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Surveillance and disease data

ECDC collects, analyses and disseminates surveillance data on communicable diseases and related special health issues from all European Union Member States and two of the three remaining European Economic Area (EEA) countries (Iceland and Norway).

Data

COVID-19 Vaccine Tracker

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EpiPulse - the European surveillance portal for infectious diseases

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Annual Epidemiological Reports

Diseases and special health issues under EU surveillance

ECDC collects, analyses and disseminates surveillance data on communicable diseases and related special health issues.

Disease surveillance reports

See links to all ECDC disease surveillance reports.

EU case definitions

List of case definitions for reporting communicable diseases to the Community network under Decision No 2119/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council.

Regular surveillance and monitoring

Regular reporting on epidemiological cases is introduced for some disease threats, such as influenza, West Nile fever, measles. Regular surveillance for Influenza and West Nile fever is implemented on a seasonal basis.

Surveillance Atlas of Infectious Diseases

The Surveillance Atlas of Infectious Diseases is a tool that interacts with the latest available data about a number of infectious diseases.

Latest outputs

Publication

Poliomyelitis - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2018

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Tuberculosis - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2019

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News

ECDC awards 77 M€ to strengthen EU/EEA Member States’ capacities to detect and identify SARS-CoV-2 variants

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Seasonal influenza - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2020-2021

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Zoonotic influenza - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2020

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Data

West Nile virus in Europe in 2021 - outbreaks among equids and/or birds, updated 16 September 2021

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West Nile virus in Europe in 2021 - human cases compared to previous seasons, updated 16 September 2021

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West Nile virus in Europe in 2021 - infections among humans and outbreaks among equids and/or birds, updated 16 September 2021

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West Nile virus in Europe in 2021 - human cases, updated 16 September 2021

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Data on 14-day notification rate of new COVID-19 cases and deaths

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EARS-Net Reporting protocol 2021

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Data

EpiPulse - the European surveillance portal for infectious diseases

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HIV Platform tool

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epitweetr tool

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HelicsWin.Net (HWN)

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

Real-time monitoring shows substantial excess all-cause mortality during second wave of COVID-19 in Europe, October to December 2020

Jan 2021

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Use of a whole genome sequencing-based approach for Mycobacterium tuberculosis surveillance in Europe in 2017-2019: an ECDC pilot study

Jan 2021

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Why we need more collaboration in Europe to enhance post-marketing surveillance of vaccines

Dec 2020

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Quantifying outcome misclassification in multi-database studies: The case study of pertussis in the ADVANCE project

Dec 2020

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Extrapulmonary tuberculosis among migrants in Europe, 1995 to 2017

Dec 2020