Weekly releases (1997–2007) - Volume 8, Issue 28, 08 July 2004

AIDS has claimed 20 million lives since the first case was diagnosed in 1981, according to the 2004 Report on the global AIDS epidemic, published this week by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS

Escherichia coli and other species of Enterobacteriaceae producing CTX-M type extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs) have been reported from a number of European countries

The surveillance of communicable diseases in Estonia dates back to the 18th century