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Eurosurveillance Monthly Releases 2004,  Volume 9:
Issue: 12 | 11 | 10 | 09 | 07-08 | 06 | 05 | 04 | 03 | 02 | 01 |

Eurosurveillance Weekly Releases 2004,  Volume 8:
Dec: 23 | 16 | 08 | 02 |
Nov: 25 | 18 | 11 | 04 |
Oct: 28 | 21 | 14 | 07 |
Sep: 30 | 23 | 16 | 09 | 02 |
Aug: 26 | 19 | 12 | 05 |
Jul: 29 | 22 | 15 | 08 | 01 |
Jun: 24 | 17 | 10 | 03 |
May: 27 | 20 | 13 | 06 |
Apr: 29 | 23 | 15 | 08 | 01 |
Mar: 25 | 18 | 11 | 04 |
Feb: 26 | 19 | 12 | 05 |
Jan: 29 | 22 | 15 | 08 | 02 |

Eurosurveillance Quarterly Releases 2004,  Volume 4:
  Issue 10-12, October - December 2004
  Issue 7-9, July - September 2004
  Issue 1-3, January - March 2004
Weekly and monthly releases:
Eurosurveillance Weekly Release: 23 December 2004
High number of norovirus outbreaks associated with a GGII.4 variant in the Netherlands and elsewhere: does this herald a worldwide increase? A Kroneman et al.
Considerable progress in European preparations for a potential influenza pandemic Editorial team et al.
Increase in mumps in Ireland in late 2004 M Di Renzi
Hepatitis B vaccination project for behavioural risk groups in the Netherlands
EU drugs agency publication on hepatitis C and injecting drug use looks at impact, costs and policy options
Watching the detectives: celebrating the 10th year of EPIET
Health Protection Scotland: new health protection body for Scotland replaces SCIEH
Teringzooi – the ‘Bloody Mess’ exhibition - gives a striking history of infectious disease
Applicants sought for training fellowships in intervention epidemiology in Europe (the EPIET programme)

Eurosurveillance Weekly Release: 16 December 2004
ECDC director chosen at second management board meeting
International outbreak of Salmonella Thompson caused by contaminated ruccola salad - update K Nygard et al.
Trends in antimicrobial resistance in Europe: report from EARSS N Bruinsma et al.
BSE agent in goat tissue: precautions discussed
Indirect community protection against influenza by vaccinating children: a review of two recent studies from Italy and the United States B Olowokure

Eurosurveillance Weekly Release: 08 December 2004
Overview of incoming changes to European food safety and hygiene legislation R Elson
Case report: probable West Nile virus infection in Germany could be third imported case since 2003 E Jensen et al.

Eurosurveillance Weekly Release: 02 December 2004
Change in prophylaxis recommendations in response to falciparum malaria in travellers to the Dominican Republic J Lawrence et al.
Proposed new International Health Regulations 2005– validation of a decision instrument (algorithm) J Morris et al.
Increase in cases of legionellosis in Italy maintained in 2003 MC Rota et al.
Increase in STIs in the Netherlands slowed in 2003 MJ van de Laar et al.

Eurosurveillance Monthly Release: 01 December 2004
ECDC and WHO: a common mission for better health in Europe M Danzon
A multilevel approach to understanding the resurgence and evolution of infectious syphilis in Western Europe K Fenton
Recent syphilis trends in Belgium and enhancement of STI surveillance systems A Sasse et al.
Syphilis surveillance in France, 2000-2003 E Couturier et al.
Syphilis surveillance and trends of the syphilis epidemic in Germany since the mid-90s U Marcus et al.
The epidemiology of infectious syphilis in the Republic of Ireland M Cronin et al.
Syphilis and gonorrhoea in the Czech Republic H Zákoucká et al.
Syphilis surveillance and epidemiology in the United Kingdom AA Righarts et al.
Syphilis in Denmark–Outbreak among MSM in Copenhagen, 2003-2004 SA Cowan
Bichat clinical guidelines for bioterrorist agents P Bossi et al.
Bichat guidelines for the clinical management of anthrax and bioterrorism-related anthrax P Bossi et al.
Bichat guidelines for the clinical management of plague and bioterrorism-related plague P Bossi et al.
Bichat guidelines for the clinical management of smallpox and bioterrorism-related smallpox P Bossi et al.
Bichat guidelines for the clinical management of tularaemia and bioterrorism-related tularaemia P Bossi et al.
Bichat guidelines for the clinical management of haemorrhagic fever viruses and bioterrorism-related haemorrhagic fever viruses P Bossi et al.
Bichat guidelines for the clinical management of botulism and bioterrorism-related botulism P Bossi et al.
Bichat guidelines for the clinical management of brucellosis and bioterrorism-related brucellosis P Bossi et al.
Bichat guidelines for the clinical management of glanders and melioidosis and bioterrorism-related glanders and melioidosis P Bossi et al.
Bichat guidelines for the clinical management of Q fever and bioterrorism-related Q fever P Bossi et al.
Bichat guidelines for the clinical management of viral encephalitis and bioterrorism-related viral encephalitis P Bossi et al.

Eurosurveillance Weekly Release: 25 November 2004
E-alert: outbreak of Salmonella Thompson infections caused by contaminated ruccola (rocket) salad
World AIDS Day: 40 million with HIV
Increase in mumps cases in England and Wales, 2004
A cluster of leptospirosis cases in canoeists on a Dublin river
Evidence that HPV vaccine may be effective in preventing cervical cancer

Eurosurveillance Weekly Release: 18 November 2004
Introducing universal hepatitis B vaccination in Europe: differences still remain between countries
Pathology and biochemistry of prion disease varies with genotype in transgenic mice
Recent increase in meningococcal deaths in Scotland prompts call for vigilance
Analysis of EISS database reveals possible west-east spread of influenza across Europe

Eurosurveillance Weekly Release: 11 November 2004
Probable case of indigenous vCJD diagnosed in Ireland
Waterborne outbreak of giardiasis in Bergen, Norway K Nygard et al.
Coordinated European Union-wide survey of the prevalence of salmonella in laying flocks
Imported case of rabies in Germany from India R Summer et al.

Eurosurveillance Weekly Release: 04 November 2004
A death associated with yellow fever vaccination reported in Spain
Attack by bear with rabies in Brasov county, Romania A Rafila et al.
Tuberculosis in Germany: epidemiological analysis of the 2002 national situation and 2003 preliminary results B Brodhun et al.

Eurosurveillance Monthly Release: 01 November 2004
How to prevent transmission of MRSA in the open community? F Vandenesch et al.
Panton-Valentine leukocidin positive MRSA in 2003: the Dutch situation WJ Wannet et al.
Report on the first PVL-positive community acquired MRSA strain in Latvia E Miklaševics et al.
Dramatic shift in the epidemiology of Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis phage types in western Europe, 1998-2003 - results from the Enter-net international salmonella database IS Fisher
International trends in salmonella serotypes 1998-2003 - a surveillance report from the Enter-net international surveillance network IS Fisher
Surveillance of invasive meningococcal disease in the Czech Republic P Kriz
Eighth International Meeting of the European Laboratory Working Group on Diphtheria and the Diphtheria Surveillance Network - June 2004: Progress is needed to sustain control of diphtheria in European Region A De Zoysa et al.

Eurosurveillance Weekly Release: 28 October 2004
Eagles testing positive for H5N1 imported illegally into Europe from Thailand C Suetens et al.
Eighth case of vCJD identified in France was a blood donor
Panton-Valentine leukocidin producing strains associated with serious community acquired S. aureus infection in Ireland J O'Gorman et al.
Outbreaks of infectious syphilis and other STIs in men who have sex with men in Barcelona, 2002-3 M Vall Mayans et al.

Eurosurveillance Weekly Release: 21 October 2004
Hepatitis A outbreak in men who have sex with men, Oslo and Bergen in Norway H Blystad et al.
Chlamydia incidence in young people in England: results from a widespread screening programme DS LaMontagne et al.
HIV prevalence in women and childhood survival: the challenge of prevention in Africa J Blackham
Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in the United Kingdom: update

Eurosurveillance Weekly Release: 14 October 2004
First influenza virus detections in Europe: 2004-2005 season, European Influenza Surveillance Scheme WJ Paget et al.
Salmonella Enteritidis non-phage type 4 infections in England and Wales 2000-2004: Report from a multi-agency national outbreak control team IA Gillespie
Global health strategy for the European Union

Eurosurveillance Weekly Release: 07 October 2004
Outbreak of Salmonella Newport infection associated with lettuce in the UK IA Gillespie
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis infections traced to raw carrots in Finland J Takkinen et al.
West Nile outbreak in horses in Southern France: September 2004 H Zeller et al.
Enhanced surveillance of lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) begins in England I Simms et al.
Current status of chlamydia screening in Europe N Low
Pertussis vaccine schedules across Europe S Salmaso et al.

Eurosurveillance Monthly Release: 01 October 2004
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control G Gouvras
Perspectives for a European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control M Kokki et al.
Travel Associated Legionnaires' Disease in Europe : 2003 KD Ricketts et al.
Preliminary results from the new HIV surveillance system in France F Lot et al.
Occurrence of Salmonella Enteritidis phage type 29 in Austria : an opportunity to assess the relevance of chicken meat as source of human salmonella infections C Berghold et al.

Eurosurveillance Weekly Release: 30 September 2004
ECDC management board elects chair and deputy following international startup event in Stockholm
Hepatitis A outbreak in men who have sex with men, London, August-September 2004
Legionella pneumophila genome sequenced
WHO investigate possible human-to-human transmission of H5N1 in Thailand, amid calls for major investment to combat avian influenza
Bat infected with a rabies virus (EBLV-2) identified in southern England

Eurosurveillance Weekly Release: 23 September 2004
Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and plasma products: implementation of public health precautions in the UK AM Molesworth et al.
New action points in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Europe and Central Asia
Measles increase in Ireland, 2004 S Gee et al.
Wound botulism: increase in cases in injecting drug users, United Kingdom, 2004 V Hope et al.
New norovirus surveillance system in Sweden S Martin et al.

Eurosurveillance Weekly Release: 16 September 2004
WHO report: retrospective mortality survey among the internally displaced population, greater Darfur, Sudan, August 2004
MED-VET-NET: bringing together veterinary, medical and food scientists across Europe
Human and animal exposure to a rabid dog illegally imported into France, August 2004: update, 15 September
MRSA cases continue to increase in Finland

Eurosurveillance Weekly Release: 09 September 2004
Salmonellosis outbreak on a cruise ship travelling from Germany around the UK
Hepatitis A in tourists who stayed at an Egyptian hotel: update
Community outbreak of legionellosis in Sweden, August-September 2004
Three cases of legionnaires' disease associated with a contaminated warm water system at a campsite in Austria, June 2004
Alcohol hand gel: latest attempts in England and Wales to tackle MRSA infections
EpiNorth website updated with 2003 data: decline in HIV infections seen in Baltic and some Russian regions

Eurosurveillance Weekly Release: 02 September 2004
Human and animal exposure to a rabid dog illegally imported into France, August 2004
EHEC cases from an international football tournament (Gothia Cup) in Sweden, July 2004
Isolation of drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in the Maltese Islands

Eurosurveillance Monthly Release: 01 September 2004
Outbreak of Clostridium histolyticum infections in injecting drug users in England and Scotland JS Brazier et al.
Travellers returning to Sweden as sentinels for comparative disease incidence in other European countries, campylobacter and giardia infection as examples K Ekdahl et al.
Surveillance data on paediatric HIV infection and AIDS in Greece G Nikolopoulos et al.

Eurosurveillance Weekly Release: 26 August 2004
Cases of travel-associated hepatitis A in Germany: international alert C Frank et al.
Drug-resistant malaria: new drug candidate offers hope of highly effective treatment Editorial team
Q fever outbreak in Botevgrad, Bulgaria: May-June 2004 G Kamenov et al.
HIV post-exposure prophylaxis management: Results of a survey of medical institutions in German-speaking Switzerland in 2000 C Colombo et al.
Correction

Eurosurveillance Weekly Release: 19 August 2004
Polio vaccination in Europe: the shift from OPV to IPV use
Confirmed deaths from avian influenza in Vietnam
Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus infections on an orthopaedic ward in Ireland
New evidence of long-term BCG vaccine efficacy

Eurosurveillance Weekly Release: 12 August 2004
Norovirus outbreak at an international scout jamboree in the Netherlands, July-August 2004: international alert
Salmonella outbreak linked to food outlet in northeast England
Outbreak of hepatitis A in Flemish Belgium, July-August 2004
Community outbreak of legionnaires’ disease related to hospital cooling towers in Zaragoza, Spain, May-June 2004
Ciprofloxacin resistant gonorrhoea in England and Wales - a changing epidemiology
Gastrointestinal infections acquired abroad, Scotland 2003-4

Eurosurveillance Weekly Release: 05 August 2004
Two linked cases of West Nile virus (WNV) acquired by Irish tourists in the Algarve, Portugal
European Surveillance of Antimicrobial Consumption: the ESAC programme
MenC conjugate vaccine in Europe – schedules, protection and outcomes
Tuberculosis screening programmes in new entrants to countries across Europe
European Surveillance of Sexually Transmitted Infections (ESSTI) network launches website
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control advertises for director

Eurosurveillance Weekly Release: 29 July 2004
Germany adds varicella vaccine to the national vaccination programme G Rasch et al.
Possible second case of variant CJD prion protein transmission from blood transfusion in the UK
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) in Scotland: latest diagnoses to 2003 and prevention recommendations 2004 D Goldberg et al.
Rate of increase in diagnoses of some sexually transmitted infections in England, Wales and Northern Ireland may be slowing I Simms et al.
Irish Food Safety Authority produces comprehensive information pack for new food businesses

Eurosurveillance Weekly Release: 22 July 2004
A case of imported cholera from India reported in Brussels G Hanquet et al.
Two cases of imported cholera from India in Austrian travellers R Strauss et al.
Oral cholera vaccine given marketing authorisation in European Union Editorial team
Four cases of lymphogranuloma venereum in Hamburg, 2003 A Plettenberg et al.
Differentiating inhalational anthrax from other influenza-like illnesses and acute respiratory infections in the setting of a deliberate release of Bacillus anthracis A Walsh et al.

Eurosurveillance Weekly Release: 15 July 2004
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreaks, South East Asia: WHO response
Tickborne encephalitis in Europe: basic information, country by country

Eurosurveillance Weekly Release: 08 July 2004
2004 update on the global AIDS epidemic from UNAIDS J Blackham
Laboratory detection of bacteria with extended-spectrum beta-lactamases A Johnson et al.
Communicable disease surveillance, prevention and control in Estonia K Kutsar et al.

Eurosurveillance Weekly Release: 01 July 2004
Pertussis incidence in the Netherlands after introduction of an acellular booster vaccination at 4 years of age S de Greeff et al.
Swedres 2003: report on Swedish antibiotic utilisation and resistance in human medicine K Lundh
Tuberculosis in Portuguese migrant workers in Wales, June 2004 D Carnicer-Pont et al.
Investigation of the decontamination arrangements for endoscopes in Northern Ireland L Doherty et al.
Panton-Valentine leukocidin positive community-acquired MRSA infection in Japan T Yamamoto

Eurosurveillance Monthly Release: 01 July 2004
Basic Surveillance Network, a European database for surveillance data on infectious diseases A Ternhag et al.
A large increase of Salmonella infections in 2003 in the Netherlands: hot summer or side effect of the avian influenza outbreak? W van Pelt et al.
Impact of the meningococcal C conjugate vaccine in Spain: an epidemiological and microbiological decision R Cano et al.

Eurosurveillance Weekly Release: 24 June 2004
Severe disease due to group A streptococcus in Belgium G Hanquet et al.
TropNetEurop surveillance data: Trends in imported malaria 2003 O Wichmann et al.
Tickborne encephalitis in the Czech Republic J Beran
Tickborne encephalitis in Lithuania L Asokliene
Tickborne encephalitis in Latvia I Lucenko et al.

Eurosurveillance Weekly Release: 17 June 2004
Communicable disease surveillance, prevention and control in Latvia A Bormane et al.
Communicable disease surveillance, prevention and control in Slovenia I Klavs et al.
Development of a vaccine for humans against highly pathogenic avian influenza virus JM Wood et al.
European network for surveillance of STIs (ESSTI) establishes working groups on lymphogranuloma venereum and HIV/STI prevention among MSM I Von Holstein et al.

Eurosurveillance Weekly Release: 10 June 2004
Emergence of Panton-Valentine leukocidin positive community-acquired MRSA infections in Belgium O Denis et al.
Outbreak of influenza A(H1N1) in a school in southern England NL Goddard et al.
Tonsil study provides estimate of the number of people in the UK who could be incubating vCJD C Kelly
WHO booklet gives an overview of health and healthcare in the 10 new member states of the European Union

Eurosurveillance Weekly Release: 03 June 2004
Community outbreak of hepatitis A in southern Italy – Campania, January-May 2004 D Boccia
Outbreak of S. Enteritidis PT9C associated with consumption of raw almonds in the US: situation in countries participating in the Enter-net dedicated surveillance network IS Fisher
Danish programme for control of Salmonella in poultry has resulted in fewer cases in both poultry and humans K Mølbak
German study looks at prevalence of Salmonella in sesame seed products

Eurosurveillance Monthly Release: 01 June 2004
The need to harmonise management of HIV exposure in Europe R Tubiana
Towards a standard HIV post exposure prophylaxis for healthcare workers in Europe V Puro et al.
Proposed recommendations for the management of HIV post-exposure prophylaxis after sexual, injecting drug or other exposures in Europe J Almeda et al.

Eurosurveillance Weekly Release: 27 May 2004
Increase in hepatitis A in MSM in Denmark K Mølbak
Increase in hepatitis A in MSM in the Netherlands CM de Jager
Modernisation of the International Health Regulations – WHO European Region A Nicoll
SurvStat@RKI – a web-based solution to query surveillance data in Germany D Faensen et al.
Correction

Eurosurveillance Weekly Release: 20 May 2004
Regulation establishing the European Centre comes into force
Communicable disease surveillance, prevention and control in Hungary Á Csohán
Measles outbreak in Norway in children adopted from China Ø Løvoll et al.
Legionella infections from a private whirlpool in Sweden B de Jong et al.
An outbreak of hepatitis B in an elderly care home in Antwerp, Belgium K De Schrijver

Eurosurveillance Weekly Release: 13 May 2004
Communicable disease surveillance, prevention and control in Poland M Sadkowska-Todys
Outbreak of Vero cytotoxin-producing E.coli O157 linked to milk in Denmark
Further evidence that vCJD incidence in the UK is currently in decline NJ Andrews

Eurosurveillance Weekly Release: 06 May 2004
Tetanus in an injecting drug user in the Netherlands: single case so far P Vermeer-de Bondt et al.
Communicable disease surveillance, prevention and control in Lithuania D Rokaite et al.
Communicable disease surveillance, prevention and control in Slovakia E Maderova
Communicable disease surveillance, prevention and control in Cyprus O Poyiadji-Kalakouta
Scenario analysis - estimating the effect of different interventions during an influenza pandemic J Wallinga et al.
Influenza pandemic scenario analysis report: could a pandemic be contained using antiviral agents? B Cooper

Eurosurveillance Monthly Release: 01 May 2004
Strengthening early warning function of surveillance in the Republic of Serbia: lessons learned after a year of implementation M Valenciano et al.
Sentinel surveillance of HIV infection in HIV test clinics, Spain 1992-2002 A Barrasa et al.
Current situation of human diphyllobothriasis in Europe J Dupouy-Camet et al.
Interruption of measles transmission in Gipuzkoa (Basque Country), Spain G Cilla et al.

Eurosurveillance Weekly Release: 29 April 2004
Eurosurveillance expands to cover the new EU and beyond
Communicable disease surveillance in Malta T Melillo Fenech
SARS update: Additional cases being investigated in Beijing, China NL Goddard
A third case of vancomycin-resistant MRSA in the United States A Johnson
Results of the first population based telephone survey of acute gastroenteritis in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland M Fitzgerald et al.
Tuberculosis screening of Aussiedler at the Friedland border immigration centre, Germany F Feil et al.

Eurosurveillance Weekly Release: 23 April 2004
e-alert: A suspected case of SARS reported in Beijing
New multiresistant strain of Salmonella enterica serotype Choleraesuis detected in Taiwan J Threlfall et al.
Unusual type of scrapie detected in sheep in the United Kingdom
Travel associated illness in England, Wales and Northern Ireland: report calls for improved surveillance systems J Lawrence et al.
Nipah virus outbreak(s) in the Republic of Bangladesh, January-April 2004 WHO

Eurosurveillance Weekly Release: 15 April 2004
Death of a child from rabies in Lithuania and update on the Lithuanian rabies situation D Razmuviene
Scottish report on hepatitis C and injecting practices has implications for policy and harm reduction strategies A Taylor et al.

Eurosurveillance Weekly Release: 08 April 2004
Worldwide recall of Aventis Pasteur rabies vaccine A Smith et al.
Legionnaires’ disease associated with whirlpools at an exhibition - Austria, March 2004 F Allerberger et al.
Outbreak of influenza A (H7) in poultry Canada – two human cases notified to WHO NL Goddard
Experiments provide compelling evidence of protein-only prion infectivity, and that prion strain differences must be structural

Eurosurveillance Weekly Release: 01 April 2004
ESCMID sets its agenda for meeting the European challenges in clinical microbiology P Schoch
Azithromycin failures in the treatment of syphilis in the United States I Simms et al.
European Commission adopts working paper on Community influenza pandemic preparedness and response planning
ECDC is adopted after Council of Ministers agree to Commission’s proposal

Eurosurveillance Monthly Release: 01 April 2004
Prevention of congenital rubella infection: a challenge for every country in Europe N Crowcroft et al.
Preventing congenital rubella infection in the European Region of WHO: 2010 target JS Spika et al.
Serological surveillance of rubella in Europe: European Sero-Epidemiology Network (ESEN2) A Nardone et al.
A large rubella outbreak, Romania - 2003 A Rafila et al.
Rubella in Denmark S Glismann
Epidemiology of rubella in Finland I Davidkin et al.
Rubella control in France D Lévy-Bruhl et al.
Epidemiology of rubella and congenital rubella syndrome in Greece, 1994-2003 T Panagiotopoulos et al.
Rubella control in Italy ML Ciofi Degli Atti et al.
New features of rubella in Spain: the evidence of an outbreak C Lemos et al.
Rubella in England, Scotland and Wales P Tookey

Eurosurveillance Weekly Release: 25 March 2004
Norovirus outbreak in a school in the north of Portugal L Castro et al.
EBLV-2 seroprevalence study in bats in the United Kingdom
Using the internet to educate the public about antimicrobial resistance: a project from the UK's National electronic Library of Infection G Madle et al.
European Network on Drugs and Infection Prevention in Prison (ENDIPP) C Weilandt

Eurosurveillance Weekly Release: 18 March 2004
World TB Day 2004 and current TB perspectives in Europe: an update from EuroTB D Falzon et al.
WHO global report on antituberculosis drug resistance: Eastern Europe and Central Asia key areas
First large outbreak of multidrug resistant tuberculosis in the Netherlands reported
Protecting the United Kingdom blood supply from variant CJD: donors who have received a blood transfusion can no longer donate blood N Connor et al.
First United Kingdom-wide study of raw shell eggs and their use in catering premises published R Elson et al.
Antimicrobial use and resistance in Denmark: a synopsis of the DANMAP 2002 Report M Muscat et al.

Eurosurveillance Weekly Release: 11 March 2004
Malarone for malaria prophylaxis – differences in national recommendations across Europe
Ongoing outbreak of dengue fever in Indonesia
Increase in reported HIV infection among MSM in Oslo, Norway
Trends in registered HIV/AIDS cases in the Netherlands: rising number of immigrants with HIV
Monitoring transmission of drug resistant HIV to develop a strategy to control spread of resistance: the SPREAD network
Surveillance guidelines for measles and congenital rubella infection in the WHO European Region
Heatwave of August 2003 in Europe: provisional estimates of the impact on mortality S Kovats
Viral gastroenteritis epidemic of 2002 associated with new norovirus variant

Eurosurveillance Weekly Release: 04 March 2004
Public Health Programme 2003-2008: 2004 work plan and call for proposals published
ECDC: Sweden announces location as Stockholm, and European Parliament passes report amending Commission’s proposal
WHO, FAO and OIE discuss the challenges facing authorities engaged with containing avian influenza
Experience of a hepatitis A vaccination project for children of immigrant origin in the Netherlands C Hoebe et al.
Surveillance of cryptosporidiosis in Spain from 1995 to 2003 P Soler

Eurosurveillance Monthly Release: 01 March 2004
Gastrointestinal illnesses in tourists: whose responsibility? R Cartwright
Waterborne outbreak among Spanish tourists in a holiday resort in the Dominican Republic, August 2002 A Paez Jimenez et al.
Foodborne outbreaks in northern Portugal, 2002 AM Correia et al.
Norovirus foodborne outbreaks associated with the consumption of oysters from the Etang de Thau, France, December 2002 A Doyle et al.
An outbreak of Adenovirus type 8 Keratoconjunctivitis in a nursing home in Madrid JM Sendra Gutierrez et al.

Eurosurveillance Weekly Release: 26 February 2004
New report on HIV in eastern Europe and central Asia advocates strong measures to reverse the increasing prevalence S Dougan
‘Wake-up call’ to Europe at high level ministerial meeting in Dublin to discuss HIV/AIDS threat
Social and medical survey of HIV infected patients from sub-Saharan Africa, in hospitals in the Paris area (Ile-de-France), 2002 F Lot et al.
ResiNet – a nationwide German sentinel study for surveillance and analysis of antimicrobial resistance in Helicobacter pylori M Kist et al.
Study shows high level of avian to human transmission of influenza A (H7N7) during outbreak in the Netherlands 2003 NL Goddard
Case report: fatal course of endocarditis following an infection with non-toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae biotype var mitis M Holfelder et al.

Eurosurveillance Weekly Release: 19 February 2004
National case-control study of Salmonella Enteritidis Phage Type 14b infection in England and Wales implicates eggs used in the catering trade S O'Brien et al.
Measles outbreak casts doubt on efficacy of post-exposure measles vaccination B Gergonne
Hospitals in Europe Link for Infection Control through Surveillance (HELICS) J Wilson
National electronic Library of Infection in the United Kingdom – contributing to changing clinical practice P Kostkova et al.

Eurosurveillance Weekly Release: 12 February 2004
Update: 13 February. Key documents on the avian influenza outbreak released by the World Health Organisation on 12 February.
European Parliament vote backs European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
New UK guidance on post-exposure prophylaxis for HIV
Avian influenza update: H5N1 in poultry in South East and East Asia, and in humans in Vietnam and Thailand
Antibiotic resistance in the Mediterranean region: the ARMed project
Combating resistance to antimicrobials by broadening the knowledge on the molecular mechanisms behind resistance to inhibitor of cell wall synthesis: the ‘COBRA’ project

Eurosurveillance Weekly Release: 05 February 2004
Avian influenza: update on European response
vCJD incidence in the UK shows evidence of having peaked or reached a plateau NJ Andrews

Eurosurveillance Monthly Release: 01 February 2004
European Surveillance of Travel Associated Legionnaires' Disease C Joseph
Travel associated legionnaires' disease in Europe: 2002 KD Ricketts et al.
European Guidelines for Control and Prevention of Travel Associated Legionnaires' Disease: the Italian experience MC Rota et al.
Clusters of travel associated legionnaires' disease in France, September 2001- August 2003 B Decludt et al.
Legionnaires´ disease clusters associated with travel to Spain during the period January 2001 to July 2003 R Cano et al.

Eurosurveillance Weekly Release: 29 January 2004
Avian influenza in Asia: update from the Health Threats Unit at DG SANCO, European Commission F Karcher et al.
Report on avian influenza in South East and East Asia Editorial team
Meningococcal disease in Ireland since the introduction of meningococcal serogroup C conjugate vaccination M Fitzgerald et al.
Report on the 2003 outbreak of monkeypox in the western hemisphere Editorial team
Applicants sought for training fellowships in intervention epidemiology in Europe (the EPIET programme)

Eurosurveillance Weekly Release: 22 January 2004
Preliminary report of an outbreak of lymphogranuloma venereum in homosexual men in the Netherlands, with implications for other countries in western Europe H Götz et al.
Surveillance of infectious diseases in IDUs across the EU: information from the EU expert network L Wiessing et al.
Shooting Up: infections in injecting drug users in the United Kingdom, 2002 V Hope et al.
Further reductions of influenza activity reported in Europe in week 02/2004: an update from EISS WJ Paget et al.
Ongoing outbreak of tetanus in injecting drug users in the UK S Hahné et al.
The importance of maintaining high coverage polio vaccination beyond global eradication of wild type poliomyelitis T Hovi et al.
Oral polio vaccine accidental injection in the north of Portugal G Gonçalves et al.

Eurosurveillance Weekly Release: 15 January 2004
Outbreak of legionnaires’ disease cases in northern France, November 2003 – January 2004: update, 14 January InVS
Avian influenza A(H5N1) in humans in Vietnam and poultry in Asia
Botulism infection after eating fish in Norway and Germany: two outbreak reports T Eriksen et al.

Eurosurveillance Weekly Release: 08 January 2004
New egg marketing measures: EC Council Regulation adopted
Guangdong (China) SARS case confirmed by WHO
New EU ‘zoonoses package’ of legislation to combat foodborne diseases published in EU Official Journal
Recommendations on directions in antimicrobial research from the 4th European Conference on Antibiotic Resistance P Schoch
New issue of EpiNorth online, Vol. 4, No 3/4

Eurosurveillance Weekly Release: 02 January 2004
Recent rise in bacterial tracheitis hospital admissions in children in Northern Ireland K Danis et al.
Suspected SARS case in Guangdong (China)
Updated procedure for communication to EU member states and European Commission about SARS events
EU member states encouraged to inventory labs holding live SARS CoV
WHO report: several foodborne infections are increasing in Europe
Changes to notification of infectious diseases in Ireland L Thornton
The Strategy for the Control of Antimicrobial Resistance in Ireland (SARI) R Cunney

Eurosurveillance Monthly Release: 01 January 2004
How Europe is facing up to antibiotic resistance MJ Struelens
Emergence of a new community acquired MRSA strain in Germany W Witte et al.
The European Community Strategy Against Antimicrobial Resistance S Bronzwaer et al.
Methods for sentinel virological surveillance of influenza in Europe - an 18-country survey TJ Meerhoff et al.
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