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Tribute to Andrea Infuso
No full textThis special issue of Eurosurveillance is dedicated to the memory of Andrea Infuso, a dear and respected colleague and friend, who died suddenly on 20 September 2005 at the age of 44.
Andrea was actively involved in the preparation of this special issue on vaccination and tuberculosis. As EuroTB coordinator since 2000, his knowledge of and contacts with all European experts involved in tuberculosis surveillance in Europe were very valuable in conceiving this thematic issue. The Euroroundup published in this issue, European survey of BCG vaccination policies and surveillance in children, 2005, written by Andrea as first author, is a posthumous publication.</jats:p
ECDC invites applications for further positions
No full textA further position is being advertised at the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) in Stockholm.</jats:p
Further spread of avian influenza in Europe, detection in French farmed birds and German cat
No full textSweden is the latest European Union (EU) country, and the first Scandinavian country, to detect highly pathogenic avian influenza type H5N1</jats:p
New International Health Regulations come into force
No full textOn 15 June 2007, the revised International Health Regulations (IHR) will come into force. Agreed by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2005, the revised IHR provide a multilateral legal framework for how the WHO’s 193 Member States handle disease outbreaks and other emergencies.</jats:p
Eurosurveillance changes hands!
No full textAs of March 2007, Eurosurveillance is the independent scientific in-house journal of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) in Stockholm, Sweden. After over 10 years’ successful collaboration between the Institut de Veille Sanitaire in Paris, France and the Health Protection Agency in London, United Kingdom under the auspices of the European Commission, the ECDC now takes over the funding and publishing of the journal.</jats:p
Probable human anthrax death in Scotland
No full textA 50 year old man in Scotland who died on 8 July 2006 after suffering from septicaemia, is likely to have had anthrax</jats:p
Changes to legislation designed to control TSEs discussed
No full textA ‘TSE roadmap’ outlining possible future amendments to the controls designed to prevent transmissable spongiform encephalopathies entering the food chain has been published by the European Commission</jats:p
Preventing introduction and spread of avian influenza among bird flocks in Europe: recommendations by European Animal Health Panel
No full textA series of recommendations to prevent the entry and transmission of avian influenza among bird flocks in Europe has been made by the European Food Safety Authority’s Panel on Animal Health and Welfare</jats:p
Drug-resistant malaria: new drug candidate offers hope of highly effective treatment
No full textThe recent identification of a new candidate antimalarial drug may be an advance in the fight against the increasingly drug-resistant, malaria-causing, Plasmodium parasite. The new compound is related to artemisinin, a natural compound extracted from the sweet wormwood plant</jats:p
Hajj 2007: vaccination requirements and travel advice issued
No full textHajj, the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca, is the largest annual gathering of its kind in the world.</jats:p
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