Eurosurveillance - Volume 3, Issue 7, 01 July 1998

Not for profit plasma fractionators in Europe believe that the standardised measurement and reporting of such epidemiological data is a key issue for public health. Accordingly, under the auspices of the European Plasma Fractionation Association (EPFA), t

The first part of this article presents the results of screening tests for antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) and for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) from 1986 to 1996. The second part presents the most recent

The epidemics in recent years of Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Zaire and Gabon acted as a reminder that dangerous infections can be imported very quickly into Europe. Meetings on emerging and re-emerging pathogens organised by the World Health Organization