ECDC publishes epidemiological reports for 2017 and 2016
25 June 2019
Article: 53/2504
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has published 2017 annual epidemiological reports for:
- Brucellosis - in 2017, 381 confirmed brucellosis cases were reported in the EU/EEA.
- Diphtheria - 39 cases of diphtheria due to toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae or C. ulcerans were reported in 2017.
In addition, ECDC has published a 2016 epidemiological report for:
- Congenital toxoplasmosis - in 2016, 242 confirmed cases of congenital toxoplasmosis were reported in the EU/EEA, with France accounting for 81% of all confirmed cases due to the active screening of pregnant women.
Source: ECDC, 19 June 2019