Weekly releases (1997–2007) - Volume 11, Issue 18, 04 May 2006

On 27 March 2006, a cluster of cases of Clostridium difficile associated disease (CDAD) in a hospital in northern France (hospital A) was notified to the Institut de Veille Sanitaire

On 26 April 2006, the veterinary authorities in the United Kingdom reported that there had been an outbreak of avian influenza type A/H7 among a 35 000-bird housed poultry flock in eastern England, United Kingdom.

In their critique of our analysis of national pandemic influenza preparedness plans in Europe, Nicoll and Kaiser raise a number of issues

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is inviting applications for the position of a statistician (grade AD 6)