Weekly releases (1997–2007) - Volume 10, Issue 50, 15 December 2005

Type A/H5N1 influenza virus, a highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI)

Hajj, the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca, is the largest annual gathering of its kind in the world.

The latest annual report from the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA

A cluster of 14 cases of wound botulism (including 6 laboratory confirmed cases) in injecting drug users

A Europe-wide simulation exercise to test some aspects of preparedness for an influenza pandemic

Six cases of falciparum malaria have occurred in United Kingdom (UK) travellers who have recently returned from The Gambia [1]. Two patients are known to have died, and a further two are seriously ill.

The European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training