Weekly releases (1997–2007) - Volume 11, Issue 33, 17 August 2006

Health authorities in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany have reported three cases of wound infections with the bacterium Vibrio

A 50 year old man in Scotland who died on 8 July 2006 after suffering from septicaemia, is likely to have had anthrax

An outbreak of gastroenteritis due to Salmonella Enteritidis associated with an outdoor public holiday event occurred in a small village in southern Latvia on 21 July 2006.

Eurosurveillance recently reported that travellers who discover ticks attached to them should remove the tick by grasping the mouthpiece with tweezers (forceps) and rotating the tick

An integrated epidemiological surveillance and response system was set up for the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Torino [1] between 1 February