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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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Eurosurveillance: Volume 15, Issue 2  14 January 2010
RAPID COMMUNICATIONS An outbreak of infection with Bacillus anthracis in injecting drug users in Scotland
Preliminary case report of fatal anthrax in an injecting drug user in North-Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, December 2009
Epidemiological analysis of mosquito-borne Pogosta disease in Finland, 2009
SURVEILLANCE AND OUTBREAK REPORTS Surveillance of Hospitalisations for 2009 Pandemic Influenza A(H1N1) in the Netherlands, 5 June – 31 December 2009
Severe hospitalised 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1) cases in France, 1 July-15 November 2009
MISCELLANEOUS Authors' correction for Euro Surveill. 2009;14(41)
Erratum for Euro Surveill. 2009;15(1)
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BBC News: Science explained: What is a genome?  Thursday, 8 October 2009
Have you ever wondered how a simple genetic code made up of just four letters can provide the set of instructions needed to create every living thing on Earth?
BBC News: World Health Organization to review swine flu response   Tuesday, 12 January 2010
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is to review its handling of the HIN1 swine flu pandemic, once it is over.
BBC News: MRSA 'spread by patients moving between hospitals'   Tuesday, 12 January 2010
MRSA is mainly spread by patients moving between hospitals, Dutch researchers have said.
Eurosurveillance: Volume 15, Issue 1  7 January 2010
EDITORIALS Eurosurveillance – keeping an eye on infectious diseases
A new decade, a new seasonal influenza: the Council of the European Union Recommendation on seasonal influenza vaccination
RAPID COMMUNICATIONS A nosocomial outbreak of 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) in a paediatric oncology ward in Italy, October – November 2009
When should we intervene to control the 2009 influenza A(H1N1) pandemic?
Genesis of a KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae after in vivo transfer from an imported Greek strain
SURVEILLANCE AND OUTBREAK REPORTS Outbreak of 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1), Los Lagos, Chile, April-June 2009
MISCELLANEOUS Eurosurveillance reviewers in 2009
Addendum for Euro Surveill. 2009;14(47)
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BBC News: France sells surplus flu vaccine  Monday, 4 January 2010
France is selling off millions of surplus swine flu vaccine doses to other countries, officials say.
BBC News: Sex intervention combats malaria   Tuesday, 22 December 2009
Scientists believe it may be possible to combat malaria by interfering with the sex lives of the mosquitoes which spread the disease.
Eurosurveillance: Volume 14, Issue 50   17 December 2009
EDITORIAL Approaching measles and rubella elimination in the European Region – need to sustain the gains
RAPID COMMUNICATIONS Quantifying the risk of pandemic influenza in pregnancy and Indigenous people in Australia in 2009
An update on an ongoing measles outbreak in Bulgaria, April-November 2009
Mumps outbreak in Jerusalem affecting mainly male adolescents
First human case of Usutu virus neuroinvasive infection, Italy, August-September 2009
Usutu virus infection in a patient who underwent orthotropic liver transplantation, Italy, August-September 2009
SURVEILLANCE AND OUTBREAK REPORTS Large measles epidemic in Switzerland from 2006 to 2009: consequences for the elimination of measles in Europe
Rubella seroprevalence in children in Dogankent, a rural area of Adana province in Turkey, January-February 2005
PERSPECTIVES WHO criteria for measles elimination: a critique with reference to criteria for polio elimination
MISCELLANEOUS In the national epidemiological bulletins – a selection from current issues
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Eurosurveillance: Volume 14, Issue 49  10 December 2009
RAPID COMMUNICATIONS Public perceptions in relation to intention to receive pandemic influenza vaccination in a random population sample: evidence from a cross-sectional telephone survey
Behaviours regarding preventive measures against pandemic H1N1 influenza among Italian healthcare workers, October 2009
Behaviour of the pandemic H1N1 influenza virus in Andalusia, Spain, at the onset of the 2009-10 season
Prolonged shedding of influenza A(H1N1)v virus: two case reports from France 2009
Detection of human norovirus from frozen raspberries in a cluster of gastroenteritis outbreaks
RESEARCH ARTICLES Single-nucleotide polymorphism in the SCCmec-orfX junction distinguishes between livestock-associated MRSA CC398 and human epidemic MRSA strains
Viral hepatitis, HIV, human herpes virus and Treponema pallidum infection in haemodialysis patients from Kosovo, 2005
MISCELLANEOUS Authors' correction for Euro Surveill. 2009;14(48)
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BBC News: 'Double trouble' antibiotic hope   Friday, 4 December 2009
A "double-headed" antibiotic could lead to powerful new drugs to beat resistance, say UK researchers.