2008 European Football Championship - ECDC epidemic intelligence support

P Kreidl; P Buxbaum; F Santos-O’Connor; L Payne; R Strauss; H Hrabcik; H. C. Matter; A Dreyfus; P Arias

doi:10.2807/ese.13.32.18946-en

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2008 European Football Championship - ECDC epidemic intelligence support
P Kreidl¹ , P Buxbaum^2,3 , F Santos-O’Connor¹ , L Payne¹ , R Strauss⁴ , H Hrabcik⁴ , H. C. Matter⁵ , A Dreyfus⁵ , P Arias¹
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Affiliations: ¹ European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Preparedness and Response Unit, Stockholm, Sweden ² The European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET), Stockholm, Sweden ³ Institut de Veille Sanitaire, Saint-Maurice, France ⁴ Bundesministerium für Gesundheit, Familie und Jugend (Federal Ministry for Health, Family and Youth), Public Health Directorate, Vienna, Austria ⁵ Bundesamt fur Gesundheit (Federal Office of Public Health), Early Warning and Epidemiology Section, Bern, Switzerland

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Citation style for this article: Kreidl P, Buxbaum P, Santos-O’Connor F, Payne L, Strauss R, Hrabcik H, Matter H. C., Dreyfus A, Arias P. 2008 European Football Championship - ECDC epidemic intelligence support. Euro Surveill. 2008;13(32):pii=18946. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.13.32.18946-en Received: 06 Aug 2008

Abstract

Mass gathering events may pose an increased risk for outbreak of infectious diseases, and a potential for rapid international spread [1,2]. Even events not considered relevant from the public health point of view can have a big media impact. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has on several occasions given support to the European Union Member States (EU MS) during sporting events such as the Olympic Games and football championships to ensure the rapid detection of possible public health risks [3-6].