Healthcare-associated infections and antibiotic resistance

Reporting of nosocomial imipenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infections, France, August 2001-May 2011
Bulletin épidémiologique hebdomadaire 31-32
24 July 2012, France
www.invs.sante.fr/content/download/42348/192273/version/5/file/beh_31_32_2012.pdf

Intersectoral day prevalence of MRSA - experiences from Essen
Epidemiologisches Bulletin 27/2012
9 July 2012, Germany
http://www.rki.de/DE/Content/Infekt/EpidBull/Archiv/2012/Ausgaben/27_12.pdf?__blob=publicationFile

Quarterly report on the surveillance of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemias in Scotland, January – March 2012
HPS Weekly Report 2012;46(27)
4 July 2012, Scotland
http://www.documents.hps.scot.nhs.uk/ewr/pdf2012/1227.pdf

Quarterly report on the surveillance of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) in Scotland, January - March 2012
HPS Weekly Report 2012;46(27)
4 July 2012, Scotland
http://www.documents.hps.scot.nhs.uk/ewr/pdf2012/1227.pdf

German data from the first European prevalence study on the occurrence of nosocomial infections and antibiotic use 
Epidemiologisches Bulletin 26/2012
2 July 2012, Germany
http://www.rki.de/DE/Content/Infekt/EpidBull/Archiv/2012/Ausgaben/26_12.pdf?__blob=publicationFile

Food- and waterborne diseases

Epidemiology of cryptococcosis in Germany, 2004 to 2010
Epidemiologisches Bulletin 29/2012
23 July 2012, Germany
http://www.rki.de/DE/Content/Infekt/EpidBull/Archiv/2012/Ausgaben/29_12.pdf?__blob=publicationFile

Sexually transmitted diseases

Profile and sexual behaviours among young men who have sex with men: Net Gay Barometer 2009, France
Bulletin épidémiologique hebdomadaire 31-32
24 July 2012, France
www.invs.sante.fr/content/download/42348/192273/version/5/file/beh_31_32_2012.pdf

HIV infections and AIDS cases in Germany
Epidemiologisches Bulletin 28/2012
16 July 2012, Germany
http://www.rki.de/DE/Content/Infekt/EpidBull/Archiv/2012/Ausgaben/28_12.pdf?__blob=publicationFile

Special issue – Knowledge, perception and behaviours towards viral hepatitis B and C in France
Bulletin épidémiologique hebdomadaire 29-30
10 July 2012, France
www.invs.sante.fr/content/download/41267/188875/version/3/file/beh_29_30_2012.pdf

High incidence of HIV infections among MSM after PEP: indications for persistent risky sexual behaviour
Infectieziekten Bulletin 2012; 6(23)
July 2012, the Netherlands
http://www.rivm.nl/dsresource?objectid=rivmp:182309&type=org&disposition=inline

How was gonorrhoea treated in East- and West-Flanders, Belgium in 2010?
Vlaamse Infectieziektebulletin Nr. 2012/2/80
April-May-June 2012, Belgium
http://www.infectieziektebulletin.be/uploadedFiles/Infectieziektebulletin/2012/80_2012_2/NUMMER%2080%20%282%29.pdf

Zoonoses and vector-borne diseases

Travel health: Malaria cases in Scotland and the UK: 2007-2011
HPS Weekly Report 2012;46(30)
25 July 2012, Scotland
http://www.documents.hps.scot.nhs.uk/ewr/pdf2012/1230.pdf

Epidemiology and the prevention of malaria and West Nile virus infection in Greece, during 2010 and 2011
HCDPC Newsletter, Vol. 15
May 2012, Greece
http://www.keelpno.gr/Portals/0/Newsletter/2012/HCDCP_NEWSLETTER_MAY_2012.pdf 

Vaccine-preventable diseases

Estimation of vaccination coverage by the MenBvac vaccine for people targeted by the vaccination campaign in Dieppe and its surroundings, France, June 2006-May 2009
Bulletin épidémiologique hebdomadaire 31-32
24 July 2012, France
www.invs.sante.fr/content/download/42348/192273/version/5/file/beh_31_32_2012.pdf

Measles, mumps, rubella and whooping cough illness and routine childhood vaccine uptake
HPS Weekly Report 2012;46(28)
11 July 2012, Scotland
http://www.documents.hps.scot.nhs.uk/ewr/pdf2012/1228.pdf

Tetanus review of cases 1988–2012
Epi-Insight, 2012;13(7)
July 2012, Ireland
http://ndsc.newsweaver.ie/epiinsight/1x6se87jdqj?a=1&p=25487045&t=17517774

Quarterly vaccination coverage statistics for children aged up to five years in the UK (COVER programme): January to March 2012
Health Protection Report; 6(26)
29 June 2012, United Kingdom
http://www.hpa.org.uk/hpr/archives/2012/hpr2612.pdf

Mumps in the province of Antwerp in 2011
Vlaamse Infectieziektebulletin Nr. 2012/2/80
April-May-June 2012, Belgium
http://www.infectieziektebulletin.be/uploadedFiles/Infectieziektebulletin/2012/80_2012_2/NUMMER%2080%20%282%29.pdf

Other

Increase in notification of invasive Group A Streptococcal Infection in Ireland
Epi-Insight, 2012;13(7)
July 2012, Ireland
http://ndsc.newsweaver.ie/epiinsight/1i6kjwnrulz?a=1&p=25487055&t=17517774