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Epidemic louse-borne typhus
Louse-borne typhus is responsible for large epidemics in populations with poor sanitary and overcrowded conditions. The disease can be severe with a mortality of up to 60% without antibiotic treatment.
Facts about epidemic louse-borne typhus
Louse-borne typhus is responsible for large epidemics in populations with poor sanitary and overcrowded conditions. The disease can be severe with a mortality of up to 60% without antibiotic treatment.
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Risk assessment on xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus (XMRV) and its implications for blood donation
ECDC plays an important role in providing its stakeholders with scientific advice when requested. On 23 September 2010 ECDC received such a request from the European Commission’s DG SANCO (Directorate C – Public Health and Risk Assessment).
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Rickettsia typhi and rickettsia felis in Xenopsylla cheopis and Leptopsylla segnis parasitizing rats in CyprusArchived
This study is part of a survey that uses rats and their fleas as indicators of the presence of zoonotic agents in Cyprus. During the three-year survey (2001–2003), fleas were collected from 622 wild rats captured at 51 localities in all five prefectures of Cyprus.
Fleas (Siphonaptera) - Factsheet for health professionals
Fleas are ectoparasitic blood-sucking insects with the ability to jump, which commonly infest wild and domestic animals (mainly dogs and cats) but also humans.
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Communicable disease threats report, 7-13 October, week 41
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period from 7-13 October 2018 and includes updates on measles, dengue, West Nile virus, Ebola virus disease, influenza, and autochthonous dengue in France and Spain.
Lice (Phthiraptera) - Factsheet for health professionals
Lice (Phthiraptera) are a very diverse group of insects, exclusively adapted to parasitism. Several thousand species have been described to date.
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Genetic basis of pathogenicity of influenza: 1. Genes in humans associated with more severe influenza 2. A new genetic virological factor in influenza viruses that modulates the host response.Archived
Genes in humans associated with more severe influenza 2. A new genetic virological factor in influenza viruses that modulates the host response.
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Typhoid fever outbreak linked to Rainbow gathering in Northern Italy
On 10 September 2017, French authorities reported to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) three cases of typhoid fever linked to the European Rainbow gathering that took place in Tramonti di Sopra, Friuli-Venezia Giulia region, Italy, from 23 July to 21 August 2017.
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Epidemiological update: No local transmission of dengue virus in Greece, 4 October 2012Archived
The dengue case reported in the epidemiological update of 7 September has now been discarded based on additional laboratory results.