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 25, 201522 Jun 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 from 31 May to 6 June 2015 and includes updates on the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS-CoV), Ebola virus... more

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases
Type: News Item

Summary of public health threats, CDTR week 23/201508 Jun 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 from 31 May to 6 June 2015 and includes updates on the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS-CoV), Ebola virus... more

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases
Type: News Item

Summary of public health threats, CDTR week 22/201501 Jun 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 24 to 30 May 2015 and includes updates on measles, Middle East respiratory syndrome – coronavirus (MERS-CoV) and... more

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases
Type: News Item

Summary of public health threats, CDTR week 22/201501 Jun 2015

The ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) is a weekly bulletin for epidemiologists and health professionals about active public health threats. This issue [link to the PDF version of the CDTR] covers the period 24 to 30 May 2015 and includes updates on measles , Middle East respiratory... more

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases
Type: News Item

Summary of Public health threats, CDTR week 7/201516 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 16, 201520 Apr 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 12 to 18 April 2015, and includes updates on monitoring the 2014–2015 influenza season, the Ebola virus disease in... more

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases
Type: News Item

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