Eurosurveillance - Volume 0, Issue 0, 01 September 1995

In the 1990s, an epidemic of cholera caused by Vibrio cholerae 01 El Tor has spread from northern Pakistan to the Mediterranean. In 1993 sporadic cases of cholera, and epidemic foci, were recorded in many countries of the southern part of Eastern Europe.

In March 1994, health authorities in Antwerp, Belgium, were informed that a member of a team of 15 customs officers had developed psittacosis. The customs officer concerned had been admitted to hospital with pneumonia 10 days after exposure to parakeets t

Hantaviruses cause haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) and hantaviruspulmonary syndrome (HPS), and occur throughout the world. The viruses aretransmitted to humans in aerosols of rodent secretions. About 200 000 people,mainly in Eurasia, develop

The WHO Regional Office for Europe organises meetings on immunisation programmes for national experts from all countries of the European Union (EU)and data on the incidence of diseases and immunisation coverage are regularly submitted to WHO. We have anal

Salm-Net aims to prevent human salmonellosis within the EU by strengthening international laboratory based human salmonella surveillance and creating an on-line European database of compatible data available to all participants. Salm-Netis funded by DG XI