Weekly releases (1997–2007) - Volume 11, Issue 4, 26 January 2006

Since the first human cases of influenza A/H5N1 were widely reported from Turkey in early January, many European patients with suspected influenza

In June 2005, shortly after outbreaks of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea (CDAD) caused by PCR ribotype 027 (toxinotype III) were reported in Britain,

In 1996, hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections began to spread rapidly in northeastern Estonia

By the end of December 2005, a total of 159 cases of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) had been reported in the United Kingdom, of which 153 have so far resulted in death.

In the United Kingdom (UK) Africans and gay men are the two largest social groups affected by HIV.

The risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is closely associated with HBV viral load, according to a Taiwanese study