Infection is the invasion of a host organism's bodily tissues by disease-causing organisms, their multiplication, and the reaction of host tissues to these organisms and the toxins they produce.[1] Infectious diseases, also known as transmissible diseases orcommunicable diseases, comprise clinically evident illness (i.e., characteristic medical signs and/or symptoms of disease) resulting from the infection, presence and growth of pathogenic biological agents in an individual host organism.

Summary of Public health threats, CDTR week 8/201523 Feb 2015

The ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) is a weekly bulletin for epidemiologists and health professionals about active public health threats. This issue covers the period 15 to 21 February 2015 and includes updates on seasonal influenza, botulism in people who inject drugs, Middle East... more

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases
Type: News Item

Summary of Public health threats, CDTR week 7/201516 Feb 2015

Although the number of Ebola cases in West Africa have decreased during the last weeks, control efforts in the affected countries needs to be maintained to continue the significant drop and eventually achieve zero cases. To contribute to the field work related to surveillance activities and contact... more

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases
Type: News Item

Summary of public health threats, CDTR week 6, 201509 Feb 2015

The ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) is a weekly bulletin for epidemiologists and health professionals about active public health threats. This issue covers the period 1 to 7 February 2015, and includes updates on botulism in people who inject drugs, monitoring the 2014–2015... more

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases
Type: News Item

Summary of public health threats, CDTR week 5/201502 Feb 2015

The ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) is a weekly bulletin for epidemiologists and health professionals about active public health threats. This issue covers the period 25 to 31 January 2015 and includes updates on seasonal influenza, measles and Ebola virus disease. -- Delivered by... more

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases
Type: News Item

Reinforcing the fight against Ebola in Guinea16 Jan 2015

Since the last epidemiological update on Ebola virus disease (EVD) published on 9 January 2015, and as of 12 January 2015, WHO has reported 357 additional cases in the affected countries and 185 additional deaths. -- Delivered by Feed43 service

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases
Type: News Item

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