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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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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.
Eurosurveillance: Volume 14, Issue 44  5 November 2009
EDITORIALS Syndromic surveillance: The next phase of public health monitoring during the H1N1 influenza pandemic ?
RAPID COMMUNICATIONS Surveillance of the first 205 confirmed hospitalised cases of pandemic H1N1 influenza in Ireland, 28 April – 3 October 2009
Measures against transmission of pandemic H1N1 influenza in Japan in 2009: Simulation model
Interpreting “Google Flu Trends” data for pandemic H1N1 influenza: The New Zealand experience
Trichinellosis acquired in Nunavut, Canada in September 2009: Meat from grizzly bear suspected
Genome sequence analysis of the first human West Nile virus isolated in Italy in 2009
SURVEILLANCE AND OUTBREAK REPORTS Influenza-like illness surveillance using a deputising medical service corresponds to surveillance from sentinel general practices
RESEARCH ARTICLES “I-MOVE” towards monitoring seasonal and pandemic influenza vaccine effectiveness: lessons learnt from a pilot multi-centric case-control study in Europe, 2008-9
LETTERS Rhinoviruses, A(H1N1)v, RVS: The race for hivernal pandemics, France 2009-2010
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29 October 2009: Volume 14, Issue 43  29 October 2009
EDITORIALS Building capacity in field epidemiology: lessons learned from the experience in Europe
The European Scientific Conference on Applied Infectious Disease Epidemiology (ESCAIDE) - selected papers from the conference 2008
EUROROUNDUPS Differences and Commonalities of National Field Epidemiology Training Programmes in Europe
PERSPECTIVES Contribution of EPIET to public health workforce in the EU, 1995-2008
New perspectives after the transition of EPIET to ECDC – the future of the programme
Applied epidemiology training in Europe: quite a success - but more to be done
SURVEILLANCE AND OUTBREAK REPORTS An outbreak of hospital-acquired Staphylococcus aureus skin infection among newborns, Nan Province, Thailand, January 2008
Estimating diagnostic accuracy of tests for latent tuberculosis infection without a gold standard among healthcare workers
MISCELLANEOUS In the national epidemiological bulletins – a selection from current issues
Job vacancies at the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
Authors' correction for Euro Surveill. 2009;14(42)
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BBC News: US swine flu 'national emergency'   Saturday, 24 October 2009
US President Barack Obama has declared swine flu a national emergency.
Eurosurveillance: Volume 14, Issue 42  22 October 2009
EDITORIALS Pandemic H1N1 influenza lessons from the southern hemisphere
RAPID COMMUNICATIONS Preliminary analysis of the pandemic H1N1 influenza on Réunion Island (Indian Ocean): surveillance trends (July to mid-September 2009)
SURVEILLANCE AND OUTBREAK REPORTS Interim report on pandemic H1N1 influenza virus infections in South Africa, April to October 2009: Epidemiology and factors associated with fatal cases
Pandemic H1N1 influenza in Brazil: Analysis of the first 34,506 notified cases of influenza-like illness with severe acute respiratory infection (SARI)
Pandemic influenza in a southern hemisphere setting: the experience in Peru from May to September, 2009
Progression and impact of the first winter wave of the 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza in New South Wales, Australia
Pandemic H1N1 influenza surveillance in Victoria, Australia, April – September, 2009
Early transmission characteristics of influenza A(H1N1)v in Australia: Victorian state, 16 May – 3 June 2009
The 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza and indigenous populations of the Americas and the Pacific
MISCELLANEOUS Authors' correction for Euro Surveill. 2009;14(41)
US EPA: EPA Guidance for Testing and Labeling Claims against Pandemic 2009 H1N1  October 22, 2009
Based on the scientific communities understanding of the susceptibility of enveloped viruses to disinfectants, EPA is confident that the currently registered disinfectant products that bear label claims for effectiveness against influenza A viruses (human and animal) will be effective against all influenza A viruses, including Pandemic 2009 H1N1.
BBC News: US swine flu vaccines 'delayed'   Saturday, 17 October 2009
US officials have warned of delays in the delivery of swine flu vaccines just as deaths from the H1N1 virus climb above epidemic level in some states.
Eurosurveillance: Volume 14, Issue 40  08 October 2009
RAPID COMMUNICATIONS Does viral interference affect spread of influenza?
West Nile virus transmission with human cases in Italy, August - September 2009
First isolations of KPC-2-carrying ST258 Klebsiella pneumoniae strains in Finland, June and August 2009
Measles outbreak in Styria, Austria, March-May 2009
SURVEILLANCE AND OUTBREAK REPORTS Progress in the surveillance of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in Europe: 2001-2008
Legionnaires’ disease cluster linked to a metal product aqueous pre-treatment process, Staffordshire, England, May 2008
NEWS Google Flu Trends includes 14 European countries
MISCELLANEOUS Authors' correction for Euro Surveill. 2009;14(35)
Authors' correction for Euro Surveill. 2009;14(39)
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