Weekly releases (1997–2007) - Volume 12, Issue 40, 04 October 2007

Between January and June 2007, a total of 90 cases of measles were notified in Passau and Rottal-Inn, two districts of Lower Bavaria in south-east Germany sharing a border with Austria.

The recently reported concurrent outbreaks of Shigella sonnei infections in Denmark and Australia have been found to be linked to a common baby corn packing house in Thailand via trace-back of the distribution chain.