Weekly releases (1997–2007) - Volume 8, Issue 46, 11 November 2004

A patient in Ireland has recently been diagnosed with probable variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD)

An outbreak of Giardia lamblia has been identified in the city of Bergen (approximately 250 000 inhabitants), a popular tourist destination on the western coast of Norway.

The European Commission has published a Decision [1] concerning the baseline study that will estimate the prevalence of Salmonella spp in flocks of laying hens across the European Union.

An imported case of rabies was recently notified in Germany. At the beginning of May 2004, a 51 year old Bavarian man became ill six weeks after returning from a five month trip to India.