Weekly releases (1997–2007) - Volume 11, Issue 3, 19 January 2006

The Turkish authorities in Ankara have now confirmed 21 human cases of infection

It seems clear that birds in eastern Turkey were infected with A(H5N1) in November 2005, or even earlier. There has been speculation absout why the first human cases did not appear until after Christmas.

In November 2005, an outbreak of tularaemia occurred among a group of thirty nine hunters and beaters who had participated in a hare hunt on 29 October in the Darmstadt-Griesheim area in the state of Hessen

Following the recently published report from England and Wales [1], we report a 60% reduction of Salmonella Enteritidis infections in Luxembourg in 2005 compared with the average annual number of cases in the period 2000-2004

Rotavirus is the leading cause of diarrhoea in young children worldwide, and is responsible for over half a million deaths and 2 million hospitalisations each year