Eurosurveillance - Volume 2, Issue 5, 01 May 1997

Monkeypox is an orthopoxvirus with enzootic circulation in the rainforests of central and western Africa; the virus can be transmitted to humans and cause a syndrome clinically similar to smallpox (e.g., pustular rash, fever, respiratory symptoms, and in

In 1996, 24 920 AIDS cases were reported in the WHO European Region, bringing the cumulative total to 185 808 cases including 6969 (4%) paediatric cases (<13 years). For the first time since the start of the epidemic, the annual number of cases reported d

Between April and November 1996, a large outbreak of polio occurred in Albania, which had reported to be free of polio since 1985. Although Albania had not reported polio in that interval, the risk of introduction and circulation of wild poliovirus had in

In 1988, the World Health Assembly set a target of global eradication of poliomyelitis due to wild poliovirus by the year 2000. The strategies of the campaign are: reach and maintain high levels of routine vaccination coverage throughout the population; p

Since publishing the editorial note on antimicrobial resistance ( Eurosurveillance 1997; 2(3): 21-2) we have received replies from Austria, Belgium, Greece, and Italy. Austria does not monitor antimicrobial resistance. The National Institute for Veterinar