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1. Sharp increase in gonorrhoea notifications among young people, EU/EEA, July 2022 to June 2023.

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Nerlander L, Champezou L, Gomes Dias J, Aspelund G, Berlot L, Constantinou E, Díaz A, Epštein J, Fogarassy E, Hernando V, Hoffmann P, Igoe D, Klavs I, Pinto Leite P, Liitsola K, McIntyre A, Molnár Z, Olsen AO, Pires-Afonso Y, Putniņa R, Rudaitis K, Siakallis G, de Stoppelaar S, Suligoi B, Hannila-Handelberg T, Velicko I, Cabral Veríssimo V, Visser M, Wessman M, and Mårdh O

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Male, Humans, Female, Adolescent, Sexual Behavior, Heterosexuality, Gonorrhea epidemiology, Sexually Transmitted Diseases epidemiology
Abstract

Gonorrhoea cases increased steeply in women aged 20 to 24 years across 15 EU/EEA countries in July to December 2022 and January to June 2023 with, respectively, 73% and 89% more cases reported than expected, based on historical data from 2015 to 2019. Smaller increases among men due to heterosexual transmission were observed in nine EU/EEA countries. Interventions to raise awareness among young people about sexually transmitted infection risks are needed, emphasising the benefit of safe sexual practices and testing.

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2024
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3. HIV among women in the WHO European Region - epidemiological trends and predictors of late diagnosis, 2009-2018.

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Mårdh O, Quinten C, Kuchukhidze G, Seguy N, Dara M, Amato-Gauci AJ, and Pharris A

Subjects
Adolescent, Adult, Age Factors, Aged, CD4 Lymphocyte Count, Europe epidemiology, European Union statistics & numerical data, Female, HIV Infections epidemiology, HIV Infections transmission, Humans, Middle Aged, Risk Factors, Substance Abuse, Intravenous epidemiology, Women's Health, Young Adult, Delayed Diagnosis statistics & numerical data, Disease Notification statistics & numerical data, HIV Infections diagnosis, Population Surveillance methods
Abstract

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission among women remains an issue in the WHO European Region, with nearly 50,000 women diagnosed in 2018 and over half (54%) diagnosed late. Although new HIV diagnoses declined between 2009 and 2018 in the West of the Region, they increased in the Centre and East. Understanding the characteristics of women diagnosed with HIV can inform gender-sensitive prevention services including pre-exposure prophylaxis and early testing and linkage to care.

Published
2019
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4. Hepatitis A outbreak disproportionately affecting men who have sex with men (MSM) in the European Union and European Economic Area, June 2016 to May 2017.

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Ndumbi P, Freidl GS, Williams CJ, Mårdh O, Varela C, Avellón A, Friesema I, Vennema H, Beebeejaun K, Ngui SL, Edelstein M, Smith-Palmer A, Murphy N, Dean J, Faber M, Wenzel J, Kontio M, Müller L, Midgley SE, Sundqvist L, Ederth JL, Roque-Afonso AM, Couturier E, Klamer S, Rebolledo J, Suin V, Aberle SW, Schmid D, De Sousa R, Augusto GF, Alfonsi V, Del Manso M, Ciccaglione AR, Mellou K, Hadjichristodoulou C, Donachie A, Borg ML, Sočan M, Poljak M, and Severi E

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Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Child, Child, Preschool, Europe epidemiology, European Union, Genotype, Hepatitis A diagnosis, Hepatitis A virus genetics, Humans, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Male, Middle Aged, Risk Factors, Sexual Behavior, Spain epidemiology, Young Adult, Disease Outbreaks, Hepatitis A epidemiology, Hepatitis A virus isolation & purification, Homosexuality, Male statistics & numerical data, Hospitalization statistics & numerical data
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Between 1 June 2016 and 31 May 2017, 17 European Union (EU) and European Economic Area countries reported 4,096 cases associated with a multi-country hepatitis A (HA) outbreak. Molecular analysis identified three co-circulating hepatitis A virus (HAV) strains of genotype IA: VRD_521_2016, V16-25801 and RIVM-HAV16-090. We categorised cases as confirmed, probable or possible, according to the EU outbreak case definitions. Confirmed cases were infected with one of the three outbreak strains. We investigated case characteristics and strain-specific risk factors for transmission. A total of 1,400 (34%) cases were confirmed; VRD_521_2016 and RIVM-HAV16-090 accounted for 92% of these. Among confirmed cases with available epidemiological data, 92% (361/393) were unvaccinated, 43% (83/195) travelled to Spain during the incubation period and 84% (565/676) identified as men who have sex with men (MSM). Results depict an HA outbreak of multiple HAV strains, within a cross-European population, that was particularly driven by transmission between non-immune MSM engaging in high-risk sexual behaviour. The most effective preventive measure to curb this outbreak is HAV vaccination of MSM, supplemented by primary prevention campaigns that target the MSM population and promote protective sexual behaviour.

Published
2018
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5. Early findings in outbreak of haemolytic uraemic syndrome among young children caused by Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli, Romania, January to February 2016.

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Peron E, Zaharia A, Zota LC, Severi E, Mårdh O, Usein C, Bălgrădean M, Espinosa L, Jansa J, Scavia G, Rafila A, Serban A, and Pistol A

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Child, Child, Preschool, Escherichia coli Infections diagnosis, Escherichia coli Infections microbiology, Female, Food Microbiology, Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome diagnosis, Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome microbiology, Humans, Male, Meat microbiology, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Romania epidemiology, Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli isolation & purification, Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli pathogenicity, Diarrhea microbiology, Disease Outbreaks, Escherichia coli Infections epidemiology, Feces microbiology, Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome epidemiology, Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli genetics
Abstract

As at 29 February 2016, 15 cases of haemolytic uraemic syndrome with onset between 25 January and 22 February were reported among children between five and 38 months in Romania, and three of them died. Cases were mostly from southern Romania. Six cases tested positive for Escherichia coli O26 by serology. Fruits, vegetables, meat and dairy products were among the possible common food exposures. Investigations are ongoing in Romania to control the outbreak.

Published
2016
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