For 2022, 20 European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) countries reported 3 650 cases of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE), 3 516 (96.3%) of which were confirmed.
This After-Action Review (AAR) investigates the use of evidence in Norway’s advice-making process about school continuity in secondary (13–15 years old) and upper secondary schools (16–18 years old) during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Between 2012 and 2024, a prolonged outbreak of 73 cases of L. monocytogenes ST173 infections (‘My2’ -cluster) has been ongoing in Belgium (5), Czechia (1), Germany (39), Finland (2), Italy (1), the Netherlands (20), and the United Kingdom (UK) (5).
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 8-14 June 2024 and includes updates on avian influenza, an overview of respiratory virus epidemiology in the EU/EEA, cholera, West Nile virus infections, measles and mass gatherings.
Mass gatherings can be anything from high-profile athletic events to religious gatherings or cultural events and festivals. ECDC aims to provide public health authorities in the EU/EEA countries with general considerations in relation to preparedness for organised mass gatherings, focusing on infectious disease threats.
Zika virus (ZIKV) disease is a mosquito-borne disease caused by Orthoflavivirus zikaense. The disease is most frequently an acute febrile illness with myalgia, skin rash, arthralgia, and neurological signs. Sub-clinical and asymptomatic cases are common.
