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BBC: Swine flu could hit 1 in 3
A third of the world's population could be infected with swine flu, expert projections suggest. Researchers say swine flu has "full pandemic potential", spreading readily between people and is likely to go global in the next six to nine months.
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Influenza A (H5N1):
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EuroSurveillance: Influenza viruses continue to threaten the world with a new pandemic. While currently attention is focused on the newly emerged A(H1N1) virus, the avian influenza A(H5N1) virus is still a cause of concern.  Extended research is focused on the genetic evolution of the viruses, as well as their susceptibility to available antiviral drugs. 
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BBC News: Beer microbes live 553 days outside ISS  23 August 2010
A small English fishing village has produced an out-of-this-world discovery.
BBC News: Predictive blood test for TB 'a step closer'By Helen Briggs  18 August 2010
International researchers say they have made a "significant step" towards a predictive blood test for tuberculosis.
Eurosurveillance: Volume 15, Issue 33  19 August 2010
RESEARCH ARTICLES Assessing the risk of a community outbreak of hepatitis A on blood safety in Latvia, 2008
SURVEILLANCE AND OUTBREAK REPORTS Laboratory-based surveillance for Cryptosporidium in France, 2006–2009
Value of syndromic surveillance in monitoring a focal waterborne outbreak due to an unusual Cryptosporidium genotype in Northamptonshire, United Kingdom, June – July 2008
NEWS Report published on factors contributing to the spread of Campylobacter in the European Union
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Eurosurveillance: Volume 15, Issue 32  12 August 2010
EDITORIALS The end of the pandemic – what will be the pattern of influenza in the 2010-11 European winter and beyond?
RAPID COMMUNICATIONS Ongoing outbreak of aseptic meningitis associated with echovirus type 30 in the City of Novi Sad, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Serbia, June – July 2010
Ongoing outbreak of aseptic meningitis in south-eastern Latvia, June – August 2010
RESEARCH ARTICLES Small pharmacies are more likely to dispense antibiotics without a medical prescription than large pharmacies in Catalonia, Spain
NEWS World Health Organization declares post-pandemic phase
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Eurosurveillance: Volume 15, Issue 31  05 August 2010
RAPID COMMUNICATIONS High prevalence of antibodies to the 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1) virus in the Norwegian population following a major epidemic and a large vaccination campaign in autumn 2009
Toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans infection in a veterinary student in London, United Kingdom, May 2010
SURVEILLANCE AND OUTBREAK REPORTS The impact of the pandemic influenza A(H1N1) 2009 virus on seasonal influenza A viruses in the southern hemisphere, 2009
General practice out-of-hours service in Ireland provides a new source of syndromic surveillance data on influenza
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Eurosurveillance: Volume 15, Issue 30  29 July 2010
RAPID COMMUNICATIONS Spotlight on measles 2010: Ongoing measles outbreak in Greece, January–July 2010
SURVEILLANCE AND OUTBREAK REPORTS Event-based biosurveillance of respiratory disease in Mexico, 2007–2009: connection to the 2009 influenza A(H1N1) pandemic?
RESEARCH ARTICLES Regional and age-specific patterns of pandemic H1N1 influenza virus seroprevalence inferred from vaccine clinical trials, August-October 2009
Seroprevalence of brucellosis in animals and human populations in the western mountains region in Libya, December 2006–January 2008
MEETING REPORTS Meteorological and climate change themes at the 2010 International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases
MISCELLANEOUS In the national epidemiological bulletins – a selection from current issues
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BBC News: Malaria-proof mosquito engineered  16 July 2010
Scientists in the US have succeeded in genetically engineering a malaria-resistant mosquito.
Eurosurveillance: Volume 15, Issue 29  22 July 2010
RAPID COMMUNICATIONS Monitoring influenza activity in Europe with Google Flu Trends: comparison with the findings of sentinel physician networks – results for 2009-10
The influenza A(H5N1) epidemic at six and a half years: 500 notified human cases and more to come
SURVEILLANCE AND OUTBREAK REPORTS Alarming spread of vancomycin resistant enterococci in Sweden since 2007
LETTERS Estimation of the reproduction number for 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1) in the presence of imported cases
Author’s reply: Estimation of the reproduction number for 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1) in the presence of imported cases
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Eurosurveillance: Volume 15, Issue 27  8 July 2010
This week's contents: EDITORIALS Social determinants of infectious diseases: a public health priority
Reducing health inequalities and monitoring social determinants of health in the European Union: a priority of the Spanish Presidency of the European Union 2010
RESEARCH ARTICLES Human listeriosis in England, 2001–2007: association with neighbourhood deprivation
Emergence of pregnancy-related listeriosis amongst ethnic minorities in England and Wales
Human activities predominate in determining changing incidence of tick-borne encephalitis in Europe
PERSPECTIVES Strategies to intervene on social determinants of infectious diseases
MISCELLANEOUS Authors' correction for Euro Surveill. 2010:15(26)
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BBC News: Malaria  Tuesday, 6 July 2010
Malaria - the disease that singer Cheryl Cole has been admitted to hospital with - kills more than a million people a year and is second only to tuberculosis in its impact on world health.