Weekly releases (1997–2007) - Volume 12, Issue 18, 03 May 2007

Hantaviruses (family Bunyaviridae) are rodent-borne pathogens and occur worldwide. Hantavirus infections in Europe and Asia can result in a hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) of different severity.

Two returning French travellers were hospitalised in late March 2007 for cholera caused by Vibrio cholerae serogroup O1 serotype Ogawa. In a separate event, a third case was hospitalised in early April 2007.

In mid-February 2007, there was a small rise in the number of laboratory-notified cases of cryptosporidiosis in the city and county of Galway, Ireland in comparison to February 2006.