Weekly releases (1997–2007) - Volume 8, Issue 39, 23 September 2004

The CJD Incidents Panel, a United Kingdom expert committee set up to advise on the management of ‘incidents’ of potential transmission of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease) between patients, has issued recommendations

As numbers of new HIV infections increase across the European Union, and figures from the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) show over 1.8 million people living with HIV in Europe and Central Asia, the European Commission wants attention refocused on the problem

Since the beginning of 2004, 293 cases of measles have been reported in Ireland (incidence: 7.5/100 000 population). The increase in measles activity, particularly since May, has been widespread in the country

Twenty seven suspected cases of wound botulism in injecting drug users were reported to the Health Protection Agency (England and Wales) between 1 January and 25 August 2004.

Norovirus is recognised as a leading cause of gastroenteritis. During the 2002-2003 winter season, a marked but unquantified increase in cases and outbreaks of gastroenteritis associated with norovirus was noted in Sweden