EurosurveillancePub Date : 2026-06-01DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2026.31.23.260611c
{"title":"Author's correction for Euro Surveill. 2026;31(22).","authors":"","doi":"10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2026.31.23.260611c","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2026.31.23.260611c","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12161,"journal":{"name":"Eurosurveillance","volume":"31 23","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148224080","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
EurosurveillancePub Date : 2026-06-01DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2026.31.24.2600508
Kevin van Zandvoort, Simon R Procter, James M Azam, Katharine Sherratt, Nicholas G Davies
{"title":"The risk of global Ebola virus spread is low: epidemiology of Ebola disease cases outside Africa, 1976 to May 2026.","authors":"Kevin van Zandvoort, Simon R Procter, James M Azam, Katharine Sherratt, Nicholas G Davies","doi":"10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2026.31.24.2600508","DOIUrl":"10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2026.31.24.2600508","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Following the Bundibugyo virus disease outbreak reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in May 2026, we reviewed all known Ebola disease cases outside Africa and found that intercontinental transmission risk remains low. We identified 28 confirmed epidemic-linked cases outside Africa; only four involved travellers with latent infection whose symptoms were detected after border screening. Excluding medically evacuated cases, the crude overall risk since 2000 was 0.17 Ebola disease cases outside Africa per 1,000 reported cases in Africa.</p>","PeriodicalId":12161,"journal":{"name":"Eurosurveillance","volume":"31 24","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13282593/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148276690","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
EurosurveillancePub Date : 2026-06-01DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2026.31.25.260625c
{"title":"Author's correction for Euro Surveill. 2026;31(24).","authors":"","doi":"10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2026.31.25.260625c","DOIUrl":"10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2026.31.25.260625c","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12161,"journal":{"name":"Eurosurveillance","volume":"31 25","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13313060/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148327846","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Why Andes hantavirus is not the next SARS-CoV-2: contrasting viral shedding, transmissibility and genomic patterns.","authors":"Antonin Bal, Virginie Sauvage, Maude Bouscambert-Duchamp, Bruno Lina, Alexandre Gaymard, Jean-Claude Manuguerra","doi":"10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2026.31.22.2600428","DOIUrl":"10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2026.31.22.2600428","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A cruise ship-associated Andes hantavirus outbreak has raised questions usually associated with respiratory viruses, including transmissibility and pandemic risk. Although Andes virus may enter through the respiratory route, cause severe respiratory disease and under close contact spread between humans, it differs fundamentally from SARS-CoV-2. The ecology is rodent-borne, pathogenesis is vascular, diagnosis is centred on blood PCR and serology, and genetic diversity is mainly shaped by reservoir ecology and geography rather than by sustained human-to-human transmission and immune selection.</p>","PeriodicalId":12161,"journal":{"name":"Eurosurveillance","volume":"31 22","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13241791/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148162468","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
EurosurveillancePub Date : 2026-06-01DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2026.31.24.260618e
{"title":"Erratum for Euro Surveill. 2026;31(23).","authors":"","doi":"10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2026.31.24.260618e","DOIUrl":"10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2026.31.24.260618e","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12161,"journal":{"name":"Eurosurveillance","volume":"31 24","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13330640/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148276728","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
EurosurveillancePub Date : 2026-06-01DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2026.31.22.2600425
Valentina Marziano, Alfredo De Bellis, Martina Del Manso, Antonino Bella, Alberto Mateo Urdiales, Carla Molina Grané, Francesco Menegale, Lorenzo Lucchini, Mattia Manica, Sobha Pilati, Daniele Mipatrini, Flavia Riccardo, Giorgio Guzzetta, Piero Poletti, Anna Teresa Palamara, Patrizio Pezzotti, Stefano Merler
{"title":"Scenario analysis for potential community spread of Andes virus (ANDV).","authors":"Valentina Marziano, Alfredo De Bellis, Martina Del Manso, Antonino Bella, Alberto Mateo Urdiales, Carla Molina Grané, Francesco Menegale, Lorenzo Lucchini, Mattia Manica, Sobha Pilati, Daniele Mipatrini, Flavia Riccardo, Giorgio Guzzetta, Piero Poletti, Anna Teresa Palamara, Patrizio Pezzotti, Stefano Merler","doi":"10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2026.31.22.2600425","DOIUrl":"10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2026.31.22.2600425","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We simulated the potential community spread of Andes virus (ANDV) following the introduction of a single infectious individual in a generic population, based on epidemiological parameters derived from a human-to-human historical outbreak. Under current available evidence, our analyses suggest that, within 4 months from the index case's symptom onset, the expected outbreak size is unlikely to exceed 50 cases, with a high probability of epidemic extinction, particularly when > 50% cases are effectively isolated from the start of the outbreak.</p>","PeriodicalId":12161,"journal":{"name":"Eurosurveillance","volume":"31 22","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13241788/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148162431","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
EurosurveillancePub Date : 2026-06-01DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2026.31.22.2500763
Cécile Kremer, Naïma Hammami, Laura Cornelissen, Heidi Theeten, Toon Braeye, Andrea Torneri, Steven Abrams, Niel Hens
{"title":"Informing quarantine policy for measles control in primary school and daycare settings: insights from a simulation study, Flanders, Belgium.","authors":"Cécile Kremer, Naïma Hammami, Laura Cornelissen, Heidi Theeten, Toon Braeye, Andrea Torneri, Steven Abrams, Niel Hens","doi":"10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2026.31.22.2500763","DOIUrl":"10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2026.31.22.2500763","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>BACKGROUNDWith a notification rate of 44.9 per million population in 2024, Belgium was among the countries with the highest measles rate of the European Union/European Economic Area countries. Although the coverage of the first dose of measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccination in Flanders was 96% in 2020, two-dose coverage was below 95%. To minimise the risk of sustained measles transmission in vulnerable settings, such as primary schools with low vaccination coverage or daycares, it is important to quarantine susceptible contacts of a measles case.AIMWe aimed to identify policies that balance measles outbreak control with societal as well as educational impact of quarantining children.METHODSUsing a simulation model, we evaluated the impact of different quarantine strategies for measles in primary school and daycare settings in Flanders, Belgium.RESULTSWe found that shortening the quarantine period from 21 to 18 days only moderately (e.g. 16-37% in primary school) increased the risk of a subsequent infection wave, and the final proportion of later-generation cases remained at most 3.2% of the school or daycare. In settings with a low vaccination coverage (e.g. 20%), multiple independent introductions or a low diagnosis rate (e.g. only half of symptomatic children going to a doctor), the addition of post-exposure vaccination can further reduce transmission risk.CONCLUSIONWe found that quarantine duration could be shorter than the presumed maximal incubation period of 21 days, without substantially increasing the risk of onward transmission. As such, acceptability and compliance with mandated quarantine periods might also increase.</p>","PeriodicalId":12161,"journal":{"name":"Eurosurveillance","volume":"31 22","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13241790/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148162351","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
EurosurveillancePub Date : 2026-06-01DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2026.31.25.2600520
Finn Filén, Elin Loo, Karin Haij Bhattarai
{"title":"Dermatophilosis among men who have sex with men, Stockholm, Sweden, March to June, 2026.","authors":"Finn Filén, Elin Loo, Karin Haij Bhattarai","doi":"10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2026.31.25.2600520","DOIUrl":"10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2026.31.25.2600520","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Dermatophilus congolensis</i> is traditionally regarded as a zoonotic skin pathogen. Recent European reports suggest possible transmission among men who have sex with men (MSM). We describe four microbiologically confirmed cases in Stockholm, Sweden, in 2026. All occurred in MSM using HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis and without contacts with animals. Infections were probably acquired in Sweden, Japan and Spain. These findings support transmission within sexual networks and suggest that dermatophilosis may be under-recognised in sexual health settings.</p>","PeriodicalId":12161,"journal":{"name":"Eurosurveillance","volume":"31 25","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13309758/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148327858","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
EurosurveillancePub Date : 2026-06-01DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2026.31.25.2500618
Alexis Sentís, Tine Dalby, Tommi Κärki, Francisco Orchard, Angelo D'Ambrosio, Miriam Van den Nest, Bernhard Benka, Nathalie Shodu, Karl Mertens, Emanuel Brađašević, Antea Jezidžić, Markella Marcou, Linos Hadjihannas, Jan Kubele, Sophie Gubbels, Louise Stougaard, Liidia Dotsenko, Piret Mitt, Imke Wieters, Alexandra Hoffmann, Antonis Maragkos, Fortunato D'Ancona, Agnese Comelli, Auguste Salnaite, Andre Brincat, Michael A Borg, Manon Brekelmans, Stephanie van Rooden, Anders Skyrud Danielsen, Torunn Alberg, Irena Klavs, Daša Kavka, Lucía García-San Miguel, Pilar Gallego-Berciano, Hanna Billström, Olov Aspevall, Diamantis Plachouras, Hanne-Dorthe Emborg, Carlos Carvalho, Anthony Nardone
{"title":"First steps in establishing surveillance of bloodstream infections from electronic health record derived data, EU/EEA countries, March 2023 to March 2025.","authors":"Alexis Sentís, Tine Dalby, Tommi Κärki, Francisco Orchard, Angelo D'Ambrosio, Miriam Van den Nest, Bernhard Benka, Nathalie Shodu, Karl Mertens, Emanuel Brađašević, Antea Jezidžić, Markella Marcou, Linos Hadjihannas, Jan Kubele, Sophie Gubbels, Louise Stougaard, Liidia Dotsenko, Piret Mitt, Imke Wieters, Alexandra Hoffmann, Antonis Maragkos, Fortunato D'Ancona, Agnese Comelli, Auguste Salnaite, Andre Brincat, Michael A Borg, Manon Brekelmans, Stephanie van Rooden, Anders Skyrud Danielsen, Torunn Alberg, Irena Klavs, Daša Kavka, Lucía García-San Miguel, Pilar Gallego-Berciano, Hanna Billström, Olov Aspevall, Diamantis Plachouras, Hanne-Dorthe Emborg, Carlos Carvalho, Anthony Nardone","doi":"10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2026.31.25.2500618","DOIUrl":"10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2026.31.25.2500618","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>BACKGROUNDEnhancing surveillance of bloodstream infections (BSIs) by extracting data from electronic health records (EHR) is often the first step in automating the surveillance of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs).AIMWe assessed existing BSI surveillance systems and the progress in implementing EHR-BSI surveillance within the ECDC project Surveillance from Electronic Health Data (SUREHD).METHODSWe summarised information on BSI surveillance systems through meetings with national representatives and review of national surveillance protocols and reports.RESULTSOf the 30 EU/EEA countries invited to join the SUREHD project, 17 actively participated from March 2023 to March 2025. All 17 countries conducted BSI surveillance within HAI or antimicrobial resistance programmes, and EHR-BSI surveillance was being implemented nationally (n = 9), regionally (n = 2) or at hospital level (n = 6). Reported challenges included data standardisation (n = 13), IT capacity (n = 10), data linkage (n = 7), system integration (n = 7) and data protection (n = 6). Few countries had access to structured EHR data on patient symptoms (n = 1), infection origin (n = 2) and catheter-related variables (n = 5). Most countries had not yet implemented data validation processes (n = 12) nor decided on standardised vocabularies for most variables. All countries aimed to automate EHR-BSI surveillance.CONCLUSIONAutomation of BSI surveillance is critically relevant for the development of surveillance systems and to support infection and control measures (IPC) for HAIs. Implementation of automated EHR-based BSI surveillance varied between countries; a generic protocol and a network of experts have established a way forward. Future efforts should focus on harmonisation, data quality, and leveraging EHR-BSI data to strengthen HAI surveillance and to improve IPC.</p>","PeriodicalId":12161,"journal":{"name":"Eurosurveillance","volume":"31 25","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13309757/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148327814","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
EurosurveillancePub Date : 2026-06-01DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2026.31.24.2600477
Oda Everdina van den Berg, Ettore Severi, Freddy Mutoka-Banza, Michele van Vugt, Esther M Schadd, María Cruz Calvo Reyes, Laura Santos Larrégola, Pedro Valdivia Prieto, François-Xavier Lescure, Mark A Cachia, Mayank Singal, Mirko Faber, Walter Zingg, Nazir Ahmed Ismail, Margreet Jm Te Wierik, Tjalling Leenstra, Chantal Reusken, Susan van den Hof
{"title":"Andes virus outbreak linked to expedition cruise ship travel, multi-country investigation and response, April to June 2026.","authors":"Oda Everdina van den Berg, Ettore Severi, Freddy Mutoka-Banza, Michele van Vugt, Esther M Schadd, María Cruz Calvo Reyes, Laura Santos Larrégola, Pedro Valdivia Prieto, François-Xavier Lescure, Mark A Cachia, Mayank Singal, Mirko Faber, Walter Zingg, Nazir Ahmed Ismail, Margreet Jm Te Wierik, Tjalling Leenstra, Chantal Reusken, Susan van den Hof","doi":"10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2026.31.24.2600477","DOIUrl":"10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2026.31.24.2600477","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>As at 18 June 2026, 13 cases (12 confirmed and one probable) of Andes orthohantavirus have been reported (case-fatality: 23%), linked to the Dutch-flagged expedition cruise ship MV <i>Hondius</i>. The event involved individuals from 23 nationalities and required medical evacuation, repatriation, coordinated international contact tracing, isolation, quarantine and clinical and laboratory testing follow-up. To date, all cases have been passengers (10/121; 8%) or crew members (3/61; 5%). Ongoing monitoring and investigations aim to clarify the source of the outbreak, identify risk factors and prevent further spread.</p>","PeriodicalId":12161,"journal":{"name":"Eurosurveillance","volume":"31 24","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13291726/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148276238","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}