Weekly releases (1997–2007) - Volume 11, Issue 8, 23 February 2006

Wild birds with highly pathogenic avian influenza have been detected in two more European Union countries; France and Slovakia

Since November 2005, there has been an outbreak of measles in Greece. Sporadic cases began to appear in September 2005.

A possible case of rubella in a 24 year old woman in her eighth week of pregnancy was reported in the Barcelona region on 21 November 2005

Scotland generally reports higher rates of infection with verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 (VTEC O157) than other parts of the United Kingdom