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Invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) is a major cause of bacterial meningitis and septicaemia although infection by some serogroups may be prevented through vaccination. We aimed to describe the epidemiology of IMD in EU/EEA countries during 2004–2014 to monitor serogroup- and age-specific trends, and compare country trends by the period of meningococcal C conjugate (MCC) vaccine introduction.We analysed...
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is endemic in EU/EEA countries, but the understanding of the burden of the infection in humans is inconsistent as the disease is not under EU surveillance but subject to national policies.Countries were asked to nominate experts and to complete a standardised questionnaire about the epidemiological situation and surveillance of HEV in their respective EU/EEA country. This study...
The elimination of rubella and prevention of congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) by 2015 are established goals for Europe. Our aim was to review the epidemiology of rubella in relation to this goal.National surveillance institutions from 32 European countries provided information on rubella and CRS surveillance systems and data for 2000–08. We reported the number of notified rubella cases by year for...
Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) in humans is caused by a larval stage (metacestode) of Echinococcus multilocularis, which exhibits a tumor-like growth, initially in the liver, with the potential to induce serious disease. At the end of the 1980s, E. multilocularis was known to occur in four countries of Central Europe, but has now been identified in ten countries. Red foxes are the principal definitive...
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