Weekly releases (1997–2007) - Volume 8, Issue 23, 03 June 2004

Campania, a region in southern Italy, is one of the 20 political regions in Italy. Hepatitis A (HAV) is an endemic disease here, with an annual incidence rate often twice as high as the total rate for the rest of Italy

An outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis PT9C in the United States with a unique pulsed field gel electrophoresis pattern was notified to the Enter-net dedicated surveillance network

The Danish national Salmonella control programme, launched in December 1996, was reviewed in March 2003. The control programme was designed to be a ‘top-down’ effort based on an elimination strategy, whereby infected poultry flocks were eradicated by compulsory slaughter

In 2001, there was an international outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium DT104 due to consumption of a particular brand of halva, a sweet made from sesame seeds, honey and flavourings, which was produced in Turkey