Jarlier, Vincent Diaz Högberg, Liselotte Heuer, Ole E Campos, José Eckmanns, Tim Giske, Christian G Grundmann, Hajo Johnson, Alan P Kahlmeter, Gunnar Monen, Jos
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BackgroundAntibiotic resistance, either intrinsic or acquired, is a major obstacle for treating bacterial infections.AimOur objective was to compare the country-specific species distribution of the four Gram-negative species Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter species and the proportions of selected acq...
Čabanová, Viktória Tichá, Elena Bradbury, Richard Stewart Zubriková, Dana Valentová, Daniela Chovancová, Gabriela Grešáková, Ľubomíra Víchová, Bronislava Šikutová, Silvie Csank, Tomáš
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BackgroundDespite the known circulation of West Nile virus (WNV) and Usutu virus (USUV) in Slovakia, no formal entomological surveillance programme has been established there thus far.AimTo conduct contemporaneous surveillance of WNV and USUV in different areas of Slovakia and to assess the geographical spread of these viruses through mosquito vect...
García San Miguel Rodríguez-Alarcón, Luc... Fernández-Martínez, Beatriz Sierra Moros, María José Vázquez, Ana Julián Pachés, Paula García Villacieros, Elena Gómez Martín, María Belén Figuerola Borras, Jordi Lorusso, Nicola Ramos Aceitero, Julian Mauro
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Cases of West Nile neuroinvasive disease (WNND) in Spain increased in summer 2020. Here we report on this increase and the local, regional and national public health measures taken in response. We analysed data from regional surveillance networks and the National Epidemiological Surveillance Network, both for human and animal West Nile virus (WNV) ...
Young, Johanna J Haussig, Joana M Aberle, Stephan W Pervanidou, Danai Riccardo, Flavia Sekulić, Nebojša Bakonyi, Tamás Gossner, Céline M
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BackgroundWest Nile virus (WNV) circulates in an enzootic cycle involving mosquitoes and birds; humans are accidental hosts.AimWe analysed human WNV infections reported between 2010 and 2018 to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control to better understand WNV epidemiology.MethodsWe describe probable and confirmed autochthonous human c...
Zylbersztejn, Ania Pembrey, Lucy Goldstein, Harvey Berbers, Guy Schepp, Rutger van der Klis, Fiona Sande, Charles Mason, Dan Wright, John Smyth, Rosalind
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BackgroundBronchiolitis caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a major cause of mortality and morbidity in infants.AimTo describe RSV epidemiology in children in the community in a high-income setting.MethodsWe used stored blood samples from the United Kingdom Born in Bradford cohort study that had been collected at birth, age 1 and 2 years...
Abu Jabal, Kamal Ben-Amram, Hila Beiruti, Karine Batheesh, Yunis Sussan, Christian Zarka, Salman Edelstein, Michael
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The BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine showed high efficacy in clinical trials but observational data from populations not included in trials are needed. We describe immunogenicity 21 days post-dose 1 among 514 Israeli healthcare workers by age, ethnicity, sex and prior COVID-19 infection. Immunogenicity was similar by ethnicity and sex but decreased w...
Gozlan, Yael Bar-Or, Itay Volnowitz, Hadar Asulin, Efrat Rich, Rivka Anis, Emilia Shemer, Yonat Szwarcwort Cohen, Moran Dahary, Etti Levy Schreiber, Licita
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IntroductionUniversal vaccination of toddlers has led to very low hepatitis A (HAV) endemicity in Israel. However, sporadic outbreaks still occur, necessitating better surveillance.AimTo implement a comprehensive HAV surveillance programme.MethodsIn 2017 and 2018, sera from suspected HAV cases that tested positive for anti-HAV IgM antibodies were t...
Carroll, Anne McNamara, Eleanor
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We report the performance of a variety of commercially available SARS-CoV-2 PCR kits, used in several different sites across Ireland to determine if Ct values across platforms are comparable. We also investigate whether a Ct value, a surrogate for calculated viral loads in the absence of viral culture of > 34 can be used to exclude SARS-CoV-2 infec...
Simões, Daniel Stengaard, Annemarie Rinder Combs, Lauren Raben, Dorthe
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We present preliminary results of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) impact assessment on testing for HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections in the WHO European Region. We analyse 98 responses from secondary care (n = 36), community testing sites (n = 52) and national level (n = 10). Compared to pre-COVID-19, 95% of respondents repo...
Russo, Francesca Pitter, Gisella Da Re, Filippo Tonon, Michele Avossa, Francesco Bellio, Stefania Fedeli, Ugo Gubian, Lorenzo Monetti, Daniele Saia, Mario
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BackgroundVeneto was one of the Italian regions hit hardest by the early phase of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.AimThis paper describes the public health response and epidemiology of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections in the Veneto Region from 21 February to 2 April 2020.MethodsInformation on the p...
