Outbreak news 2018
Marburg virus in fruit bats in Sierra Leone
December 18: International Migrants Day
Migrants, screening and vaccination. A guidance from ECDC
WHO and partners launch new country-led response to put stalled malaria control efforts back on track
Antibiotic Awareness Day: the burden of infections with antibiotic resistant bacteria
Acute flaccid myelitis cases in the USA
New Monkeypox case in Israel
Autochthonous transmission of Dengue in Spain
Monkeypox in Nigeria and UK update.
Ebola Virus in DRC Update
Monkeypox re-emergence in Nigeria, and two cases in UK from patients with a recent travel history from Nigeria.
New hybrid Schistomiasis established in the Cavu and Solenzara rivers, Corsica, France
More Than 100 Measles Cases Reported in the USA in 2018
Autochthonous Crimean-Congo Haemorragic Fever in Spain.
Call for doctors interested in the control of the new Ebola outbreak in the Congo
The ESCMID Emerging Infections Task Force has been asked by the WHO to circulate this call for volunteers:
GOARN, the WHO Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network, is requesting qualified volunteers in specified fields for a minimum of 6 weeks to assist in the outbreak response to the newly confirmed Ebola outbreak.
If you are interested and available, please contact EITaF for additional information and please send us an updated CV, and dates of availability and we will forward your information to the WHO.
Be aware that the current outbreak is in an area of serious civil unrest with armed conflict which adds to the risks. The area has limited access to electricity, connectivity and running water. As per the GOARN request, accepted volunteers will receive travel and per diem.
The following areas of expertise may be sought to further strengthen the response over the next 3 months:
- Border health
- Case management
- Coordination
- Epidemiology and surveillance
- Health technical expertise
- Infection, prevention and control
- Laboratory
- Media and communications
- Operational research
- Risk communications
- Social anthropology
- WASH
Fluency in spoken and written French is a necessity for deployment to affected areas.
Eskild Petersen and Nicola Petrosillo
ESCMID Emerging Infections Task Force
New Cluster of Ebola Virus Disease in DRC
West Nile fever in Europe
Dengue outbreak in la Réunion
OXA-48-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae ST392 in travelers hospitalised in Gran Canaria in 2018
Listeria monocytogenes outbreak in Europe
Papua New Guinea confirms poliovirus outbreak, launches response
One health: global animal health situation
Update on Ebola Virus disease
Carbapenem-resistant hypermucoviscous Klebsiella pneumoniae
Ebola Virus Disease in DRC: rapid risk assessment
EBOLA outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
Colistin resistance in bacteria from animals and humans
Human infection with a seasonal reassortant A (H1N2) influenza virus – Netherlands
Yellow fever in travellers to Brazil
Lassa fever in Nigeria
Antimicrobial resistance in bacteria from humans and animals
Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria
Extensively Drug-Resistant Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi outbreak in Pakistan
WHO priority list (R&D Blueprint)
CDC 2018 budget request
Yellow fever in São Paolo State
Salmonella agona infection and infant formula milk: a European outbreak
Poor coverage against current influenza B in the UK (and Europe?)