Job vacancy at the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
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Source: Eurosurveillance - October 12, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Eurosurveillance editorial team Source Type: research
Food-borne botulism outbreak during the Rugby World Cup linked to marinated sardines in Bordeaux, France, September 2023
This report highlights the importance of rapid, worldwide alerts from health authorities to prevent severe consequences of such outbreaks, particularly during events attracting international visitors. (Source: Eurosurveillance)
Source: Eurosurveillance - October 12, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: L éa Courtot-Melciolle, Marine Jauvain, Mona Siefridt, Renaud Prevel, Olivia Peuchant, Olivier Guisset, Gaëlle Mourissoux, Laure Diancourt, Christelle Mazuet, Gauthier Delvallez, Alexandre Boyer and Arthur Orieux Source Type: research
Implementation of a broad public health approach to COVID-19 in Sweden, January 2020 to May 2022
In 2020, the world had to adapt to a pandemic caused by a then novel coronavirus. In addition to its direct impact on morbidity and mortality, the COVID-19 pandemic brought unprecedented control measures and challenges to both individuals and society. Sweden has been seen by many as an outlier in the management of the pandemic. It is therefore of special interest to document the actual management of the pandemic in Sweden during its first 2 years and how public health was affected. In the authors opinion, within the Swedish context, it has been possible to achieve a similar level of effect on mortality and morbidity throug...
Source: Eurosurveillance - October 12, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Anders Tegnell, Anna Bess ö, Britta Björkholm, Sara Byfors, Johan Carlson and Karin Tegmark Wisell Source Type: research
Epidemiology of common infectious diseases before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bavaria, Germany, 2016 to 2021: an analysis of routine surveillance data
ConclusionReductions for various infectious diseases and changes in case characteristics in 2020 and 2021 indicate reduced transmission of notifiable diseases other than COVID-19 due to interventions and under-detection. (Source: Eurosurveillance)
Source: Eurosurveillance - October 12, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Sarah van de Berg, Tanja Charles, Achim D örre, Katharina Katz and Stefanie Böhm Source Type: research
The value of manual backward contact tracing to control COVID-19 in practice, the Netherlands, February to March 2021: a pilot study
ConclusionsThe addition of manual BCT to control the COVID-19 pandemic did not provide added value in our study setting. (Source: Eurosurveillance)
Source: Eurosurveillance - October 12, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Timo Louis Boelsums, Inge Anna Theresia van de Luitgaarden, Jane Whelan, Hanna Poell, Charlotte Maria Hoffman, Ewout Fanoy, Maaike Buskermolen and Jan Hendrik Richardus Source Type: research
Analysis of avian influenza A (H3N8) viruses in poultry and their zoonotic potential, China, September 2021 to May 2022
ConclusionAvian H3N8 viruses with H9N2 virus internal genes, causing two human infections, occurred in live poultry markets in China. The low pathogenicity of H3N8 viruses in poultry allows their continuous circulation with potential for reassortment. Careful monitoring of spill-over infections in humans is important to strengthen early-warning systems and maintain influenza pandemic preparedness. (Source: Eurosurveillance)
Source: Eurosurveillance - October 12, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Pengfei Cui, Jianzhong Shi, Cheng Yan, Congcong Wang, Yuancheng Zhang, Yaping Zhang, Xin Xing, Yuan Chen, Jie Zhang, Liling Liu, Xianying Zeng, Guobin Tian, Chengjun Li, Yasuo Suzuki, Guohua Deng and Hualan Chen Source Type: research
A 95% decline in estimated newly acquired HIV infections, Amsterdam, 2010 to 2022
The infrastructure in cities provides unique opportunities to eliminate HIV. Since 2014, the HIV Transmission Elimination AMsterdam Initiative, a consortium involved in HIV prevention and care, has employed an integrated approach to curb HIV incidence in Amsterdam. This effort contributed to the 95% decline in estimated newly acquired infections and the 79% decline in observed new HIV diagnoses in Amsterdam from 2010 to 2022. In 2022, Amsterdam reached and exceeded the 95–95–95 UNAIDS treatment cascade goals (98–95%-96%). (Source: Eurosurveillance)
Source: Eurosurveillance - October 5, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: The HIV Transmission Elimination AMsterdam (H-TEAM) Initiative Source Type: research
A comparison of COVID-19 incidence rates across six European countries in 2021
International comparisons of COVID-19 incidence rates have helped gain insights into the characteristics of the disease, benchmark disease impact, shape public health measures and inform potential travel restrictions and border control measures. However, these comparisons may be biased by differences in COVID-19 surveillance systems and approaches to reporting in each country. To better understand these differences and their impact on incidence comparisons, we collected data on surveillance systems from six European countries: Belgium, England, France, Italy, Romania and Sweden. Data collected included: target testing popu...
Source: Eurosurveillance - October 5, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Michael Padget, Pauline Adam, Marina Dorfmuller, Clara Blondel, Ines Campos-Matos, Myriam Fayad, Alberto Mateo-Urdiales, David Mesher, Adriana Pistol, Javiera Rebolledo, Flavia Riccardo, Maximilian Riess, Lavinia Cipriana Rusu, Didier Che, Bruno Coignard Source Type: research
External quality assessment of orthohantavirus and lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus molecular detection and serology in Europe, 2021
ConclusionSerology, the most common tool to diagnose acute orthohantavirus infections, had a high accuracy in this EQA. The molecular detection of orthohantaviruses needs improvement while LCMV detection (performed in fewer laboratories) had 95% accuracy. Further EQAs are recommended to be performed periodically to monitor improvements and challenges in the diagnostics of rodent–borne diseases. (Source: Eurosurveillance)
Source: Eurosurveillance - October 5, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Mert Erdin, Kamelia R Stanoeva, Ramona M ögling, Miša Korva, Nataša Knap, Katarina Resman Rus, Cristina Domingo, Johan HJ Reimerink, Ankje de Vries, Hussein Alburkat, Mira Utriainen, Céline M Gossner, Tarja Sironen, Tatjana Avšič-Županc, Chantal BE Source Type: research
West Nile virus in the Iberian Peninsula: using equine cases to identify high-risk areas for humans
ConclusionA risk map highlighting the risk areas for potential future cases could be cost-effective as a means of promoting preventive measures to decrease incidence of WNV infection in Europe, based on a One Health surveillance approach. (Source: Eurosurveillance)
Source: Eurosurveillance - October 5, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Jos é-María García-Carrasco, Antonio-Román Muñoz, Jesús Olivero, Marina Segura, Ignacio García-Bocanegra and Raimundo Real Source Type: research
A community cluster of influenza A(H3N2) virus infection with reduced susceptibility to baloxavir due to a PA E199G substitution in Japan, February to March 2023
A community cluster of influenza A(H3N2) caused by viruses with an E199G substitution in PA was detected in Nara, Japan, between February and March 2023. The three patients with these mutant viruses had not received antiviral treatment before specimen collection but patients in the same hospital had. The sequences of the mutant viruses were closely related, suggesting clonal spread in Nara. They showed reduced susceptibility to baloxavir in vitro; however, the clinical significance of the PA E199G substitution remains unclear. (Source: Eurosurveillance)
Source: Eurosurveillance - September 28, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Emi Takashita, Seiichiro Fujisaki, Hiroko Morita, Shiho Nagata, Hideka Miura, Yuki Matsuura, Saya Yamamoto, Shoko Chiba, Yumiko Inoue, Iori Minami, Sayaka Yoshikawa, Seiko Yamazaki, Noriko Kishida, Kazuya Nakamura, Masayuki Shirakura, Shinji Watanabe and Source Type: research
High attack rate in a large care home outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 BA.2.86, East of England, August 2023
We investigated an outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 variant BA.2.86 in an East of England care home. We identified 45 infections (33 residents, 12 staff), among 38 residents and 66 staff. Twenty-nine of 43 PCR swabs were sequenced, all of which were variant BA.2.86. The attack rate among residents was 87%, 19 were symptomatic, and one was hospitalised. Twenty-four days after the outbreak started, no cases were still unwell. Among the 33 resident cases, 29 had been vaccinated 4 months earlier. (Source: Eurosurveillance)
Source: Eurosurveillance - September 28, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Lucy Reeve, Elise Tessier, Amy Trindall, Nurin Iwani Binti Abdul Aziz, Nick Andrews, Matthias Futschik, Jessica Rayner, Alexis Didier ’Serre, Rebecca Hams, Natalie Groves, Eileen Gallagher, Rachael Graham, Beatrix Kele, Katja Hoschler, Tom Fowler, Edwar Source Type: research
Increased reports of severe myocarditis associated with enterovirus infection in neonates, United Kingdom, 27 June 2022 to 26 April 2023
We describe the initial public health investigation into this cluster and aim to raise awareness among paediatricians, laboratories and public health specialists. (Source: Eurosurveillance)
Source: Eurosurveillance - September 28, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Anika Singanayagam, Catherine Moore, Susannah Froude, Cristina Celma, Julia Stowe, Erjola Hani, Khuen Foong Ng, Peter Muir, Marion Roderick, Simon Cottrell, David F. Bibby, Barry Vipond, Sophie Gillett, Peter J. Davis, Jack Gibb, Mai Barry, Phillippa Harr Source Type: research
Meningococcal carriage in children and young adults: a cross-sectional and longitudinal study, Iceland, 2019 to 2021
ConclusionsCarriage of pathogenic meningococci is rare in young Icelanders. Non-groupable meningococci were the most common colonising meningococci in Iceland, followed by MenB. No MenC were found. Whole genome sequencing suggests prolonged carriage of the same strains in persistent carriers. (Source: Eurosurveillance)
Source: Eurosurveillance - September 28, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Iris Kristinsdottir, Linda J Visser, Willem R Miellet, Rob Mariman, Gerlinde Pluister, Gunnsteinn Haraldsson, Asgeir Haraldsson, Krzysztof Trzci ński and Valtyr Thors Source Type: research
Healthcare-associated infections by multidrug-resistant bacteria in Andalusia, Spain, 2014 to 2021
ConclusionThis study indicates that social factors should be considered when investigating HAIs by MDR bacteria. The case incidence heterogeneity between Andalusian municipalities might be explained by SDoH, but also possibly by under-notification. Automatising reporting may address the latter. (Source: Eurosurveillance)
Source: Eurosurveillance - September 28, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Nicol ás Francisco Fernández-Martínez, Mario Rivera-Izquierdo, Rocío Ortiz-González-Serna, Virginia Martínez-Ruiz, Pablo Lardelli-Claret, Adrián Hugo Aginagalde-Llorente, María del Carmen Valero-Ubierna, María Auxiliadora Vergara-Díaz and Nicola Source Type: research
