Annual epidemiological reports for 2016

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has published three reports in its series of annual epidemiological reports on communicable diseases in Europe.

• Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) annual epidemiological report reported a total of six cases for 2016. For the first time, Spain reported two confirmed autochthonous cases. Bulgaria reported the remaining four cases, where CCHF is endemic in the Balkan region.
• Ebola and Marburg fevers - annual epidemiological report reported no cases of Ebola virus disease and Marburg haemorrhagic fever in European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA) countries for 2016.
• Rift Valley fever - annual epidemiological report reported three travel-related cases of Rift Valley fever in EU/EEA countries for 2016. All cases reported by these countries between 2012 and 2016 were travel-related, with probable infection in Comoros, Egypt, Ghana, Mali or Uganda.

Source: ECDC, 12 December 2018