ECDC publishes new annual epidemiological reports and risk assessments

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has published two annual epidemiological reports and two new rapid risk assessments.

The epidemiological reports (using 2017 data) are:

• dengue fever
• shiga toxin/verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC/VTEC) infection

 The new rapid risk assessments are:

• Cyclone Idai - risk of communicable diseases in southern africa
• zika virus transmission worldwide

Source: ECDC, April 2019