Lassa fever- Annual Epidemiological Report for 2014
In 2014, no cases of Lassa fever or other arenaviruses responsible for viral haemorrhagic fevers were reported in the EU/EEA.
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Key facts
- In 2014, no cases of Lassa fever or other arenaviruses responsible for viral haemorrhagic fevers were reported in the EU/EEA.
Methods
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- Data were obtained from 23 EU/EEA countries.
- The EU case definition was used by 15 countries, three countries used an alternative case definition, and five countries did not specify the case definition they used.
- Surveillance is compulsory in 20 EU/EEA countries, comprehensive in 21 countries, and mostly passive (active surveillance only in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and the United Kingdom) (Annex). Data reporting is case based and done at the national level.
- See more at: http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/healthtopics/lassa_fever/Pages/Annual-epidemio…
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23 May 2017