Weekly, peer-reviewed scientific journal on infectious disease epidemiology, prevention & control 😷🩺🧪 #OpenAccess 🔓 #PublicHealth Publisher: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control Impact factor 2024: 7.8https://bsky.app/profile/eurosurveillance.orghttps://bsky.app/profile/eurosurveillance.org/post/3ml3zw5awa22vTakeaways after an #outbreak of highly pathogenic #avianinfluenza A(H5N1) in Germany: 🔹Early veterinary surveillance enables rapid detection 🔹Spillover to mammals: cats may signal environmental circulation 🔹Occupational exposure remains a transmission pathway bit.ly/EUS31HPAI #IDSky #EpiSky🛟🧪#HPAI05 May 2026 11:01 +0000at://did:plc:lp5r22dklxojn5v37gfpbcqi/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml3zw5awa22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/eurosurveillance.org/post/3mkpuyipies2jOur latest issue is out! In an article, Fotakis et al. identified a non-trivial health burden of tick-borne encephalitis in north-east Italy from 2017 to 2024, requiring public health attention. Read the issue: https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/eurosurveillance/31/17 #EpiSky #IDSky30 Apr 2026 15:01 +0000at://did:plc:lp5r22dklxojn5v37gfpbcqi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpuyipies2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/eurosurveillance.org/post/3mk67ohccx22bOur latest issue is out! In an editorial, Hans Kluge reflects on the legacy of European Immunization Week, launched by @who.int in 2007. It has since become a well-established campaign raising awareness of vaccines across Europe. Read the issue: https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/eurosurveillance/31/1623 Apr 2026 14:24 +0000at://did:plc:lp5r22dklxojn5v37gfpbcqi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk67ohccx22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/eurosurveillance.org/post/3mjyvgek4a22gAs European Immunization Week kicks off, we have just published a rapid communication by l'Anson et al. from the @ukhsa.bsky.social looking into the recent invasive meningococcal disease outbreak in South East England. Read the article: https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2026.31.15.2600288 #EIW2026 #EpiSky21 Apr 2026 11:37 +0000at://did:plc:lp5r22dklxojn5v37gfpbcqi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjyvgek4a22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/eurosurveillance.org/post/3mjok6l4azs2mAhead of European Immunization Week 2026, our latest issue features essential research on vaccine effectiveness and vaccine-preventable diseases, including - COVID-19 - Invasive meningococcal disease - Invasive pneumococcal disease - Pertussis Link 🔗 https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/eurosurveillance/31/1517 Apr 2026 08:50 +0000at://did:plc:lp5r22dklxojn5v37gfpbcqi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjok6l4azs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/eurosurveillance.org/post/3mj4wsu6q2c2gThe new issue is out! It features research by Canabarro et al. estimating that 3.2 million people live with chronic hepatitis B in the EU/EEA. Estimating HBV prevalence is challenging, yet essential for effective public health action. Read the issue: https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/eurosurveillance/31/1410 Apr 2026 08:48 +0000at://did:plc:lp5r22dklxojn5v37gfpbcqi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj4wsu6q2c2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/eurosurveillance.org/post/3missteitzs2wHappy Easter from the Eurosurveillance team! The new issue is out, featuring a study by Croci et al. indicating that influenza vaccination may offer protection against heart attack and stroke even in breakthrough infections. Read it here: https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/eurosurveillance/31/13 #EpiSky #MedSky06 Apr 2026 08:10 +0000at://did:plc:lp5r22dklxojn5v37gfpbcqi/app.bsky.feed.post/3missteitzs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/eurosurveillance.org/post/3mhzr7udils24Our latest issue is out! This issue features a rapid communication examining the local spread of the monkeypox virus clade Ib in Berlin between the end of 2025 and early 2026. Read the issue here: https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/eurosurveillance/31/12 #EpiSky #MedSky27 Mar 2026 09:04 +0000at://did:plc:lp5r22dklxojn5v37gfpbcqi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhzr7udils24https://bsky.app/profile/eurosurveillance.org/post/3mhgf7g4rp223The latest issue is out, ahead of #WorldTuberculosisDay! A study found that most growing TB clusters in Almería, Spain, were caused by reactivations of old infections or new diagnoses in patients living with undiagnosed or subclinical TB. Read it here: https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/eurosurveillance/31/1119 Mar 2026 16:09 +0000at://did:plc:lp5r22dklxojn5v37gfpbcqi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhgf7g4rp223https://bsky.app/profile/eurosurveillance.org/post/3mgwpvcovac22This week's issue is out! As West Nile Virus spreads to new areas in Europe, a study in the Netherlands found that monitoring hosts or vectors of WNV can help identify circulation of the virus earlier. Read the issue here: https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/eurosurveillance/31/10 #EpiSky #MedSky13 Mar 2026 10:38 +0000at://did:plc:lp5r22dklxojn5v37gfpbcqi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgwpvcovac22https://bsky.app/profile/eurosurveillance.org/post/3mgevyeiq722aIssue 9 is out! This issue includes a rapid communication by @ukhsa.bsky.social on a Burkholderia stabilis outbreak linked to skin cleansing wipes in the United Kingdom, which resulted in clinical infections and one death. Read it here: https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/eurosurveillance/31/906 Mar 2026 08:39 +0000at://did:plc:lp5r22dklxojn5v37gfpbcqi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgevyeiq722ahttps://bsky.app/profile/eurosurveillance.org/post/3mgaffjc77226An investigation published in our latest issue looked into an outbreak of #STEC linked to frozen pizzas in France. The outbreak had a significant impact: there were 59 identified cases, with 50 resulting in severe disease and 2 deaths. Read it here: https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2026.31.8.250050604 Mar 2026 13:31 +0000at://did:plc:lp5r22dklxojn5v37gfpbcqi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgaffjc77226https://bsky.app/profile/eurosurveillance.org/post/3mftwodtm6c2dOur new issue is out! As the WHO meets to discuss the influenza vaccine composition for 2026/27, Faksová et al. demonstrate how the Nordic health data infrastructure can help evaluate the effectiveness of influenza vaccines each year. Read it here: https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/eurosurveillance/31/827 Feb 2026 14:36 +0000at://did:plc:lp5r22dklxojn5v37gfpbcqi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mftwodtm6c2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/eurosurveillance.org/post/3mfbqknslik2rThe new issue is out! Ahead of the WHO's meeting on the composition of influenza vaccines for 2025/26, this issue features essential research on influenza vaccine coverage, effectiveness, and a local surge in cases associated with subclade K. Read it here: https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/eurosurveillance/31/720 Feb 2026 08:58 +0000at://did:plc:lp5r22dklxojn5v37gfpbcqi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfbqknslik2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/eurosurveillance.org/post/3meq73igv4226The new issue is out! This issue includes a cross-sectional study estimating the prevalence of protective antibodies against the influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 and A(H3N2) viruses, including the new K subclade, in Portugal during the summer of 2025. Read it here: https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/eurosurveillance/31/613 Feb 2026 09:30 +0000at://did:plc:lp5r22dklxojn5v37gfpbcqi/app.bsky.feed.post/3meq73igv4226https://bsky.app/profile/eurosurveillance.org/post/3me4zqpnzhc2cIn our new issue Separovic et al. present first estimates on #influenza #vaccine effectiveness for the Canadian #flu season: the risk of medically-attended influenza A(H3N2) illness was reduced by 40% among vaccinated relative to unvaccinated individuals 👇 bit.ly/eus315 #IDSky #MedSky #EpiSky 🛟⚕️🧪🧫05 Feb 2026 18:34 +0000at://did:plc:lp5r22dklxojn5v37gfpbcqi/app.bsky.feed.post/3me4zqpnzhc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/eurosurveillance.org/post/3me2iypk6os2zHPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection & main cause of #cervicalcancer Widespread #vaccination could prevent 90% of cervical cancer Denmark shows it’s works: the main cancer-causing #HPV strains are now nearly eliminated among vaccinated women #WorldCancerDay 👉 bit.ly/EUS3027HPV04 Feb 2026 18:29 +0000at://did:plc:lp5r22dklxojn5v37gfpbcqi/app.bsky.feed.post/3me2iypk6os2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/eurosurveillance.org/post/3mdl7pfnjpc2oIn our new issue, researchers from Belgium report on the detection of West Nile Virus #WNV in several wild #birds over a period of 3 months during 2025 - evidence for them of local WNV circulation in Belgium 🐦 bit.ly/EUS314 #EpiSky #IDSky #MedSky #MicroSky #PublicHealth 🧪🛟🧫 @sciensano.be29 Jan 2026 16:33 +0000at://did:plc:lp5r22dklxojn5v37gfpbcqi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdl7pfnjpc2o