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Twelfth external quality assessment scheme for Salmonella typing
Infection with Salmonella spp. is the second most reported zoonotic disease in humans with 60 050 reported cases in 2021 in the European Union (EU) and Salmonella is associated with the highest number of foodborne outbreaks. The overall EU trend of salmonellosis incidence for the years 2017 to 2021 have not changed significantly. To prevent foodborne diseases such as salmonellosis, human surveillance systems at different levels are essential to monitor the disease and to have an early detection and response to outbreaks.
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Review of recent emerging and re-emerging virus outbreaks
EVD-LabNet is organising a webinar on recent emerging and re-emerging virus outbreaks on Monday, 20 March 2023 – 15:00-17:00 CET.
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Core protocol for ECDC studies of COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against hospitalisation with Severe Acute Respiratory Infection, laboratory-confirmed with SARS-CoV-2 or with seasonal influenza - Version 2.0
This core protocol for ECDC studies of vaccine effectiveness against hospitalisation with Severe Acute Respiratory Infection laboratory-confirmed with SARS-CoV-2 or with influenza, version 2.0, represents an update to the main elements for a multi-country hospital-based study of COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness in patients hospitalised with Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI), already published as version 1.0.
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Pilot study outline for targeted genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in travellers in response to a worsening or unknown epidemiological situation in a third country
This document provides practical guidance to EU/EEA Member States willing to implement a pilot study for the harmonised and coordinated targeted genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 at selected international points of entry (PoE), to complement national and international genomic surveillance.
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ECDC assesses risk to the EU/EEA associated with Omicron XBB.1.5 sub-lineage
In a Threat Assessment Brief released today, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) assesses the overall level of risk to the EU/EEA associated with the spread of the Omicron XBB.1.5 SARS-CoV-2 sub-lineage as low for the general population.
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Update on SARS-CoV-2 variants: ECDC assessment of the XBB.1.5 sub-lineage
XBB.1.5 is a sub-lineage of the SARS-CoV-2 lineage XBB, and is currently estimated to have a large growth advantage over previously circulating lineages in North America (109%) and Europe (113%).
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Laboratory diagnosis and molecular surveillance of Bordetella pertussis
This guidance document includes an updated summary of diagnostic PCR and serology together with detailed information on isolation, culture, identification and epidemiological typing of B. pertussis to help users choose the best methods within the local technical and financial provisions.
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Antiviral resistance monitoring capability and capacity for SARS-CoV-2 and influenza within the EU/EEA
This report presents the results from a survey among 30 EU/EEA countries.
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Experiences from 4 Years of Organization of an External Quality Assessment for Mycobacterium tuberculosis Whole-Genome Sequencing in the European Union/European Economic Area
Anthony R.M., Tagliani E., Nikolayevskyy V., de Zwaan R., Mulder A., Kamst M., Ködmön C., van der Werf M.J., Cirillo D., van Soolingen D.
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External quality assessment schemes to support European Surveillance of Legionnaires’ disease in EU/EEA countries, 2021-2022
This report describes the external quality assessment (EQA) scheme for the European Legionnaires’ disease Surveillance network, for the detection, isolation, identification, and enumeration of Legionella spp.