Wednesday 23 November 2011

TUBERCULOSIS: The Annual epidemiological report 2011 shows an increase of tuberculosis cases

 November 14, 2011
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control has published its Annual epidemiological report in which underlines as major findings the continuous high numbers of tuberculosis cases, the developing epidemic of measles, antimicrobial resistance, ongoing transmission of HIV and lessons learned from the pandemic of 2009 and 2010.
The fifth European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) Annual epidemiological report, which presents the analysis of surveillance data reported for 2009 by the 27 Member States of the European Union and three EEA/EFTA countries, and provides an analysis of threats detected in 2010, publishes as major findings continuous high numbers of tuberculosis cases, the developing epidemic of measles, antimicrobial resistance, ongoing transmission of HIV and lessons learned from the pandemic of 2009 and 2010, among others. According to the 2009 data, tuberculosis remains a common infection, with nearly 80,000 cases still notified annually across the EU. The report sends worrying signals on outbreaks and epidemics of measles in Europe.
In addition, one of the major public health concerns is HIV with ongoing transmissions in all countries. However, the epidemiology in population risk groups continues to differ from country to country. A lesson learned from the pandemic of 2009 and 2010 is the need to strengthen routine seasonal influenza surveillance in hospitals and especially intensive care units in many Member States. For instance, the Novel H1N1 Influenza affected more than 20,000 Europeans.
Moreover, the report identifies emergent diseases in Europe that might pose a risk to public health. The indications are that West Nile virus might have established itself in parts of south-east Europe. There have even been locally acquired cases of diseases previously only considered to be imported, like malaria, dengue fever and chikungunya.
http://euroalert.net/en/news.aspx?idn=13952

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