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A large multi-country outbreak of monkeypox across 41 countries in the WHO Euro...
Vaughan, AM; Cenciarelli, O; Colombe, S; de Sousa, LA; Fischer, N; Gossner, CM; Pires, J; Scardina, G; Aspelund, G; Avercenko, M; Bengtsson, SFollowing the report of a non-travel-associated cluster of monkeypox cases by the United Kingdom in May 2022, 41 countries across the WHO European Region have reported 21,098 cases and two deaths by 23 August 2022. Nowcasting suggests a plateauing in case notifications. Most cases (97%) are MSM, with atypical rash-illness presentation. Spread is mainly through close contact during sexual activities. Few cases a...
Improving preparedness to respond to cross-border hepatitis A outbreaks in the ...
Enkirch, T.; Severi, E.; Vennema, H.; Thornton, L.; Dean, J.; Borg, M.L.; Ciccaglione, A.R.; Bruni, R.; Christova, I.; Ngui, S.L.; Balogun, K.Sequence-based typing of hepatitis A virus (HAV) is important for outbreak detection, investigation and surveillance. In 2013, sequencing was central to resolving a large European Union (EU)wide outbreak related to frozen berries. However, as the sequenced HAV genome regions were only partly comparable between countries, results were not always conclusive. Aim: The objective was to gather information on HAV sur...