Weekly releases (1997–2007) - Volume 11, Issue 38, 21 September 2006

Tularaemia cases are being detected increasingly in southern parts of Sweden. In 1999, in the county of Värmland in central Sweden (bordering Norway), the first outbreak of more than 20 cases was detected

An outbreak of legionellosis with clinical cases of both Pontiac Fever and fully-fledged legionnaire’s disease associated with use of a spa pool at a local leisure club is being investigated in northeast England, United Kingdom.

A number of pharmaceutical companies have reported that they are developing human H5N1 based influenza vaccines. Some European national authorities are considering stockpiling these