Weekly releases (1997–2007) - Volume 11, Issue 50, 14 December 2006

A large increase in norovirus outbreaks in Hungary and Germany was reported to European national health authorities via the Foodborne Viruses in Europe network

From January to November 2006, 223 norovirus outbreaks were reported in Hungary. For 128 out of 223 outbreaks (57%) the norovirus agent was laboratory confirmed

As of 13 December 2006, 56 confirmed malaria infections, caused by Plasmodium falciparum, have been reported from the city of Kingston in Jamaica [1]. Most cases occurred in the areas of

On 3 July 2006, public health authorities in northern Austria were informed by a local hospital of a possible botulism outbreak affecting four people who had been admitted two days earlier.