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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: Doubts raised over MRSA screening   Thursday, 8 October 2009
The wisdom of screening all hospital patients for MRSA in England is being questioned by a leading expert.
BBC News: ME virus discovery raises hopes   Friday, 9 October 2009
US scientists say they have made a potential breakthrough in understanding what causes the condition known as chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) or ME
Eurosurveillance: Volume 14, Issue 39  01 October 2009
RAPID COMMUNICATIONS Residual immunity in older people against the influenza A(H1N1) – recent experience in northern Spain
Early estimates of 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1) virus activity in general practice in France: incidence of influenza-like illness and age distribution of reported cases
Ongoing rubella outbreak in Bosnia and Herzegovina, March-July 2009 - preliminary report
RESEARCH ARTICLES Results of a vaccination campaign against human papillomavirus in the province of La Spezia, Liguria, Italy, March-December 2008
MEETING REPORTS Laboratory support for the diagnosis and surveillance of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in Eastern Europe
NEWS ECDC in collaboration with the VAESCO project to develop a complementary tool for vaccine safety monitoring in Europe
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BBC News: C. diff rise due to 'gene switch'   Sunday, 27 September 2009
The rise in Clostridium difficile infections in recent years is due to genetic changes rather than dirty hospitals, say UK researchers.
BBC News: UK swine flu vaccine 'approved'   Friday, 25 September 2009
The European drugs regulator has given the go-ahead for one of the UK's swine flu vaccines.
Eurosurveillance: Volume 14, Issue 38  24 September 2009
EDITORIALS Accepted for the impact factor – what is the impact of Eurosurveillance?
RAPID COMMUNICATIONS Enhanced surveillance of initial cases of pandemic H1N1 2009 influenza in Ireland, April - July 2009
Oseltamivir susceptibility in south-western France during the 2007-8 and 2008-9 influenza epidemics and the ongoing influenza pandemic 2009
Trichinellosis outbreak in Lithuania, Ukmerge region, June 2009
RESEARCH ARTICLES Molecular characterisation of PFGE non-typable methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the Netherlands, 2007
MISCELLANEOUS In the national epidemiological bulletins – a selection from current issues
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Eurosurveillance: Eurosurveillance, Volume 14, Issue 38, 24 September 2009  Eurosurveillance, Volume 14, Issue 38, 24 September 2009
Eurosurveillance: Volume 14, Issue 37  17 September 2009
RAPID COMMUNICATIONS Sub-optimal hand sanitiser usage in a hospital entrance during an influenza pandemic, New Zealand, August 2009
Economic consequences to society of pandemic H1N1 influenza 2009 – preliminary results for Sweden
RESEARCH ARTICLES Multidrug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae with reduced cefotaxime susceptibility is increasingly common in men who have sex with men, Amsterdam, the Netherlands http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19330 Biogeographical origin and varicella risk in the adult immigration population in Catalonia, Spain (2004-2006)
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BBC News: Taking showers 'can make you ill'   Monday, 14 September 2009
Showering may be bad for your health, say US scientists, who have shown that dirty shower heads can deliver a face full of harmful bacteria.
BBC News: Antibiotic resistance clue found   Sunday, 13 September 2009
US scientists have uncovered a defence mechanism in bacteria that allows them to fend off the threat of antibiotics.