Weekly releases (1997–2007) - Volume 8, Issue 51, 16 December 2004

At its second meeting in Stockholm on 13-14 December, the management board of the new ECDC has nominated Mrs Zsuzsanna Jakab as director of the Centre

We recently reported an outbreak of Salmonella Thompson associated with ruccola salad* in Norway. Almost all of patients interviewed mentioned having eaten ruccola from a pre-prepared salad mix in pre-packed plastic bags.

In Europe, the proportion of erythromycin resistance among invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates has remained at a high level over the past few years

On 28 October 2004, the European Commission announced the possible finding of the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) agent in a goat, slaughtered in France in 2002

A secondary effect of influenza in childhood is the impact - medical, social and economic - on the family. Two recently published studies have considered how the vaccination of children against influenza may help control the spread of influenza through indirect protection of susceptible persons.