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Preeti Chhabra, Shan Wong, Sandra Niendorf, Ingeborg Lederer, Harry Vennema, Mirko Faber, Athinna Nisavanh, Sonja Jacobsen, Rachel Williams, Aoife Colgan, Zoe Yandle, Patricia Garvey, Haider Al-Hello, Katia Ambert-Balay, Leslie Barclay, Miranda de Graaf, Cristina Celma, Judith Breuer, Jan Vinjé and Amy Douglas
Eurosurveillance latest updates, 27.09.2024
Tilføjet 27.09.2024
We report an increase in GII.17 norovirus outbreaks and sporadic infections of acute gastroenteritis in Austria, Germany, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, England and the United States during the 2023/24 season. A decrease in GII.4 coincided with GII.17 prevalence increasing to between 17% and 64% of all GII detections. Overall, 84% of the GII.17 strains clustered closely with strains first reported in Romania in 2021 and two new sub-lineages were identified. Norovirus surveillance and molecular characterisation should be prioritised this winter.
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ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report, 8.06.2024
Tilføjet 8.06.2024
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 1-7 June 2024 and includes updates on SARS-CoV-2 variant classification, cholera, out-of-season increase in norovirus, seasonal surveillance on West Nile virus infections, Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), influenza A(H5N2), Oropouche virus disease, and an overview of respiratory virus epidemiology in the EU/EEA.
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ECDC COVID-19 updates, 7.06.2024
Tilføjet 7.06.2024
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 1-7 June 2024 and includes updates on SARS-CoV-2 variant classification, cholera, out-of-season increase in norovirus, seasonal surveillance on West Nile virus infections, Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), influenza A(H5N2), Oropouche virus disease, and an overview of respiratory virus epidemiology in the EU/EEA.
Læs mereVarvara A Mouchtouri, Evangelia Simou, Soteris Soteriades, Xanthoula Rousou, Katerina Maria Kontouli, Dimitra Kafetsouli, Leonidas Kourentis, Lemonia Anagnostopoulos and Christos Hadjichristodoulou
Eurosurveillance latest updates, 8.03.2024
Tilføjet 8.03.2024
BackgroundOutbreaks of norovirus gastroenteritis aboard cruise ships may affect a large number of people, debilitate vulnerable travellers, disrupt vacations and cause economic losses to the cruise ship industry. AimWe aimed to identify risk factors for norovirus outbreaks on cruise ships and assess the effectiveness of prevention and control measures. MethodsWe conducted a systematic literature review searching PubMed and Scopus databases as well as grey literature for articles and reports describing norovirus outbreaks on cruise ships between 1990 and 2020. We also performed a meta-analysis of norovirus prevalence in passengers and crew members. ResultsData from 45 outbreaks on 26 cruise ships from 1990 to 2020 were identified in 13 articles and five reports, with a weighted average of prevalence (attack rate) for passengers of 7% (95% confidence interval (CI): 5.00–9.00) and for crew of 2% (95% CI: 0.00–3.00). Person-to-person was the most frequent mode of transmission in 35 of the 45 outbreaks (in 14 the only mode and in 21 as part of multiple transmission routes). Having an ill cabin mate (OR = 38.70; 95% CI: 13.51–110.86) was the most common risk factor. Six outbreak investigations reported poor hygiene, while four reported satisfactory hygiene in the cruise setting. Behavioural risk factors among travellers were investigated in three of the 13 studies. ConclusionsThe findings indicate a need for behavioural interventions to improve personal hygiene, symptom reporting and compliance with isolation measures, and for reconsidering current isolation policies where symptomatic and healthy individuals are isolated in the same cabin.
Læs mereSarah van de Berg, Tanja Charles, Achim Dörre, Katharina Katz and Stefanie Böhm
Eurosurveillance latest updates, 13.10.2023
Tilføjet 13.10.2023
BackgroundUnprecedented non-pharmaceutical interventions to control the COVID-19 pandemic also had an effect on other infectious diseases. AimWe aimed to determine their impact on transmission and diagnosis of notifiable diseases other than COVID-19 in Bavaria, Germany, in 2020 and 2021. MethodsWe compared weekly cases of 15 notifiable infectious diseases recorded in Bavaria between 1 January 2016 and 31 December 2021 in time series analyses, median age and time-to-diagnosis using Wilcoxon rank sum test and hospitalisation rates using univariable logistic regression during three time periods: pre-pandemic (weeks 1 2016–9 2020), pandemic years 1 (weeks 10–52 2020) and 2 (2021). ResultsWeekly case numbers decreased in pandemic year 1 for all diseases assessed except influenza, Lyme disease and tick-borne encephalitis; markedly for norovirus gastroenteritis (IRR = 0.15; 95% CI: 0.12–0.20) and pertussis (IRR = 0.22; 95% CI: 0.18–0.26). In pandemic year 2, influenza (IRR = 0.04; 95% CI: 0.02–0.09) and pertussis (IRR = 0.11; 95% CI: 0.09–0.14) decreased markedly, but also chickenpox, dengue fever, Haemophilus influenzae invasive infection, hepatitis C, legionellosis, noro- and rotavirus gastroenteritis and salmonellosis. For enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli infections, median age decreased in pandemic years 1 and 2 (4 years, interquartile range (IQR): 1–32 and 3 years, IQR: 1–18 vs 11 years, IQR: 2–42); hospitalisation proportions increased in pandemic year 1 (OR = 1.60; 95% CI: 1.08–2.34). ConclusionReductions for various infectious diseases and changes in case characteristics in 2020 and 2021 indicate reduced transmission of notifiable diseases other than COVID-19 due to interventions and under-detection.
Læs mereMorbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), 1.09.2023
Tilføjet 1.09.2023
This report describes an outbreak of norovirus in Texas associated with consumption of oysters.
Læs mereMorbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), 18.08.2023
Tilføjet 18.08.2023
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), 31.07.2023
Tilføjet 31.07.2023
This report describes an outbreak of acute gastroenteritis on a cruise ship headed to a U.S. port.
Læs mereMedscape Infectious Diseases, 22.07.2023
Tilføjet 22.07.2023
"I do feel like we\'re seeing more cases and from a more diverse number of pathogens," says A. Yasmine Kirkorian, MD. MDedge News
Læs mereProMED, 27.05.2023
Tilføjet 27.05.2023
Norovirus -- United StatesAn outbreak of norovirus stemming from a North County restaurant has sickened close to 100 people, according to the San Luis Obispo (SLO) County Public Health Department. SLO County Public Health Epidemiologist Jessie Burmester said 97 people have been reported sick as part of a confirmed norovirus outbreak earlier in May 2023.Burmester said the Public Health Department traced the \'unusual, very large community outbreak\' back to a North County restaurant, though she did not disclose the
Læs mereProMED, 15.04.2023
Tilføjet 15.04.2023
Norovirus -- United StatesOysters are one of those delicacies from the sea that most people have a love/hate relationship with. In other words, if you like oysters, you really like them. And if oysters aren\'t your thing, you\'ll stop at nothing to avoid eating them. I can understand that. I am an oyster eater, as many of us in Louisiana are, which is why a health scare involving oysters is something that gets my attention every time.The latest health issue involving oysters is a norovirus outbreak that officials
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