Weekly releases (1997–2007) - Volume 8, Issue 26, 24 June 2004

In April 2004, a dozen invasive group A streptococcal (GAS) infections were reported by several hospitals in Brussels and Flanders.

Falciparum malaria remains one of the most important killers worldwide and the most frequent cause of travel related fever in European travel clinics.

Tickborne encephalitis (TBE) is endemic in virtually all countries in central and eastern Europe.

In 2003, the epidemiology of tickborne encephalitis (TBE) in Lithuania was very unusual.

TBE has been notifiable in Latvia since 1955.