Eurosurveillance, Volume 13, Issue 37, 11 September 2008
Table of Contents
Rapid communications
by LA King, the French multidisciplinary outbreak investigation team
Two severe familial cases of botulism were reported to the health authorities in Brittany, north-west France, on 11 August 2008. An investigation was undertaken to identify additional cases, the vehic(...)
Surveillance and outbreak reports
by H Ellam, NQ Verlander, K Lamden, JS Cheesbrough, CA Durband, S James
The incidence of giardiasis in Central Lancashire increased following the introduction of a sensitive enzyme immunoassay diagnostic test in November 2002. We compared the epidemiological trends for 19(...)
by R Pastore, H Schmid, E Altpeter, A Baumgartner, H Hächler, R Imhof, P Sudre, K Boubaker
Salmonella serovar Stanley is rare in Europe. In Switzerland, the number of reported isolates has increased from 2 in 2000 to 25 in 2005. A nationwide outbreak of gastrointestinal illness due to S. St(...)
Letters
by G Cilla, M Montes, E Pérez-Trallero
As the number of detected cases may be closely related to the intensity of the search and the methods and criteria used in the diagnosis, we believe that exhaustive surveillance under pressure from th(...)
by B Schimmer, G Morroy, F Dijkstra, PM Schneeberger, G Weers-Pothoff, A Timen, C Wijkmans, W van der Hoek
News
by Editorial team
by Editorial team
Eurosurveillance Edition: 11 September 2008