Eurosurveillance - Volume 5, Issue 7, 01 July 2000

The article by Daniel Lusina and colleagues in this issue of Eurosurveillance is a timely reminder of the dangers of airport malaria. Since 1977, when the disease was first documented, 75 cases of airport malaria have been observed in western Europe, 28 o

During the summer 1999, four clustered cases of airport malaria were observed in France. The cases ’ analysis revealed that airport malaria, which is a rare disease whose diagnosis is difficult, can be observed outside occupations at risk, in people livin

This paper reports a descriptive study of two outbreaks of mumps in Spanish towns in 1998 and an assessment of the efficacy of the vaccine used. It provides evidence of the low level of protection against the mumps virus that has been observed previously

Molecular typing of salmonella strains isolated between 1997 and 1999 in southern Italy and carried out by the Southern Italy Centre for Enteric Pathogens, has shown a high frequency of Salmonella enterica serotype Cerro. This serotype is extremely rare i