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Joined Apr 2022
R to @ECDC_EU: Chicken meat and chicken meat products (kebab) are the likely source of a multi-country outbreak caused by three types of #SalmonellaEnteritidis.
Press release: https://bit.ly/3QuGmN9
🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/ECDC_EU/status/1717534237581090879#m
[2023-10-26 13:30 UTC]
R to @ECDC_EU: While food traceability data points to producers located in Poland (7 producers) and Austria (1 producer), no microbiological evidence of a contamination at their facilities has been found.
Read more: https://bit.ly/3QuGmN9
🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/ECDC_EU/status/1717536656012578830#m
[2023-10-26 13:40 UTC]
R to @ECDC_EU: New cases are likely to occur as the source has not yet been identified.
#EFSA & #ECDC experts recommend further investigations to identify the potential locations within the chicken meat production chain where the contamination may have occurred.
🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/ECDC_EU/status/1717537042358297030#m
[2023-10-26 13:41 UTC]
RT by @ECDC_EU: Excellent news for #lunghealth!
Thanks to a new weekly surveillance summary for #influenza, #RSV and #COVID19, we will now have cohesive data on #respiratory virus in Europe: https://erviss.org/
The #ERVISS will inform vaccination and care planning to #KeepBreathing
🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/EuroLungHealth/status/1717497284580069810#m
[2023-10-26 11:03 UTC]
RT by @ECDC_EU: #JustPublished!
Latest Annual Epidemiological Report on #tetanus shows that adults aged 65 y.o and above were the most affected age group.
Tetanus is a risk to people of all ages that are unvaccinated or insufficiently vaccinated.
Read the report here: https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/tetanus-annual-epidemiological-report-2021
🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/ECDC_Outbreaks/status/1717509862882414846#m
[2023-10-26 11:53 UTC]
RT by @ECDC_EU: Each year, #vaccination prevents two million babies from getting #tetanus. Many countries also recommend boosters for tetanus during adulthood as immunity can be wanning in time.
Stay up-to-date on vaccines, talk to your doctor!
Check the schedule here! https://bit.ly/EVIPSchedule
🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/ECDC_Outbreaks/status/1717509864753148094#m
[2023-10-26 11:53 UTC]
R to @ECDC_EU: By providing a concise summary of the #epidemiological and #virological situation for respiratory virus infections, #ERVISS supports #PublicHealth decision-makers to take timely, well-informed decisions to limit the impact on healthcare systems and the wider public.
🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/ECDC_EU/status/1717166324508405937#m
[2023-10-25 13:08 UTC]
R to @ECDC_EU: Where available, #ERVISS also presents laboratory testing and virus characterisation data for circulating pathogens, such as determining virus type/subtype/strain, susceptibility to antivirals and similarity to available vaccines.
Click to have a look: https://erviss.org
🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/ECDC_EU/status/1717166327952007223#m
[2023-10-25 13:08 UTC]
R to @ECDC_EU: #ERVISS is a response to a call to develop a standard approach to jointly monitor #influenza, #RSV and #SARSCoV2, as these viruses are expected to co-circulate in the coming years.
The overviews will be published on a weekly basis.
🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/ECDC_EU/status/1717166331106140399#m
[2023-10-25 13:08 UTC]
RT by @ECDC_EU: Today marks #Worldpolioday2023📌
Your kind reminder that the @EUPublications/@EU_Health in collaboration with @ECDC_EU & @EMA_News published an ultimate multilingual guide for children #vaccines in a #comic format
🔴free PDF (or buy)
https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/662eecad-df37-11ed-a05c-01aa75ed71a1/language-en🇪🇺#UnitedInProtection
🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/DrSusanNasif/status/1716810522623123752#m
[2023-10-24 13:35 UTC]
Today is World Polio day🌎
Polio is a disease that affects the central nervous system, and can't be cured. It can only be prevented by immunisation, and there are highly effective vaccines available.
Find out more on EVIP:
http://vaccination-info.eu
🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/ECDC_EU/status/1716726218090037284#m
[2023-10-24 08:00 UTC]
R to @ECDC_EU: On the occassion of the #WorldPolioDay, #ECDC Director Andrea Ammon underlines the need of bridging the vaccination gap.
🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/ECDC_EU/status/1716747034215010490#m
[2023-10-24 09:22 UTC]
R to @ECDC_EU: #DYK?
#Polio eradication programme prevented 18M cases of paralysis worldwide since '88.
That's a scientific milestone worth remembering! Want to hear the full story on the global fight against polio? Watch our video here (EU/EEA subs available!):
🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/ECDC_EU/status/1716747036538671566#m
[2023-10-24 09:22 UTC]
R to @ECDC_EU: Want to know more about current #polio situation?
Check our dashboard to see countries with remaining cases of wild poliovirus (#WPV) and countries affected by outbreaks of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus (#cVDPV).
Click: https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/polio-dashboard
🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/ECDC_EU/status/1716747038459592888#m
[2023-10-24 09:22 UTC]
R to @ECDC_EU: And to finish the fantastic week of getting to know each other, we have asked the participants of the observership about what they thought about the experience and what their take-home messages are.
Thanks for coming and hopefully see you soon! :)
@ESCMID @EUCIC1 @ESCVirology
🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/ECDC_EU/status/1716414958236221627#m
[2023-10-23 11:23 UTC]
R to @ECDC_EU: On day 3, the participants in the observership were put in an #ECDC #EpidemicIntelligence officer's shoes and screened and assessed the potential health threats to the EU.
They also got to visit the Emergency Operating Center - EOC to see how ECDC does it in real time.
🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/ECDC_EU/status/1715052811392524581#m
[2023-10-19 17:10 UTC]
R to @ECDC_EU: Day 4 of the observership week:
The @ESCMID, @EUCIC1 and #ESCV participants analyse outbreaks with molecular typing data and genomic tools.
🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/ECDC_EU/status/1715056529471082607#m
[2023-10-19 17:25 UTC]
RT by @ECDC_EU: @ECDC_EU & @EACSociety are measuring HIV knowledge and attitudes in healthcare settings across Europe and Central Asia. Please help promote the survey which can be found here in 38 languages: https://www.eacsociety.org/activities/eacs-ecdc-stigma-survey/ Deadline is 30 November. 🙏 @EATGx @aidsactioneurop @WHO_Europe
🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/TeyNoori/status/1714916506625052996#m
[2023-10-19 08:08 UTC]
RT by @ECDC_EU: Amazing presentation by Ines Steffens, Editor-in-cief of @Eurosurveillanc to end the day at @ECDC_EU @ESCMID talking about diamond #openaccess, responsible use of #AI, and many other exciting topics related to #science!
#PublicHealth #EpiTwitter
🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/yassentch/status/1714674134515413027#m
[2023-10-18 16:05 UTC]
RT by @ECDC_EU: Wonderful opportunity to learn about #ECDC surveillance of communicable diseases and #AMR throughout Europe 🇸🇪🇪🇺
🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/SGholadze/status/1714312269486567879#m
[2023-10-17 16:07 UTC]
Unofficial automated mirror. No copyright asserted. ∎ The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. We aim to strengthen #Europe's defences against infectious diseases.
Joined Apr 2022
