Eurosurveillance - Volume 4, Issue 7, 01 July 1999

In this issue, Eurosurveillance publishes a report about two outbreaks of trichinellosis - of eight and 44 cases, respectively - that occurred in the German state of Northrhine-Westfalia from October to December 1998. Well conducted epidemiological invest

Illness or death from trichinellosis is statutorily notifiable in Germany. Between nought and ten cases were reported each year from 1987 to 1997. From November 1998 to January 1999, however, 52 cases of trichinellosis were identified by the public health

The Netherlands Institute of Primary Health Care (NIVEL) has coordinated the activities of a sentinel surveillance network of 43 general practices since 1970. These practices care for 1% of the Dutch population, a sample representative of the national pop

Malaria is the commonest imported infectious disease in Italy. Malaria was endemic throughout much of the country until it was eradicated nearly 50 years ago. Since then, a malaria surveillance system has been set up to detect locally acquired cases that