Health Protection Scotland - E Weekly ReportCopyright (C) Health Protection ScotlandHealth Protection Scotlandhttp://sciehdev01/hpswebsite/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=46829Introduction Malaria remains a major public health threat in over 100 countries in which it is endemic, as well as in those countries which have in recent years made efforts to remove the vector.1 Th19 Jan 2011 12:00:00 GMThttp://sciehdev01/hpswebsite/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=29470Introduction Scotland continues to report higher rates of infection with verotoxigenic Escherichia coli serogroup O157 (VTEC O157) than elsewhere in the UK1 (Figure 1). Background incidence has been 05 Jan 2006 12:00:00 GMThttp://sciehdev01/hpswebsite/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=27376The surveillance of Salmonella in Scotland is based on laboratory reports to HPS from the Scottish Salmonella Reference Laboratory (SSRL). Isolates from routine diagnostic clinical and veterinary labo15 Nov 2005 12:00:00 GMThttp://sciehdev01/hpswebsite/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=23986Current influenza surveillance in Scotland The influenza (Flu) surveillance programme in Scotland centres on the complementary systems of the GP flu spotter practices (running since 1972), laboratory07 Sep 2004 12:00:00 GMThttp://sciehdev01/hpswebsite/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=22827Introduction Travel related illnesses affect a large proportion of travellers from Scotland to developing countries1. These events often necessitate diagnosis and treatment by a clinician either abro06 Apr 2004 12:00:00 GMThttp://sciehdev01/hpswebsite/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=21159Introduction Since 1998 the Scottish Centre for Infection & Environmental Health (SCIEH) has collaborated with clinicians in the collection, collation and analysis of travel-related infections/incide18 Nov 2003 12:00:00 GMThttp://sciehdev01/hpswebsite/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=18309In the three months since 12 March, 2003, when the World Health Organization (WHO) issued a global alert on severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), the Health Protection Agency (HPA) has reported on17 Jun 2003 12:00:00 GMThttp://sciehdev01/hpswebsite/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=15769On 1 July 2002 new European guidelines1, under which the European Working Group for Legionella Infections (EWGLI) will operate, were introduced, as was a new identity for the scheme - EWGLINET. A work09 Jul 2002 12:00:00 GMThttp://sciehdev01/hpswebsite/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=15585This guidance, recently added as an advice sheet to TRAVAX (www.travax.scot.nhs.uk), is not ?official? in any sense. If used as a basis for advising students, the advice should be confirmed by the med18 Jun 2002 12:00:00 GMThttp://sciehdev01/hpswebsite/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=14737Introduction Rabies remains a worldwide public health problem even though means to control the disease are known. The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates as many as 70,000 human rabies deaths a26 Feb 2002 12:00:00 GMT