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?)