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Dissemination of NDM-1 positive bacteria in the New Delhi environment and its implications for human health: an environmental point prevalence studyArchived
This study aimed to determine the prevalence of New Delhi metallo-beta-lactmase-1 (NDM-1) positive bacteria in the New Delhi environment. The authors collected convenience samples of seepage and public tap water in New Delhi, India. Control material was collected at the Cardiff Wastewater Treatment Works, UK.