Influenza activity in Europe, 1997/98

Influenza surveillance in Europe

HBV vaccination coverage among health-care workers De Schryver et al. were rightly concerned by the HBV vaccination coverage among health-care workers (HCWs) in 11 countries of the European Union where it is mandatory. France is among those where no data are available and some information about a very specific situation must be disclosed. On 3 November 2010, the members of parliament voted a E1...

New developments of influenza surveillance in Europe.

Collaboration among European countries for creating a harmonised network of influenza surveillance started in the 1990s and has evolved incrementally with additional countries and extended objectives [2]. Since 2008, the European Influenza Surveillance Network (EISN), covering 30 EU/EEA countries, has been managed by the ECDC. In parallel, the WHO Regional Office for Europe has been covering th...

Influenza activity increasing in western central Europe and decreasing in Spain: an update from EISS.

Epidemiological and virological assessment of influenza activity in Europe during the winter 2005-2006.

Influenza activity in Europe during the winter 2005-2006 started late January - early February 2006 and first occurred in the Netherlands, France, Greece and England. Subsequently, countries were affected in a random pattern across Europe and the period of influenza activity lasted till the end of April. In contrast to the winter seasons in the period 2001-2005, no west-east pattern was detecte...

Avian Influenza Risk Perception, Europe and Asia

During autumn 2005, we conducted 3,436 interviews in European and Asian countries. We found risk perceptions of avian influenza to be at an intermediate level and beliefs of efficacy to be slightly lower. Risk perceptions were higher in Europe than in Asia; efficacy [corrected] beliefs were lower in Europe than in Asia.