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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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External quality assessment scheme for Bordetella pertussis serology - 2020 data
This report presents the results of the ECDC European Reference Laboratory Network for Pertussis (ERLNPert-Net) external quality assessment (EQA) scheme for Bordetella pertussis PCR, funded by ECDC on behalf of ERLNPert-Net and conducted from April to September 2020. The EQA was organised by the National Institute for Biological Standards and Control (NIBSC), based in Potter’s Bar, United Kingdom (UK).
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Leaflet: Are you and your family protected from vaccine-preventable diseases?
Leaflet on vaccination for Ukrainian refugees.
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Surveillance systems overview for 2020
This spreadsheet contains all surveillance system overview tables from ECDC's annual epidemiological report for 2020.
- Anthrax
- Botulism
- Campylobacteriosis
- Chikungunya virus disease
- Chlamydia infection
- Cholera
- Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever
- Cryptosporidiosis
- Dengue
- Diphtheria
- Ebola haemorrhagic fever
- Echinococcosis
- EU/EEA
- Giardiasis
- Hantavirus infection
- Healthcare-associated infections
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- HIV infection
- Influenza
- Invasive Haemophilus influenzae disease
- Lassa fever
- Leptospirosis
- Listeriosis
- Malaria
- Marburg haemorrhagic fever
- Meningococcal disease
- Mumps
- Pertussis
- Plague
- Pneumococcal disease
- Poliomyelitis
- Q fever
- Rabies
- Rift Valley fever
- Salmonellosis
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
- Shigellosis
- Smallpox
- Surveillance
- Verotoxigenic Escherichia coli infection
- West Nile virus infection
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Pertussis seroprevalence among adults of reproductive age (20–39 years) in fourteen European countries
Wehlin, L., Ljungman, M., Kühlmann-Berenzon, S., Galanis, I., Huygen, K., Pierard, D., Dalby, T., Petridou, E., Molnár, Z., Carollo, M., Ausiello, C.M., Lipnickiene, V., Haider, J., Aase, A., Herstad, T.K., Rastawicki, W., Rio, C., Popovici, O., De Ory Manchon, F., Bacci, S., Barkoff, A.-M., Hänninen, A., He, Q., Hallander, H.
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Incidence and severity of pertussis hospitalisations in infants aged less than 1 year in 37 hospitals of six EU/ EEA countries, results of PERTINENT sentinel pilot surveillance system, December 2015 to December 2018
Merdrignac, L., El Belghiti, F., Pandolfi, E., Jané, M., Murphy, J., Fabianová, K., Cenoz, M.G., Flem, E., Guillot, S., Tozzi, A.E., Carmona, G., Habington, A., Zavadilová, J., Navasués, A., Bøas, H., Lévy-Brühl, D., Ferretti, B., Lanaspa, M., O'Sullivan, N., Križová, P., Fernandino, L., Bekkevold, T., Hanslik1, T., Muñoz-Almagro, C., Bacci, S., Spiteri, G., Valenciano, M., Moren, A., Merdrignac, L., Savulescu, C., Valenciano, M., Moren, A., Krížová, P., Fabiánová, K., Zavadilová, J., Blechová, Z., Bláhová, K., Kosina, P., Sýkora, J., Holcíková, A., Širucek, P., Lévy-Brühl, D., El Belghiti, F.A., Grembombo, A., Guillot, S., Brisse, S., Toubiana, J., Cotter, S., Murphy, J., Cunney, R., O'Shaughnessy, N., Habington, A., O'Sullivan, N., Pandolfi, E., Tozzi, A.E., Rizzo, C., Russo, L., Campagna, I., Gesualdo, F., Ciampini, S., Ferro, V.A., Boccuzzi, E., Flem, E., Boas, H., Bekkevold, T., Fernandez, L.V., Munoz-Almagro, C., Esteva, C., Perez, M.L., Jané, M., Carmona, G., Acosta, L., Garcia, Y.J., Cenoz, M.G., Navascués, A., Zubieta, L.F., Castilla, J., Hanslik, T., Bacci, S.
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Surveillance systems overview for 2019
This spreadsheet contains all surveillance system overview tables from ECDC's annual epidemiological report for 2019.
- Anthrax
- Botulism
- Campylobacteriosis
- Chikungunya virus disease
- Chlamydia infection
- Cholera
- Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever
- Cryptosporidiosis
- Dengue
- Diphtheria
- Ebola haemorrhagic fever
- Echinococcosis
- EU/EEA
- Giardiasis
- Hantavirus infection
- Healthcare-associated infections
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- HIV infection
- Influenza
- Invasive Haemophilus influenzae disease
- Lassa fever
- Leptospirosis
- Listeriosis
- Malaria
- Marburg haemorrhagic fever
- Meningococcal disease
- Mumps
- Pertussis
- Plague
- Pneumococcal disease
- Poliomyelitis
- Q fever
- Rabies
- Rift Valley fever
- Salmonellosis
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
- Shigellosis
- Smallpox
- Surveillance
- Verotoxigenic Escherichia coli infection
- West Nile virus infection
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Pertussis - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2018
In 2018, there were 35 627 cases of pertussis reported by 30 European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) countries.
European Vaccination Information Portal
The main purpose of this website is to provide accurate, objective, up-to-date evidence on vaccines and vaccination in general.
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Quantifying outcome misclassification in multi-database studies: The case study of pertussis in the ADVANCE project
Gini, R., Dodd, C.N., Bollaerts, K., Bartolini, C., Roberto, G., Huerta-Alvarez, C., Martín-Merino, E., Duarte-Salles, T., Picelli, G., Tramontan, L., Danieli, G., Correa, A., McGee, C., Becker, B.F.H., Switzer, C., Gandhi-Banga, S., Bauwens, J., van der Maas, N.A.T., Spiteri, G., Sdona, E., Weibel, D., Sturkenboom, M.