Weekly releases (1997–2007) - Volume 11, Issue 10, 09 March 2006

An increase in the number of measles cases has been reported from Ukraine to the World Health Organization since February 2005. By the end of February 2006, 19 673 cases of measles had been reported

In 2005, 1983 cases of poliomyelitis were reported worldwide; 50 were caused by vaccine-derived polioviruses.

Poland is the latest country to detect avian influenza type H5 in wild birds; two wild swans in the city of Torun, northwest of Warsaw

Around two thirds of enteric fever cases reported in England and Wales are known to be associated with foreign travel, the majority to India and Pakistan