Healthcare-associated infections and antibiotic resistance
Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus 2016
EPI-NEWS 23, 2017
7 June 2017, Denmark
http://www.ssi.dk/Aktuelt/Nyhedsbreve/EPI-NYT/2017/Uge%2023%20-%202017.aspx
Laboratory surveillance of Klebsiella spp. bacteraemia in England, Wales and Northern Ireland: 2016
Health Protection Report; 11(18)
22 May 2017, United Kingdom
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/615375/hpr1817_klbsll.pdf
Laboratory surveillance of Escherichia coli bacteraemia in England, Wales and Northern Ireland: 2016 Health Protection Report; 11(18)
22 May 2017, United Kingdom
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/615340/hpr1817_ecoli.pdf
Laboratory surveillance of Enterococcus spp. bacteraemia in England, Wales and Northern Ireland: 2016 Health Protection Report; 11(15)
21 April 2017, United Kingdom
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/610226/hpr1517_ntrcccs.pdf
Laboratory surveillance of Acinetobacter spp. bacteraemia in England, Wales and Northern Ireland: 2016 Health Protection Report; 11(15)
21 April 2017, United Kingdom
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/610232/hpr1517_cntbctr.pdf
Mycobacterium chimaera in patients with a history of open heart surgery
Epi-Insight 2017;18(4)
April 2017, Ireland
http://ndsc.newsweaver.ie/epiinsight/15w224cjc8b10gkzp9yxn5?a=1&p=51673459&t=17517774
Food- and waterborne diseases
Outbreak of salmonellosis in North Dublin
Epi-Insight 2017;18(6)
June 2017, Ireland
http://ndsc.newsweaver.ie/epiinsight/1bcwq2qyang1qsl0rhv973?a=2&p=51918507&t=17517804
Gastro-intestinal and foodborne infections: viral pathogens, Listeria, Shigella and Yersinia
HPS Weekly Report 2017; 51(20)
23 May 2017, Scotland
http://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/documents/ewr/pdf2017/1720.pdf
Reporting trends of shigellosis in the Netherlands, 1988-2015
Infectieziekten Bulletin 2017; 28(4)
24 April 2017, the Netherlands
http://www.rivm.nl/dsresource?objectid=a2fa844f-ade0-4e00-8314-91d54dbfd79d&type=pdf&disposition=inline
Hepatitides
Laboratory reports of hepatitis A and C (England and Wales): October to December 2016 Health Protection Report; 11(16)
28 April 2017, United Kingdom
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/611729/hpr1617_hep_AC.pdf
Hepatitis A vaccination gaps in men who have sex with men
Epidemiologisches Bulletin 13, 2017
30 March 2017, Germany
https://www.rki.de/DE/Content/Infekt/EpidBull/Archiv/2017/Ausgaben/13_17.pdf?__blob=publicationFile
Vaccine-preventable diseases
Laboratory reports of Haemophilus influenzae by age group and serotype, England and Wales: January to March 2017 (2016)
Health Protection Report; 11(19)
26 May 2017, United Kingdom
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/616220/hpr1917_hib.pdf
Laboratory confirmed cases of measles, mumps and rubella, England: January to March 2017
Health Protection Report; 11(19)
26 May 2017, United Kingdom
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/616215/hpr1917_mmr.pdf
Pertussis vaccination programme for pregnant women update: vaccine coverage in England, January to March 2017
Health Protection Report; 11(19)
26 May 2017, United Kingdom
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/616198/hpr1917_prntl-prtsssVC.pdf
Measles outbreaks in Ireland and other countries - both children and adults at risk
Epi-Insight 2017;18(5)
May 2017, Ireland
http://ndsc.newsweaver.ie/epiinsight/1s68n404xe91qsl0rhv973?a=1&p=51784315&t=17517774
Vaccine coverage estimate for the GP based catch-up meningococcal ACWY (MenACWY) immunisation programme for school leavers (becoming 18 before 31 August 2016) in England, cumulative data to the end of March 2017
Health Protection Report; 11(16)
28 April 2017, United Kingdom
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/612738/hpr1617_menACWY-vc2.pdf
Epidemiology of measles in Germany 2017
Epidemiologisches Bulletin 16, 2017
20 April 2017, Germany
https://www.rki.de/DE/Content/Infekt/EpidBull/Archiv/2017/Ausgaben/16_17.pdf?__blob=publicationFile
Pertussis 2016
EPI-NEWS 14, 2017
5 April 2017, Denmark
http://www.ssi.dk/Aktuelt/Nyhedsbreve/EPI-NYT/2017/Uge%2014%20-%202017.aspx
Measles
Epi-Ice 10(2), 2017
April 2017, Iceland
http://www.landlaeknir.is/servlet/file/store93/item32291/EPI-ICE_April_2017.pdf
Vaccines and vaccination: truth and fallacies
Not Ist Super Sanità 2017;30(3)
March 2017, Italy
http://www.iss.it/binary/publ/cont/ONLINE_MARZO_2017.pdf
Respiratory diseases
Influenza season 2016/2017
EPI-NEWS 24, 2017
14 June 2017, Denmark
http://www.ssi.dk/Aktuelt/Nyhedsbreve/EPI-NYT/2017/Uge%2024%20-%202017.aspx
Group A streptococcal infections: Third update on seasonal activity, 2016/17
Health Protection Report; 11(18)
12 May 2017, United Kingdom
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/613906/hpr1717_SF-GAS.pdf
Unraveling a tuberculosis cluster
Vlaams Infectieziektebulletin; 1/2017
April 2017, Belgium
https://www.zorg-en-gezondheid.be/sites/default/files/atoms/files/tb-ontrafeling-C.dehollogne.pdf
Contact tracing after the death of a patient with XDR-tuberculosis on an airplane, Germany 2013
Epidemiologisches Bulletin 13, 2017
30 March 2017, Germany
https://www.rki.de/DE/Content/Infekt/EpidBull/Archiv/2017/Ausgaben/13_17.pdf?__blob=publicationFile
Sexually transmitted diseases
Syphilis 2016
EPI-NEWS 21/22, 2017
31 May 2017, Denmark
http://www.ssi.dk/Aktuelt/Nyhedsbreve/EPI-NYT/2017/Uge%2021-22%20-%202017.aspx
Gonorrhoea 2016
EPI-NEWS 18, 2017
3 May 2017, Denmark
http://www.ssi.dk/Aktuelt/Nyhedsbreve/EPI-NYT/2017/Uge%2018%20-%202017.aspx
Sexually transmitted diseases
Epi-Ice 2017;10(2)
April 2017, Iceland
http://www.landlaeknir.is/servlet/file/store93/item32291/EPI-ICE_April_2017.pdf
Sexually transmitted infections and HIV in Ireland, 2016: provisional data
Epi-Insight 2017;18(4)
April 2017, Ireland
http://ndsc.newsweaver.ie/epiinsight/s9b8h9tdfmi10gkzp9yxn5?a=2&p=51673455&t=17517804
Zoonoses and vector-borne diseases
Surveillance of chikungunya, dengue and Zika virus infection in mainland France, 2016
Bulletin épidémiologique hebdomadaire, 12
30 May 2017, France
http://invs.santepubliquefrance.fr/beh/2017/12/pdf/2017_12.pdf
Zoonotic infections with Mycobacterium tuberculosis in German livestock
Epidemiologisches Bulletin 20, 2017
18 May 2017, Germany
https://www.rki.de/DE/Content/Infekt/EpidBull/Archiv/2017/Ausgaben/20_17.pdf?__blob=publicationFile
Common animal associated infections quarterly report (England and Wales) – first quarter 2017 Health Protection Report; 11(17)
12 May 2017, United Kingdom
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/614121/hpr1717_zoos2.pdf
Psittacosis 2016
EPI-NEWS 19, 2017
10 May 2017, Denmark
http://www.ssi.dk/Aktuelt/Nyhedsbreve/EPI-NYT/2017/Uge%2019%20-%202017.aspx
Tick-borne encephalitis, a new disease in the Netherlands?
Infectieziekten Bulletin 2017; 28(4)
24 April 2017, the Netherlands
http://www.rivm.nl/dsresource?objectid=de36ea65-7b14-45ac-9e91-3629d14fc0f4&type=pdf&disposition=inline
Special edition: Leptospirosis in the French overseas regions and departments
Bulletin épidémiologique hebdomadaire, 8-9
4 April 2017, France
http://invs.santepubliquefrance.fr/beh/2017/8-9/pdf/2017_8-9.pdf
Bovine tuberculosis in Limburg
Vlaams Infectieziektebulletin; 1/2017
April 2017, Belgium
https://www.zorg-en-gezondheid.be/sites/default/files/atoms/files/VIB%202017-1%20-%20Rundertuberculose%20in%20Limburg.pdf
Other
HPS report on laboratory-confirmed travel-related infections in Scotland during 2016
HPS Weekly Report 2017; 51(18)
9 May 2017, Scotland
http://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/documents/ewr/pdf2017/1718.pdf
TRAVAX Outbreak Index 2016: Diseases of Public and Travel Health Risk
HPS Weekly Report 2017; 51(17)
2 May 2017, Scotland
http://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/documents/ewr/pdf2017/1717.pdf