This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 8 - 15 March 2025 and includes updates on respiratory virus epidemiology in the EU/EEA, Legionnaires' disease, chikungunya, mpox, Marburg virus, and Ebola.
This protocol presents an updated common methodology for estimating COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness (VE) using established health data registries in participating European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA) Member States.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 1 - 7 March 2025 and includes updates on cholera associated with holy well water from Ethiopia, chikungunya, Avian flu detected in cats, SARS-CoV-2 variant classification, an overview of respiratory virus epidemiology in the EU/EEA, measles, Ebola, and MERS.
For 2021, 29 European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) countries reported 4 860 cases of hantavirus infection (1.1 cases per 100 000 population). The year marked the highest rate recorded for the period 2017–2021 during which the overall notification rate fluctuated between 0.4 and 1.1 cases per 100 00 population.
For 2023, 28 EU/EEA countries reported 1 885 cases of hantavirus infection (0.4 cases per 100 000 population). The year, along with 2020, marked the lowest rate recorded over the 2019–2023 period. During this time, the overall notification rate fluctuated between 0.4 and 1.1 cases per 100 00 population.
This report presents the main findings of the 2022–2023 harmonised antimicrobial resistance (AMR) monitoring in Salmonella spp., Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli from humans and food-producing animals (broilers, laying hens and fattening turkeys, fattening pigs and cattle under 1 year of age) and derived meat.
This report presents the results of the tenth round of the external quality assessment (EQA-10) scheme for Listeria monocytogenes (L. monocytogenes) typing in EU/EEA and EU enlargement countries, organised for national public health reference laboratories (NPHRLs) providing data to the Food- and Waterborne Diseases and Zoonoses Network (FWD-Net), managed by ECDC.
