{"title":"Authors' correction for Euro Surveill. 2020;25(36).","authors":"","doi":"10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.38.200924c","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.38.200924c","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520613,"journal":{"name":"Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":19.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7533623/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38417996","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Eveline Otte Im Kampe, Ann-Sophie Lehfeld, Silke Buda, Udo Buchholz, Walter Haas
{"title":"Surveillance of COVID-19 school outbreaks, Germany, March to August 2020.","authors":"Eveline Otte Im Kampe, Ann-Sophie Lehfeld, Silke Buda, Udo Buchholz, Walter Haas","doi":"10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.38.2001645","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.38.2001645","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Mitigation of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Germany included school closures in early March 2020. After reopening in April, preventive measures were taken in schools. We analysed national surveillance system data on COVID-19 school outbreaks during different time periods. After reopening, smaller outbreaks (average: 2.2/week) occurred despite low incidence in the general population. School closures might have a detrimental effect on children and should be applied only cautiously and in combination with other measures.</p>","PeriodicalId":520613,"journal":{"name":"Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":19.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7533620/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38417998","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Imke Schreuder, Cornelis De Pijper, Rob van Kessel, Leo Visser, Hans van den Kerkhof
{"title":"Abandon of intramuscular administration of rabies immunoglobulin for post-exposure prophylaxis in the revised guidelines in the Netherlands in 2018: cost and volume savings.","authors":"Imke Schreuder, Cornelis De Pijper, Rob van Kessel, Leo Visser, Hans van den Kerkhof","doi":"10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.38.2000018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.38.2000018","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The World Health Organization (WHO) issued an updated position paper on rabies in 2018, mainly focusing on simplification of vaccination schedules and use of rabies immunoglobulin (RIG). The maximum amount of RIG anatomically feasible should be infiltrated exclusively in and around the wound and will no longer be calculated solely based on body weight. We describe the practical guideline implementing the revised RIG policy in the Netherlands on how to determine the amount of RIG for local administration. We calculated savings achieved through the revised WHO policy. We used information from a national database including rabies consultations in the Netherlands and clinical information from a public health service, clinical practitioners and national data on the amount of distributed RIG. Between 2008 and 2019, 5,164 consultations were registered. The most frequently affected anatomical location was hand or leg (43%). Around 80% concerned minor injuries (< 2 cm). From January 2016 to end December 2019, 7,361 mL RIG were distributed for 1,042 possible rabies exposures (EUR 1.4 million). Since implementing the revised policy, the amount of RIG distributed per order has sharply decreased (59%). Infiltrating RIG only locally saved large quantities of human RIG (EUR 1.1 million during 4 years) in the Netherlands.</p>","PeriodicalId":520613,"journal":{"name":"Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":19.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7533622/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38417999","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fabienne Beatrice Fischer, Apolline Saucy, Claudia Schmutz, Daniel Mäusezahl
{"title":"Do changes in STEC diagnostics mislead interpretation of disease surveillance data in Switzerland? Time trends in positivity, 2007 to 2016.","authors":"Fabienne Beatrice Fischer, Apolline Saucy, Claudia Schmutz, Daniel Mäusezahl","doi":"10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.33.1900584","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.33.1900584","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>BackgroundLaboratory-confirmed cases of Shiga toxin-producing <i>Escherichia coli</i> (STEC) have been notifiable to the National Notification System for Infectious Diseases in Switzerland since 1999. Since 2015, a large increase in case numbers has been observed. Around the same time, syndromic multiplex PCR started to replace other diagnostic methods in standard laboratory practice for gastrointestinal pathogen testing, suggesting that the increase in notified cases is due to a change in test practices and numbers.AimThis study examined the impact of changes in diagnostic methods, in particular the introduction of multiplex PCR panels, on routine STEC surveillance data in Switzerland.MethodsWe analysed routine laboratory data from 11 laboratories, which reported 61.9% of all STEC cases from 2007 to 2016 to calculate the positivity, i.e. the rate of the number of positive STEC tests divided by the total number of tests performed.ResultsThe introduction of multiplex PCR had a strong impact on STEC test frequency and identified cases, with the number of tests performed increasing sevenfold from 2007 to 2016. Still, age- and sex-standardised positivity increased from 0.8% in 2007 to 1.7% in 2016.ConclusionIncreasing positivity suggests that the increase in case notifications cannot be attributed to an increase in test numbers alone. Therefore, we cannot exclude a real epidemiological trend for the observed increase. Modernising the notification system to address current gaps in information availability, e.g. diagnostic methods, and improved triangulation of clinical presentation, diagnostic and serotype information are needed to deal with emerging disease and technological advances.</p>","PeriodicalId":520613,"journal":{"name":"Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":19.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7441602/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38294387","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Authors' correction for Euro Surveill. 2020;25(32).","authors":"","doi":"10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.33.200820c","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.33.200820c","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520613,"journal":{"name":"Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":19.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7441601/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38294388","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anne Fouillet, Isabelle Pontais, Céline Caserio-Schönemann
{"title":"Excess all-cause mortality during the first wave of the COVID-19 epidemic in France, March to May 2020.","authors":"Anne Fouillet, Isabelle Pontais, Céline Caserio-Schönemann","doi":"10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.34.2001485","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.34.2001485","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Through a weekly all-cause mortality surveillance system, we observed in France a major all-cause excess mortality from March to May 2020, concomitant with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) epidemic. The excess mortality was 25,030 deaths, mainly among elderly people. Five metropolitan regions were the most affected, particularly Île-de-France and the Grand-Est regions. Assessing the excess mortality related to COVID-19 is complex because of the potential protective effect of the lockdown period on other causes of mortality.</p>","PeriodicalId":520613,"journal":{"name":"Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":19.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7453680/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38319323","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maria Cristina Rota, Maria Scaturro, Maria Luisa Ricci
{"title":"Letter to the editor: importance of a careful investigation to avoid attributing Legionnaires' disease cases to an incorrect source of infection.","authors":"Maria Cristina Rota, Maria Scaturro, Maria Luisa Ricci","doi":"10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.34.2001484","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.34.2001484","url":null,"abstract":"Eurosurveillance.org is the online home of Eurosurveillance, Europe's journal on infectious disease surveillance, epidemiology, prevention and control.","PeriodicalId":520613,"journal":{"name":"Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":19.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7453685/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38319324","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Erratum for Euro Surveill. 2020;25(33).","authors":"","doi":"10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.34.2008271","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.34.2008271","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520613,"journal":{"name":"Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":19.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7453679/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38319326","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Editorial note: possible undisclosed conflict of interest.","authors":"","doi":"10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.30.2007301","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.30.2007301","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520613,"journal":{"name":"Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":19.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7393849/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38214385","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Claudia Palazzolo, Gaetano Maffongelli, Alessandra D'Abramo, Luciana Lepore, Andrea Mariano, Antonella Vulcano, Tommaso Ascoli Bartoli, Nazario Bevilacqua, Maria Letizia Giancola, Enrico Di Rosa, Emanuele Nicastri
{"title":"<i>Legionella</i> pneumonia: increased risk after COVID-19 lockdown? Italy, May to June 2020.","authors":"Claudia Palazzolo, Gaetano Maffongelli, Alessandra D'Abramo, Luciana Lepore, Andrea Mariano, Antonella Vulcano, Tommaso Ascoli Bartoli, Nazario Bevilacqua, Maria Letizia Giancola, Enrico Di Rosa, Emanuele Nicastri","doi":"10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.30.2001372","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.30.2001372","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We report a case of <i>Legionella</i> pneumonia in a dishwasher of a restaurant in Rome, Italy, just after the end of the lockdown that was in place to control the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic. The case highlights the importance of strict monitoring of water and air systems immediately before reopening business or public sector buildings, and the need to consider <i>Legionella</i> infections among the differential diagnosis of respiratory infections after lockdown due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.</p>","PeriodicalId":520613,"journal":{"name":"Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":19.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7393852/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38214386","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}