In summer 2024, an unusual increase in infections caused by a rare type of #Salmonella was identified with 56 cases in France, 30 in Germany, 129 in the UK and one in the U.S.

The #outbreak investigation tried to identify the outbreak vehicle and source

#IDSky #EpiSky #MedSky #FoodSafety 🧫🛟🧪

The #COVID19 pandemic disrupted routine #healthcare services worldwide, including childhood #vaccination

What was the effect of the #pandemic on childhood vaccination uptake in the Netherlands, specifically looking at the diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis-poliomyelitis vaccine?
#IDSky #EpiSky #MedSky 🛟🧪

Check out our new issue 📄 bit.ly/EUS3140

Featuring a rapid communication from Germany on a nosocomial #outbreak with 16 confirmed cases with R. mannitolilytica were identified across seven hospitals in 4 German federal states

The culprit: prefilled saline flush syringes

#IDSky #EpiSky #MedSky 🛟🧪

Check out our new issue 📄 bit.ly/EUS3140

Featuring a rapid communication from Germany on a nosocomial #outbreak with 16 confirmed cases with R. mannitolilytica were identified across seven hospitals in 4 German federal states

The culprit: prefilled saline flush syringes

#IDSky #EpiSky #MedSky 🛟🧪

What do we know about doxy-PEP for preventing bacterial STIs, and what should be considered before it is used in practice?

Join our webinar for a look at the latest evidence on its effectiveness, benefits and limitations.

📅 21 October
🕒 15:00–16:30 CEST
🔗 Registration bit.ly/3TQmV5I
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Unexpected co-circulation with divergent regional distribution patterns: researchers from Germany report the detection & genomic characterisation of a second clade of Shamonda virus SHAV in #Europe following the incursion of the SHAV-EU1 clade earlier this year

#IDSky #EpiSky #AnimalHealth 🛟🧪🧫

When are respiratory #viruses such as the #flu, common cold or SARS-CoV-2 more likely to spread?

Perramon-Malavez et al. describe the timing, regularity & overlap of epidemics across 18 respiratory viruses in Catalonia (Spain) using microbiologically confirmed data

#IDSky #MedSky #EpiSky 🧪🛟🧫

Incidence of #hepatitis A has declined in Europe & #HAV infections occur later in life with more people experiencing severe disease, especially during outbreaks involving adults

What are risk factors associated with disease severity & mortality in hospitalised patients?

#IDSky #EpiSky #MedSky 🛟🧪🧫

#SARSCoV2 is, currently, not a winter virus - based on the findings from a comprehensive atlas of the 18 main respiratory viruses circulating in Catalonia

Thanks to @oriolguell.bsky.social for picking up on the recently published paper
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www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2...

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#SARSCoV2 is, currently, not a winter virus - based on the findings from a comprehensive atlas of the 18 main respiratory viruses circulating in Catalonia

Thanks to @oriolguell.bsky.social for picking up on the recently published paper
⤵️
www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2...

#MedSky #IDsky 🛟🧪

📢 4 out of 10 UK adults aged 18-24 know someone who has suffered serious harm from a health decision based on #misinformation

Serious harms include:
-Contracting a preventable disease
-Delaying medical treatment
-Suffering symptoms longer than necessary

Read more 👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/res...

Incidence of #hepatitis A has declined in Europe & #HAV infections occur later in life with more people experiencing severe disease, especially during outbreaks involving adults

What are risk factors associated with disease severity & mortality in hospitalised patients?

#IDSky #EpiSky #MedSky 🛟🧪🧫

Our new issue is out 👉 bit.ly/EUS3139

It features a rapid communication from Germany which describes how they identified a second, genetically distinct #Shamonda virus (SHAV) clade in cattle in #Germany following SHAV emerged in #Europe in 2026

#IDsky #EpiSky #MedSky #OneHealth #AnimalHealth 🛟🧪🧫

Today we launch @efsa.europa.eu’s vision on the scientific priorities needed to inform future EU and national research and innovation investments. 🇪🇺🔬

efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.2903/...

@efsa-plants.bsky.social @efsa-biohaw.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu

Sobre esto, creo que este artículo de Perramon-Malavez et al., recién publicado en @eurosurveillance.org, te puede interesar: doi.org/10.2807/1560....
Se ve muy bien cómo el patrón de SARS-CoV-2 se diferencia del de otros virus.

When are respiratory #viruses such as the #flu, common cold or SARS-CoV-2 more likely to spread?

Perramon-Malavez et al. describe the timing, regularity & overlap of epidemics across 18 respiratory viruses in Catalonia (Spain) using microbiologically confirmed data

#IDSky #MedSky #EpiSky 🧪🛟🧫

🆕 OECD food #inflation fell to 3.2% in July, after 3.4% in June.

Food inflation declined in 23 #OECD countries, including falls of 2.0 percentage points or more in Greece, Hungary and Latvia.

Read more👇
bit.ly/4xcLxDw

#OECDStats

In 2024, notifications of congenital #syphilis across #Europe reached their highest level in a decade, coinciding with rising numbers of syphilis in women

Are there any trends in the avaialble data or associations between congenital syphilis rates and syphilis among women?

#IDSky #EpiSky #MedSky🛟🧪

#IDSky #EpiSky #MedSky #MicroSky 🛟🧪

Help us shape #Europe's #PublicHealth response & setting the #scientific direction of our publisher @ecdc.europa.eu as the new ECDC Chief Scientist

In this role, you will also host the Eurosurveillance editorial office in your Unit

Apply by 30 Sept 2026 ⤵️