ESCMID Emerging Infections Task Force (EITaF): Outbreak news

Outbreak news items from 2023 and 2022 are listed below.

 

For outbreak news from previous years, please select a year from the column on the right hand side.

 

 

Re-emergence of Malaria in the United States

Influenza A(H5N1) in mammals

A variant of E-11 Enterovirus linked to severe acute hepatitis and meningoencephalitis in newborns in France

Enhanced surveillance of severe avian influenza virus infections in hospital settings

Alleged cholera outbreak after Kakhovka Dam flooding

World Health Organization: Launching the International Pathogen Surveillance Network

Rise of H5 HPAI worldwide

COVID-19 in China and travel restrictions and Variant XBB.1.5

Rise of SARS-CoV-2 in China

The World Health Summit 2022, Berlin 16 – 18th October 2022

ESCMID Online Education Course: COVID-19 collateral damage: impact on healthcare services in LMICs (Africa, Asia, South America)

HUMAN BRUCELLA CANIS CASES AFTER IMPORT OF DOGS

WHO declaration of monkeypox as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern – what comes next?

Ghana declares first-ever outbreak of Marburg virus disease

Discussion of emerging zoonotic infections by Prof. Petersen (ESCMID) and Prof. Lucey (IDSA)

A Polio Alert in the UK: a national “Incident”

Suspected cholera outbreak in the ruined city of Mariupol

Monkeypox: a WHO Interim rapid response guidance

Emergence of infectious diseases outbreaks related to the war in Ukraine

Monkeypox – re-emerging in unexpected places and risk groups

Hepatitis in children – could it be aflatoxins?

ESCMID Emerging Infections Task Force (EITaF) – Open Meeting

EITaF Chair Eskild Petersen interview: Current state of COVID-19

EITaF Chair Eskild Petersen recently took part in an interview covering the current state of COVID-19. (source)

Lassa fever imported to the United Kingdom: Be aware of haemorrhagic fevers

New foundation: The European Clinical Research Alliance for Infectious Diseases - ECRAID

Via WHO: COVID-19 Global Research and Innovation Forum Invitation

Introduction to COVID-19: Emergence of new SARS-CoV-2 to present time (lecture by EITaF chair Eskild Petersen)

EMA/WHO statements on multiple COVID-19 booster doses