Weekly releases (1997–2007) - Volume 11, Issue 19, 11 May 2006

The reported number of measles cases linked to the current outbreak in the federal state (Land) of Nordrhein Westfalen, in the west of Germany, has now risen to over 1000

Since March 2005, 255 000 cases of chikungunya fever are estimated to have occurred on the island of Réunion

Since virus-like particles (VLP) generated by the synthesis and self-assembly in vitro of the major human papillomavirus (HPV) capsid protein (L1) were shown to work in principle as a vaccine candidate