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Weekly, peer-reviewed scientific journal on infectious disease epidemiology, prevention & control 😷🩺🧪

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Publisher: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control

Impact factor 2024: 7.8
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In our new issue, @ukhsa.bsky.social authors describe the early start to this year's #flu season in England with dominating #influenza A(H3N2) subclade K

Conclusion: #vaccination is effective against clinical disease caused by A(H3N2) viruses

🗞️ bit.ly/EUS3046

#IDSky #EpiSky #MedSky #PedSky 🛟🧪🦠
Table of content issue 46 in 2025 Rapid communication Early influenza virus characterisation and vaccine effectiveness in England in autumn 2025, a period dominated by influenza A(H3N2) subclade K Tracking the evolution of an extensively drug-resistant cross-border Mycobacterium tuberculosis cluster, Europe, January 2016 up to August 2025: implications for European surveillance Global distribution of Xpert CT/NG assay Neisseria gonorrhoeae escape variants indicates sporadic emergence with limited clonality between 2016 and 2025 Outbreaks Investigation of a measles outbreak in a highly vaccinated middle school, France, 2023 Concurrent outbreaks of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and O157:H39 with high asymptomatic carriage of other Shiga toxin-producing E. coli in nursery children, south-east Scotland, United Kingdom, July to October 2022
November 21, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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Assessing #antibiotic consumption in acute care #hospitals: Gröschner et al. found regional differences in use across the country, particularly for beta-lactams, tetracyclines and fluoroquinolones

💊 bit.ly/EUS3045AMR

Let's #KeepAntibioticsWorking

#EAAD #WAAW
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Key public health message What did you want to address in this study and why? We aimed to investigate regional variation in hospital antibiotic use across Germany with data from 2022. Such variation is highly relevant for the development and spread of antibiotic resistance. By moving beyond hospital-level analyses and outpatient care studies, our work strengthens the national evidence base and underscores the need for coordinated strategies to ensure prudent antibiotic use across regions. What have we learnt from this study? Using a large and representative dataset, we provided more robust evidence than previous studies and generated new insights into prescribing patterns, including confirmation that both high-density and high-volume areas contribute to AMR development. Regional variations were notable, with some antibiotic groups showing up to 1.4 times higher use in certain areas, underscoring the need for targeted stewardship. What are the implications of your findings for public health? Recognising that differences in prescribing practices may reflect local guidelines, resistance rates or healthcare structures, these findings highlight the importance of incorporating regional perspectives into national antimicrobial stewardship strategies. The methodology applied here provides a model for other countries seeking to better understand and address local variation in antibiotic use as part of broader surveillance and stewardship efforts.
November 18, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Check out our #AMR issue ahead of European Antibiotic Awareness Day #EAAD on 18 November and World Antimicrobial Awareness Week #WAAW next week

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Let's keep #KeepAntibioticsWorking

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#RSV
Image with the table of content for issue 45 in 2025: Rapid communication Effectiveness of long-acting monoclonal antibodies against laboratory-confirmed RSV in children aged < 24 months and hospitalised for severe acute respiratory infection, European pilot study, 2024 to 2025 Preliminary report: The most considerable outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in France in the last two decades, Albertville, September 2025 Outbreaks Emergence of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium vanA ST612 with reduced daptomycin susceptibility, Switzerland, 2018 to 2024 Surveillance Antibiotic consumption patterns in acute care hospitals: an integrated analysis using regression modelling combining data from two surveillance systems, Germany, 2022 Research Higher valency vaccines’ impact on antimicrobial resistance rates in Streptococcus pneumoniae causing invasive disease: a retrospective analysis based on national reference laboratory data, Belgium, 2018 to 2023 The rise of Candidozyma auris in Czechia: three clades, prosthetic joint infection and fluconazole resistance development, 2022 to 2024
November 14, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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Check out our new issue featuring an #outbreak report from Spain four patients with invasive meningococcal disease by an uncommon strain of serogroup B N. meningitidis

🦟 bit.ly/EUS3044

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Table of content issue 44 in 2025: Rapid communication Post-authorisation experience and reported adverse events following use of a virus-like particle chikungunya vaccine, United States and Germany, up to August 2025 Outbreaks Outbreak of invasive meningococcal disease caused by a meningococcus serogroup B expressing a rare porA genosubtype (19-54, 15), Spain, March to April 2024 Research Hepatitis E virus screening in solid organ transplant recipients: prevalence and implications for implementation, Spain, 2021 to 2023 Perspective Design and implementation of blood donor sample bioarchives to enhance preparedness for emerging and pandemic pathogens in England
November 6, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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In our new issue ahead of World #OneHealth Day on 3 November @ecdc.europa.eu authors identify key enablers & barriers to collaboration across human, animal & environmental #health sectors offering guidance to address complex health challenges & future emergencies

🗞️ bit.ly/EUS3043

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Visual with the table of content for issue 43 in 2025: Rapid communication Death in the EU/EEA from autochthonous human rabies, Romania, July 2025: a call for action Measles vaccine virus mutation following vaccination in a healthy child resulting in a false negative vaccine specific PCR test: Ontario, Canada, 2025 Acute Brugian filariasis in a German tourist after short-term travel to Sri Lanka, 2025 Research A framework for facilitating sustainable One Health collaboration across sectors at the national level in the European Union/European Economic Area Outbreaks A 46-week outbreak of ertapenem-resistant, non-carbapenemase encoding Klebsiella pneumoniae ST45 in a paediatric cardiac unit involving shared equipment, United Kingdom, April 2022 to February 2023
October 30, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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'Vaccines and tomorrow's opportunities for #PublicHealth'

Join our seminar at the European Scientific Conference on Applied Infectious Disease Epidemiology #ESCAIDE

🗓️20 November 2025
🕑14:00-15:30 CET

Register here to attend @escaide.eu online
✍️ bit.ly/ESCAIDE25

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Visual advertising the ESCAIDE seminar on 20 November 2025 from 14:00-15:30 CET Moderator: Susana Monge, Instituto de Salud Carlos III Speakers: Mateusz Hasso-Agopsowicz World Health Organization: ‘The role of vaccines in reducing antimicrobial resistance and use' Gerald McInerney, Karolinska Institutet: 'How basic research informed the development of the chikungunya virus vaccine' Fernanda Boulos Instituto Butantan: 'Dengue: strategies for prevention and control'
October 29, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Our new issue is out, and includes research on

🦠 surveillance of iGAS in European countries and factors associated with severe iGAS and death in children & adolescents

📈 how COVID-19 modelling supported public health decisions in Europe

Read it here 🔗 www.eurosurveillance.org/content/euro...
October 23, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Our new issue is out with two features we really like

A 'Euroroundup' on a multi-country outbreak investigation: 17 European countries, 14 years, 643 cases of Samonella Strathcona

🍅 bit.ly/EUS3041

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Table of content issue 41 in 2025 Rapid communication Third Streptococcus pneumoniae disease outbreak involving serotype 4–ST801 in a shipyard, Finland, May to June 2025 Outbreaks Case series of Oropouche fever among travellers returning from Cuba to Spain, 2024 A community Legionnaires’ disease outbreak linked to a collective biomass condensing boiler, France, 2019 Euroroundup Insights into recurring multi-country outbreaks of Salmonella Strathcona associated with tomatoes, Europe, 2011 to 2024 Perspective When to take action in food-borne disease outbreaks?
October 16, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Our new issue is out

Researchers from @rki.de describe occurrences of the first known extensively drug-resistant (azithromycin and cefixime) #gonorrhoea cases with autochthonous transmission in Germany

🧫 bit.ly/EUS3940

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TABLE OF CONTENT ISSUE 40 IN 2025: Rapid communication Autochthonous transmission of extensively drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Germany, 2025 Surveillance Epidemiology and risk factors of Escherichia coli bloodstream infections associated with extended-spectrum beta-lactamase production: a national surveillance and data linkage study, Finland, 2018 to 2023 Primary care sentinel surveillance of influenza-like illness and laboratory detections of respiratory viral infections in Denmark, week 40 2021 to week 39 2023 Letter to the editor and author's response Peanut butter confirmed as the source in a case of infant botulism, United Kingdom, 2024
October 9, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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'Vaccines and tomorrow's opportunities for #PublicHealth'

Join our seminar at the European Scientific Conference on Applied Infectious Disease Epidemiology #ESCAIDE

🗓️20 November 2025
🕑14:00-15:30 CET

You can still register to attend ESCAIDE online
👇
bit.ly/EUSsem25

#IDSky #EpiSky #MedSky 🧪🛟🧫🩺
Visual advertising the Eurosurveillance seminar at ESCAIDE 2025 on 20 November 2025, 14:00- 15:30 CET Title of the seminar: Vaccines and tomorrow's opportunities for public health Speakers: Mateusz Hasso-Agopsowicz World Health Organization: ‘The role of vaccines in reducing antimicrobial resistance and use' Gerald McInerney Karolinska Institutet: 'How basic research informed the development of the chikungunya virus vaccine' Fernanda Boulos Instituto Butantan: 'Dengue: strategies for prevention and control'
October 6, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Check out our new new issue featuring three articles around #childhood #vaccination coverage and impact of vaccination e.g. on hospital admissions

👉 bit.ly/EUS3039

#IDSky #EpiSky #MedSky #VaccinesWork #pertussis #tuberculosis #HIVSky #HIV 🛟🧫🦠😷
Table of content for issue 39 in 2025 Rapid communication A local outbreak of iatrogenic botulism associated with cosmetic injections of botulinum neurotoxin-containing products, England, 2025 Early results from implementation of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) with long-acting injectable cabotegravir for people with barriers to oral strategies, Italy, December 2024 to August 2025 Research The decrease in childhood vaccination coverage and its sociodemographic determinants, the Netherlands, birth cohorts 2008 to 2020 Impact of vaccination on pertussis-related hospital admissions in children in Scotland from January 2013 to July 2024: a cohort study Tuberculosis contact investigation: an evaluation of yield and guideline adherence, Upper Bavaria, Germany, 2018 to 2022 Review A review of childhood rotavirus vaccination policies and a presentation of vaccine coverage trends at national and regional level, Italy, 2016 to 2023
October 2, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Our new issue is out featuring a surveillance paper to provide estimates on healthcare-associated infections #HAI prevalence and #antibiotic use in Swiss long-term care facilities

Take a look 🗞️ bit.ly/EUS3038

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Image with the table of content for issue 38 in 2025: Surveillance First nationwide point-prevalence survey on healthcare-associated infections and antibiotic use in long-term care facilities, Switzerland, September 2024 Research Shotgun metagenomics on indoor air for surveillance of respiratory, enteric, and skin viruses in a Belgian daycare setting, January to December 2022 Perspective Contribution of the EuroRotaNet surveillance network to rotavirus strain surveillance in Europe Letter Letter to the editor: Towards effective implementation of hospital-onset bacteraemia and fungaemia as a quality metric
September 25, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Our new issue features three surveillance papers on #WestNileVirus, #hepatitisA and #tuberculosis screening

Take a look 🗞️ bit.ly/EUS3037

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TABLE OF CONTENT ISSUE 27 IN 2025: Surveillance A decade of West Nile virus surveillance in the host and vector populations of Denmark, 2011 to 2023 Tuberculosis screening among people who experience homelessness in Brno: a 20-year public health intervention, Czechia, 2005 to 2024 Tracking epidemiological shifts in hepatitis A in Portugal: a comparison of seroprevalence between two nationwide surveys, 2001 to 2002 and 2015 to 2016
September 18, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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As an author, how do you ensure that the description of more studies in a manuscript submitted for publication are comprehensive?

Check our APHEA-accredited micro learnings on the @ecdc.europa.eu Learning Portal

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September 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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🛟Get your weekly #OpenAccess, peer-reviewed dose of #PublicHealth

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September 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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This week's rapid communications describe

➡️A strain of Neisseria gonorrhoeae producing false negative results on Xpert CT/NG assay in England

🔎An atypical sixfold rise in #influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 cases in Denmark during summer

Full issue here 👉 bit.ly/eus2036

#EpiSky #IDSky #MedSky #STISky 🛟🦠🧫⚕️
Image showing the table of content of issue 36 in 2025: Rapid communication Detection and characterisation of Xpert CT/NG assay Neisseria gonorrhoeae diagnostic escape mutants, England, June 2025 An interseasonal outbreak of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 related to a music festival, Denmark, August 2025 Research Progress towards HIV transmission elimination targets: model-based estimation of incidence and the extent of undiagnosed infection, Scotland, 1981 to 2022 Repeated cross-sectional surveys show a decreasing trend in Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato seroprevalence over a 50-year period, Finland, 1966 to 2017
September 11, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Ahead of #WorldFieldEpidemiologyDay, we have just published a preliminary outbreak investigation looking into locally-acquired cases of #WestNileVirus infections in Lazio, Italy, where human cases had never been reported before.

Read it here: www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2...
September 5, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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From locally acquired West Nile virus infection in Italy, incidence of herpes zoster in Finland to o analysis of antibiotic consumption in hospitals and respi radar in Belgium

Get your weekly #PublicHealth update and check out our new issue 🗞️ bit.ly/EUS3035

#EpiSky #IDSky #MedSky #AMR #WNV 🦟🛟
Table of content issue 35 in 2025 Rapid Communication Outbreak of autochthonous West Nile virus infection in Lazio region, Italy, July to August 2025: preliminary investigation Research Herpes zoster incidence in adults aged ≥ 20 years in Finland, 2015 to 2023: a population-based register study Surveillance Trends in hospital antibacterial consumption: a retrospective analysis of reimbursement data, Belgium 2017 to 2022 Perspective Respi-Radar: a tool to monitor respiratory infections, Belgium, winter season 2023/24
September 4, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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Check our new issue 🗞️ bit.ly/EUS3034

With papers on:
Emergence & evolution of a circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 1 outbreak in Israel

investigations from Italy on hospitalisations due to #pertussis among children & adoclescents and if and when they were vaccinated

#EpiSky #IDSky 🦠🛟 ⚕️
Rapid communication Early detection of a circulating pre-vaccine-derived poliovirus type 1 (pre-VDPV1) variant linked to an acute flaccid polio case prior to VDPV1 emergence, Israel, 2024 to 2025 Increase in tuberculosis notification rates among newly arriving male Ukrainian refugees to Norway, 2022 to 2024 Surveillance Bordetella pertussis in hospitalised children and adolescents: the impact of vaccination delay, Tuscany, Italy, 2016 to 2024 Research Oral PrEP use and intention to use long-acting PrEP regimens among MSM accessing PrEP via governmental and non-governmental provision pathways, 20 European countries, October 2023 to April 2024 Review Systematic review and modelling of Toxoplasma gondii seroprevalence in humans, Europe, 2000 to 2021
August 28, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Researchers from @ssi-dk.bsky.social set-up a new automated severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) surveillance system using national electronic health records

Weekly data reported with a delay of 8 days was 89–93% complete

👉 bit.ly/EUS3033SARI

#EpiSky #IDSky #influenza #RSV #SARSCoV2 🛟⚕️
Image showing teh publich health message for the article: What did you want to address in this study and why? The COVID-19 pandemic underscored the need for a surveillance system that timely detects severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) to inform preparedness and response and to evaluate implemented public health measures. Such a surveillance system must be resource-efficient and easy to manage. We hence developed and piloted an automated surveillance system using electronic health records retrieved from pre-existing national health registers in Denmark. What have we learnt from this study? We found that our new automated Danish SARI surveillance system based on electronic national health records and building on standard ICD-10 diagnosis codes was robust and timely. Furthermore, it accurately identified changes in hospital admissions related to the three common respiratory viruses: severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), influenza virus and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). What are the implications of your findings for public health? The developed SARI surveillance system has now been integrated into the routine weekly surveillance of respiratory infections in Denmark, with output reports published every week. The integrated surveillance of SARI allows for a direct comparison of the burden of severe respiratory infections. Further, the flexibility of the system allows us to add other respiratory infections, and also incorporate data from other health registers, e.g. for vaccine effectiveness evaluation.
August 27, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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📢 New issue is out! This week's focus:

➡️ #Diphtheria sub-clusters in DE & PL with mostly local transmission, severe outcomes & links to homelessness.

➡️ A cross-border #TB outbreak in Vienna tied to a wider multi-country cluster, possibly linked to migratory routes.

& much more!
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August 21, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Our new issue is out! This week's journal includes

➡️ an overview of early season, local transmission of #chikungunya virus in mainland France

➡️ an analysis of patient data from 1982 to 2021 for alveolar echinococcosis in France

Read it here 🗞️ www.eurosurveillance.org/content/euro...
August 14, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Our new issue is out, featuring

➡️ Two articles looking into an invasive meningococcal disease outbreak associated with travel to Saudi Arabia for Umrah

➡️ Research on influenza A(H1N2) detected in a patient in Sweden

Read it here 🗞️ www.eurosurveillance.org/content/euro...
August 8, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Our new issue is out, featuring

➡️ an article on Salmonella Enteritidis infections in the Netherlands
➡️ an update of EUDA's technical protocol for surveys to monitor drug-related infectious diseases among people who inject drugs in Europe

Read it here: www.eurosurveillance.org/content/euro...
August 1, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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Our new issue is out 🗞️ lnkd.in/diSfUGuJ

Ahead of #WorldHepatitisDay, this week's issue features

💡 #Ukraine's first nationwide representative serosurvey to assess hepatitis B and C prevalence

💡 a Madrid study on hepatitis C prevalence and risk factors among at-risk migrants
July 25, 2025 at 7:17 AM