This autumn, cases of West Nile virus and Zika virus infections due to transmission by infected mosquitoes have occurred locally for the first time in Germany and France. These cases of locally acquired infections are also named autochthonous cases. Several…
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Recently, a new law on measles vaccination has been passed in Germany. As of March 2020, all children in Germany from the age of one year must present proof of their vaccination against measles, as recommended by the Standing Committee…
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In spring 2019, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) called upon countries in Latin America and the Caribbean to prepare for possible outbreaks of dengue…
According to a current publication of the European Centre for Prevention and Control of Diseases (ECDC), this year’s total number of cases exceeds the total n…
Over the past years, a global spread of a multitude of new viruses and other pathogens has been observed, leading to previously unknown diseases. Lately, there…
In its recent epidemiological bulletin (no. 15) the German Robert Koch Institute reports about exceedingly high numbers of hantavirus infections in Germany. I…