Eurosurveillance - Volume 1, Issue 5, 01 May 1996

In the region of Puglia, in the south east of Italy (population: 4 million), the number of notifications of hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection increases in a two yearly cycle. In 1992 a very large outbreak was observed, but no epidemiological investigation

A public health officer of the Direction Départementale de l'Action Sanitaire et Sociale des Pyrénées Atlantiques in France was notified of an outbreak of acute respiratory illness among residents of a nursing home on 4 December, 1995. Over 50 of the 69 r

The European Working Group for Legionella Infections (EWGLI) was set up in 1986 and introduced the European Surveillance Scheme for Travel Associated Legionnaires’ Disease in 1987. The microbiologists working in reference laborat-ories and the epidemiolog