Weekly releases (1997–2007) - Volume 10, Issue 31, 04 August 2005

The Spanish Ministry of Health has reported the detection of a case of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in Spain

Although the incidence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection is low in the Nordic countries compared with many other European countries, a significant increase has been observed in the last 3-5 years in all of these countries

Many young people in England are not using condoms consistently or correctly during sexual encounters. This is a result of a survey of 1373 young people aged 16-21 at 21 schools and colleges at four sites in England

A further position is being advertised at the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) in Stockholm.