Weekly releases (1997–2007) - Volume 7, Issue 51, 18 December 2003

The European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention

The first case of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) thought to have been infected via a blood transfusion may have been seen in the United Kingdom

Following the information made available yesterday by the UK Secretary of State for Health about the possibility of transmission of variant Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease

The Centre for Disease Control Taiwan at the Taiwan (Republic of China) Department of Health has reported that a 44 year old male laboratory research worker has been infected

An outbreak involving twenty four cases of legionnaires’ disease has been reported/notified in northern France (the Nord Pas de Calais) since 28 November 2003.

A systematic study was undertaken from 2000 to 2002 to determine the occurrence of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in nursing homes in four regions of the Netherlands

The Chief Medical Officer for England has recently published a new varicella vaccination policy for healthcare workers (HCW) in the United Kingdom

Oncogenic types of human papillomavirus (HPV) are the underlying cause of almost all cervical cancer and its precursors