Eurosurveillance - Volume 2, Issue 1, 01 January 1997

On the afternoon of Friday 22 November 1996, Lanarkshire Health Board’s Public Health Department became aware of 15 cases of possible Escherichia coli O157 infection (five of which had been confirmed microbiologically) in residents of the town of Wishaw i

The 15 countries of the European Union have ratified the fifth objective of Health for all in the year 2000 programme of WHO Europe, which states: “By the year 2000, there should be no indigenous cases of poliomyelitis, diphtheria, neonatal tetanus, measl

Surveillance has been defined as “the ongoing systematic collection, collation and analysis of data and the prompt dissemination of the resulting information to those who need to know so that an action can result”. This is achieved in two ways. Firstly, i

Three British tourists became ill while on holiday in the same hotel in Alcudia, Mallorca from 11 to 25 June 1996; Salmonella enteritidisinfections were diagnosed upon their return to England. An environmental health officer informed the Gastrointestinal