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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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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 14, Issue 48  3 December 2009
RAPID COMMUNICATIONS Symptomatic primary HIV infection in a 49-year-old man who has sex with men: beware of the window phase
SURVEILLANCE AND OUTBREAK REPORTS Recently acquired HIV infection in men who have sex with men (MSM) in France, 2003-2008
HIV/STI co-infection among men who have sex with men in Spain
Lymphogranuloma venereum in Europe, 2003-2008
RESEARCH ARTICLES HIV bio-behavioural survey among men who have sex with men in Barcelona, Bratislava, Bucharest, Ljubljana, Prague and Verona, 2008-2009
HIV risk behaviour knowledge, substance use and unprotected sex in men who have sex with men in Tallinn, Estonia
REVIEW ARTICLES The effectiveness of behavioural and psychosocial HIV/STI prevention interventions for MSM in Europe: A systematic review
NEWS Health Protection Agency publishes Annual Evidence Update focussing on HIV in children and adolescents
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Eurosurveillance: Volume 14, Issue 47  26 November 2009
EDITORIAL HIV/AIDS and other STI in men who have sex with men – a continuous challenge for public health
RAPID COMMUNICATIONS HIV and AIDS in the European Union, 2008
Incidence of non-B subtypes of HIV-1 in Galicia, Spain: high frequency and diversity of HIV-1 among men who have sex with men
RESEARCH ARTICLES HIV and STI behavioural surveillance among men who have sex with men in Europe
Sexual risk behaviour and its determinants among men who have sex with men in Catalonia, Spain
Do men who have sex with men use serosorting with casual partners in France? Results of a nationwide survey (ANRS-EN17-Presse Gay 2004)
Epidemiology of herpes simplex virus types 2 and 1 amongst men who have sex with men attending sexual health clinics in England and Wales: implications for HIV prevention and management
SURVEILLANCE AND OUTBREAK REPORTS Syphilis and gonorrhoea in men who have sex with men: a European overview
Disproportionate and increasing burden of HIV infection among men who have sex with men in Slovenia: surveillance data for 1999-2008
HIV infections and STI co-infections in men who have sex with men in Belgium: sustained increase in HIV diagnoses
REVIEW ARTICLES Viral hepatitis among men who have sex with men, epidemiology and public health consequences
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BBC News: Jump in number of global swine flu deaths   Friday, 27 November 2009
The global number of swine flu deaths has jumped by more than 1,000 in a week, latest figures from the World Health Organization (WHO) show.
BBC News: Presenter Konnie Huq joins Indian campaign to end polio   Sunday, 22 November 2009
Uttar Pradesh in northern India has a population of more than 190 million and the world's highest concentration of polio infection.
BBC News: Spread of Tamiflu resistant swine flu confirmed   Friday, 20 November 2009
Health officials have confirmed the person-to-person spread of a Tamiflu-resistant stain of swine flu.
Eurosurveillance: Volume 14, Issue 46  19 November 2009
ID COMMUNICATIONS Differentiation of two distinct clusters among currently circulating influenza A(H1N1)v viruses, March-September 2009
SURVEILLANCE AND OUTBREAK REPORTS “RAISIN” – a national programme for early warning, investigation and surveillance of healthcare-associated infection in France
Oseltamivir-resistant influenza A(H1N1) viruses detected in Europe during season 2007-8 had epidemiologic and clinical characteristics similar to co-circulating susceptible A(H1N1) viruses
RESEARCH ARTICLES Introduction of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination in Belgium, 2007-2008
NEWS EMCDDA Annual report 2009: cocaine and heroin maintain firm hold on Europe’s drug scene
MISCELLANEOUS In the national epidemiological bulletins – a selection from current issues
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BBC News: Immune tribe 'indicates CJD hope'   Thursday, 19 November 2009
Darwinian natural selection could help halt human "mad cow disease", experts say after finding a tribe impervious to a related fatal brain disorder.
BBC News: US swine flu deaths 'near 4,000'   Thursday, 12 November 2009
Swine flu has killed nearly 4,000 people in the US, including 540 children, officials said after devising a new counting method.
Eurosurveillance: Volume 14, Issue 45   12 November 2009
EDITORIALS Antibiotic resistance in Europe: the challenges ahead
RAPID COMMUNICATIONS Experience of European intensive care physicians with infections due to antibiotic-resistant bacteria, 2009
Decrease of hypervirulent Clostridium difficile PCR ribotype 027 in the Netherlands
A simple mathematical approach to deciding the dosage of vaccine against pandemic H1N1 influenza
Pandemic influenza A(H1N1)v: Human to pig transmission in Norway?
Assessing the impact of the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic on reporting of other threats through the Early Warning and Response System
Botulism and hot-smoked whitefish: a family cluster of type E botulism in France, September 2009
First report of a North American invasive mosquito species Ochlerotatus atropalpus (Coquillett) in the Netherlands, 2009
SURVEILLANCE AND OUTBREAK REPORTS Clostridium difficile ribotypes 001, 017, and 027 are associated with lethal C. difficile infection in Hesse, Germany
NEWS First set-up meeting for Antibiotic Resistance and Prescribing in European Children (ARPEC)
The economic crisis and infectious disease control
MISCELLANEOUS Erratum for Euro Surveill. 2009;14(44)
Erratum for Euro Surveill. 2009;14(44)
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BBC News: Experts map the body's bacteria   Friday, 6 November 2009
Scientists have developed an atlas of the bacteria that live in different regions of the human body.