Aggregated rss feeds
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Köppen-Geiger climate classification: Observed and projected climate shifts
Friday 18 May 2012 [EDENext data portal]
The EDENext DMT has clipped the following datasets to the EDENext extent and distribute them in GeoTIFF format. ***Please note this zip package extracts to 5.35GB of data*** Location: Datasets can be downloaded from the EDENext Data Archive Category: Bio-geographical regions Download Packages:...
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How to define an area where transmission of arthropod-borne disease is occurring?
Thursday 17 May 2012 [Eurosurveillance]
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Re-emergence of dengue in Réunion, France, January to April 2012
Thursday 17 May 2012 [Eurosurveillance]
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Epidemiological surveillance of West Nile neuroinvasive diseases in Italy, 2008 to 2011
Thursday 17 May 2012 [Eurosurveillance]
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WHO seeking input from health experts into ICD-11
Thursday 17 May 2012 [Eurosurveillance]
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WHO launches the World Health Statistics 2012
Thursday 17 May 2012 [Eurosurveillance]
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New Dataset: Downscaled Improved Water layer for Europe at NUTS2 2005, 2030, 2050
Wednesday 16 May 2012 [EDENext data portal]
This shapefile defines some drinking water infrastructure quality indicators by NUTS2. For the comparison of water infrastructure quality over europe it is recommended to use the variable "Water Not piped population 2005 per area (km2)". This indicator has been defined to...
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Updated: Distance weighted population proximity index v0.3
Wednesday 16 May 2012 [EDENext data portal]
UPdate: Version 0.3: Improvements have been made to the original data. Projected versions of the data (2030 and 2050 have been added from v 0.1 . Valid values have been added to the following countries. Turkey, Croatia and Macedonia. The EDENext DMT has created...
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Wednesday 16 May 2012 [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]
A. Elbers et al.
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Culicoids as Vectors of Schmallenberg Virus
Wednesday 16 May 2012 [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]
L. Rasmussen et al.
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Thursday 10 May 2012 [Eurosurveillance]
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Thursday 10 May 2012 [Eurosurveillance]
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Thursday 10 May 2012 [Eurosurveillance]
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Thursday 10 May 2012 [Eurosurveillance]
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Hand hygiene practices in healthcare: measure and improve
Thursday 3 May 2012 [Eurosurveillance]
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New Dataset: Distance weighted population proximity index
Monday 30 April 2012 [EDENext data portal]
The EDENext DMT has created three population proximity layers for 2005, 2030 and 2050. The layers are distributed as 1km GeoTIFFs at 1km. The aim of this layer is to describe the population which is likely to visit each cell in the raster. By using this layer alongside...
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Modelling workshop presentations now available to EDENext partners
Monday 30 April 2012 [EDENext data portal]
The presentations made at the EDENext Modelling Workshop are now available in PDF format. Download permissions for this download package are restricted to EDENext Partners. Please note that there is no metadata for this download package. A modelling workshop was hosted by the EDENext modelling team...
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Two bio-geographical regions added to edenextdata.com
Friday 27 April 2012 [EDENext data portal]
The EDENext DMT team have added two more bio-geographical region datasets. WWF Terrestrial Ecoregions and Biomes 1km, and Anthropogenic Biomes at 10km. These datasets are often used by the EDENext spatial modelling teams as a way to fit multiple statistical models defined by ecologically...
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Purchasing parity GDP, Geographically based Economic data (G-Econ)
Thursday 26 April 2012 [EDENext data portal]
This download package contains Purchasing parity GDP for 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, and a calculation of % change per year between 1990 and 2005. The original datasets from http://gecon.yale.edu/ come as a set of point data in an excel spreadsheet. We have converted these into raster images at 5km...
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PhD/PostDoc Presentations from Izmir 2012
Thursday 26 April 2012 [EDENext data portal]
An archive of presentations given at the PhD/PostDoc day before the Izmir AGM in 2012 are now available in PDF format. Download permissions for this download package are restricted to EDENext Partners. Please note that there is no metadata for this download package. Location: Download can be...
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Night time lights averaged by admin level 2 areas - indicator of GDP
Thursday 19 April 2012 [EDENext data portal]
EDENext DMT have produced two layers in Tif format of night time lights averaged by admin level 2 areas. The 2 layers are mean city lights and mean stable lights values. They are the values of the standard night-time lights images averaged for each admin polygon, and are meant to be...
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Schmallenberg Virus in Calf Born at Term with Porencephaly, Belgium
Friday 13 April 2012 [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]
M. Gariglinany et al.
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Schmallenberg Virus in Calf Born at Term with Porencephaly, Belgium
Friday 13 April 2012 [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]
M. Gariglinany et al.
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Thursday 12 April 2012 [EDENext data portal]
EDENext DMT have produced EDENext extent cutouts in Tif format of the original Global Gridded Surfaces of Selected Soil Characteristics (IGBP-DIS). The dataset contains 7 data surfaces: Soil bulk density (g/cm3). , Soil total nitrogen density (g/m2) , Soil field capacity (mm), Soil wilting...
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BIOCLIM: Bioclimatic variables for 2000 and projected change to 2020, 2050 & 2080
Tuesday 10 April 2012 [EDENext data portal]
The EDENext DMT have projected a new set of bioclimatic variables for the EDENext partners. More details about this projected BIOCLIM dataset is given below. ***Important: The size of these data packages range from 650MB to 1.1GB compressed. Please consider this before downloading *** These...
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Ways to help PhDs and Post Docs to stay in touch between the meetings - forums and seminars?
Monday 2 April 2012 [EDENext data portal]
The EDENext Steering Committee has been discussing ways to help PhD students and Post Docs to stay in touch between the annual meetings. It has made two suggestions so far. The first is to set up a moderated website forum for discussions between yourselves and to provide a route to ask senior...
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Online survey: Landscape factors determining the presistence and spread of diseases
Wednesday 28 March 2012 [EDENext data portal]
Dear EDENext colleague, As member of the EDENext MODELLING group, I am investigating landscape factors determining the presistence and spread of diseases. We think that these factors may be very different for each disease system. I would like to ask for your expert opinion on what (un)favorable...
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New EDENext R-Project Links Page (~100 links) #rstats
Wednesday 21 March 2012 [EDENext data portal]
The EDENext DMT have compiled a list of useful R-Project links available to EDENext project members and the general public It now approaches 100 R related links. You can find the links at: http://www.edenextdata.com/?q=content/r-project-links If your favourite R resource is missing we would...
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Want to help? We are trying to define distribution limits for vector hosts
Friday 16 March 2012 [EDENext data portal]
I have a small favour to ask on behalf of the EDENext DMT which I hope will not take up more than 15 minutes of your time. The data management team have begun modelling of host species distributions at a European scale using species records from a number of sources such as the IUCN,...
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Check out the new EDENextwork Section...
Wednesday 14 March 2012 [EDENext data portal]
The EDENextwork section of www.edenextdata.com sets out: How to keep updated with EDENext project news Members of the EDENextwork Meetings and conferences PhD & postdoc job opportunities and more Tags: News ...
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EDENext now has its very own Facebook page!
Tuesday 13 March 2012 [EDENext data portal]
Keep up to date with EDENext by Liking us on facebook. Updates to this site and other EDENext project news will then appear in your facebook feed. We are now completely...
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Gridded Population of the World Datasets - Poulation density and Populated places
Thursday 8 March 2012 [EDENext data portal]
The Gridded Population of the World Datasets have been migrated to the new EDENext Data Portal from the old EDEN datasite which is now closed. GPW Populated places vector file. GPW Population Density GeoTIFF Location: Dataset can be downloaded from the EDENext Data Archive Category:...
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Global Human Footprint Dataset
Thursday 8 March 2012 [EDENext data portal]
The Global Human Footprint Dataset has been migrated to the new EDENext Data Portal from the old EDEN datasite which is now closed. Location: Dataset can be downloaded from the EDENext Data Archive Category: Population Distribution The Human Footprint Dataset of the Last of the Wild Project,...
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Night time lights datasets (NOAA/NGDC)
Thursday 8 March 2012 [EDENext data portal]
The night time lights datasets (NOAA/NGDC) have been migrated to the new EDENext Data Portal from the old EDEN datasite which closed down last month. Location: Datasets can be downloaded from the EDENext Data Archive Category: Population Distribution This download has three datasets clipped to...
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Wednesday 7 March 2012 [EDENext data portal]
The following data at NUTS2 admin level is available in shapefile (.shp) format to both EDENext partners and the general public who wish to register on the EDENext Data Portal. Number of 4-year-olds who are in either pre-primary or primary education as percentage of all 4-year-olds in the...
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ECDC OPEN CALLS FOR TENDER, of which two are of interest for the vector community.
Wednesday 7 March 2012 [EDENext data portal]
ECDC has recently launched OPEN CALLS FOR TENDER, of which two are of interest for the vector community. Indicative Precursors of Mosquito-borne Disease Outbreaks in Europe Chikungunya and climate change in Europe Detailed information is available...
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JRC Flood return rate projections 2 and 100 year return rates for 2000/25/35/85
Wednesday 7 March 2012 [EDENext data portal]
The following data is available to both EDENext partners and the general public who wish to register on the EDENext Data Portal. Location: Datasets can be downloaded from the EDENext Data Archive Category: Hydrography *** Note Uncompressed zipped dataset is 23.7 GB *** Current and projected...
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Characterization of Virulent West Nile Virus Kunjin Strain, Australia, 2011
Wednesday 7 March 2012 [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]
M. J. Frost et al.
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Characterization of Virulent West Nile Virus Kunjin Strain, Australia, 2011
Wednesday 7 March 2012 [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]
M. J. Frost et al.
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GIS data links to tree species, crop and mammal distributions and climate data
Monday 5 March 2012 [EDENext data portal]
For some datasets the EDENext Data Management Team (DMT) has not been able to secure permission to disseminate the data directly to project partners on a project-wide basis. In these cases we have still acquired the data and clipped it to the EDENext extent and in some cases we have also used the...
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MODIS v4: Synoptic Months 2001 - 2005: Now available at EDENextData.com
Monday 20 February 2012 [EDENext data portal]
The following MODIS v4 Synoptic Month (2001-2005) dataset has been migrated to the new EDENext Data Portal from the old EDEN datasite which will close down later this month. These data are available to both EDENext partners and the general public who wish to register on the EDENext Data...
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CRU & WorldClim Climate baseline datasets migrated to EDENextData.com
Friday 17 February 2012 [EDENext data portal]
The following Climate baseline datasets have been migrated to the new EDENext Data Portal from the old EDEN datasite which will close down later this month. Worldclim 1km baseline norms 1950-2000 CRUCL2 (10') Baseline norms 1950-1990 These datasets are available to both EDENext partners and...
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Futureclim 1km climate projections available to EDENext partners
Tuesday 14 February 2012 [EDENext data portal]
Futureclim 1km climate projections produced on request by the Harvest Choice team for EDENext and VIMAP. These datatasets are at 1km resolution rather than the default Worldclim 10km datasets. The climate variables recorded are mean daily precipitation in mm(*10), Mean daily Tmin and Tmax in...
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Tuesday 14 February 2012 [EDENext data portal]
A report of the research, entitled ‘A new algorithm quantifies the roles of wind and midge flight activity in the bluetongue epizootic in North-West Europe’, is published in online-first of Proceedings of the Royal Society B. The work was carried out by a team including scientists from Oxford...
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Novel Human Adenovirus Strain, Bangladesh
Monday 13 February 2012 [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]
Y. Matsushima et al.
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Novel Human Adenovirus Strain, Bangladesh
Monday 13 February 2012 [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]
Y. Matsushima et al.
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Slope and Terrain Ruggedness migrated to EDENextData.com
Thursday 9 February 2012 [EDENext data portal]
The following Elevation datasets have been migrated to the new EDENext Data Portal from the old EDEN datasite which will close down later this month. Slope from GLOBE DEM Terrain Ruggedness Index (TRI) Location: Datasets can be downloaded from the EDENext Data Archive Category:...
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Novel Orthobunyavirus in Cattle, Europe, 2011
Thursday 26 January 2012 [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]
B. Hoffmann et al.
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Vector Map Level 0 (VMAP0 - DIGITAL CHART OF THE WORLD) data migrated to EDENext.com
Wednesday 18 January 2012 [EDENext data portal]
The following VMAP0 datasets have been migrated to the new EDENext Data Portal from the old EDEN datasite which will close down in february. Vector data includes: Roads - Transport networks Category Grass - Land Cover Category Crops - Land Cover Category Tundra - Land Cover...
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More Land Cover Data migrated to EDENextdata.com
Wednesday 18 January 2012 [EDENext data portal]
The following datasets have been migrated to the new EDENext Data Portal from the old EDEN datasite which will close down in february. World Intact Forest Landscapes - Greenpeace Irregated Areas: Global Map of Generic-IWMI-28 Class Map IGBP Biome Classification, 1998 (INTERNATIONAL...
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Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease Caused by Coxsackievirus A6, Japan, 2011
Wednesday 18 January 2012 [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]
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Tuesday 17 January 2012 [EDENext data portal]
The JRC Current Tree Species Data have been migrated to the new EDENext Data Portal from the old EDEN datasite which will close down in february. Location: Datasets can be downloaded from the EDENext Data Archive Category: Species Distribution Projected JRC Tree Species Data (Not available...
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MODIS Phenology layers added: Greenup and senescence dates
Tuesday 17 January 2012 [EDENext data portal]
The following datasets have been migrated to the new EDENext Data Portal from the old EDEN datasite which will close down in february. MODIS Land Cover Phenology: Green up dates MODIS Land Cover Phenology: Senescence dates Location: Datasets can be downloaded from the EDENext Data Archive...
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Olson ecological zones 10km layer added to EDENextData.com
Monday 16 January 2012 [EDENext data portal]
The following datasets have been migrated to the new EDENext Data Portal from the old EDEN datasite which will close down in february. Olson ecological zones as defined in Olson, J.S. 1992. World Ecosystems (WE1.4). Digital Raster Data on a 10-minute Cartesian Orthonormal Geodetic 1080x2160...
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MODIS Snow Cover Layers added to EDENextData.com
Friday 13 January 2012 [EDENext data portal]
The following datasets have been added to the EDENext Data Portal: MODIS Snow Cover Mean Monthly Percentage Cover by year (Migrated from EDEN Data Archive) MODIS Snow cover: Mean percent of snow cover by month (NEW Dataset) Location: Datasets can be downloaded from the EDENext Data Archive...
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MODIS & AVHRR Derived Land Cover & Forest datasets migrated to EDENextData.com
Friday 13 January 2012 [EDENext data portal]
Four more Land cover datasets have been migrated to the new EDENext Data Portal from the old EDEN datasite which will close down in february. The datasets now available from the data archive at www.edenextdata.com are: Global Land Cover 2000 - derived from SPOT Imagery Global Land Cover...
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POSTEL Forest cover and Soil moisture datasets migrated to EDENextData.com
Thursday 12 January 2012 [EDENext data portal]
The following datasets have been migrated to the new EDENext Data Portal from the old EDEN datasite which will close down in february. The datasets now available from the data archive at www.edenextdata.com are: POSTEL Forest Cover 15-06-2003 POSTEL Forest Cover 15-04-2002 POSTEL...
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Forest Cover % Layer from the European Forestry Institute migrated to EDENextData.com
Thursday 12 January 2012 [EDENext data portal]
The following datasets have been migrated to the new EDENext Data Portal from the old EDEN datasite which will shut down in february. The datasets now available from the data archive at www.edenextdata.com are: Percentage of total forest per land area Percentage of...
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Hydrography related datasets migrated to www.edenextdata.com
Tuesday 10 January 2012 [EDENext data portal]
Five Hydrography datasets have been migrated to the new EDENext Data Portal from the old EDEN datasite which will shut down in february. The datasets now available from the data archive at www.edenextdata.com are: Global Lakes and Wetlands Database - Level 3 (WWF) Global Lakes and Wetlands...
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FAO Length of Growing Period On www.edenextdata.com
Thursday 5 January 2012 [EDENext data portal]
Part of a series of Agricultural related data Layers providing distribution layers for Livestock and agricultural parameters. Layer derived by multivariate regression statistical modelling of half degree resolution LGP data between Provided by FAO and IIASA. Provided as GeoTiff and clipped to the...
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Archived: Distribution of Major Crops (SAGE)
Thursday 5 January 2012 [EDENext data portal]
A combination of synthesized satellite-derived land cover data and agricultural census data to produce global data sets of the distribution of 18 major crops across the world. The resulting data are representative of the early 1990s, have a spatial resolution of 5 min. (~10 km), and describe the...
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FAO Gridded Livestock of the World (GLW) added to www.edenextdata.com
Wednesday 4 January 2012 [EDENext data portal]
A series of Livestock Density Data Layers providing density distribution layers for Bovine, Small Ruminants, Pigs and Poultry. layers derived by multivariate regression statistical modelling of subnational resolution survey and census data between 1995 and 2003. These data are 'totals corrected...
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EDENext Data Categories have been aligned with the INSPIRE Spatial Data Themes
Wednesday 4 January 2012 [EDENext data portal]
The EDENext Data Management Team have aligned the EDENext Data Categories with the 34 INSPIRE spatial data themes for environmental applications. We hope these familiar themes will help users navigate through the site and locate the required datasets more efficiently. At the time of writing there...
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ECA&D E-Obs: Number of days with maximum temperature Greater than 105F (1950-2100)
Monday 5 December 2011 [EDENext data portal]
Number of days with maximum temperature Greater than 105F for three time periods and five climate models. Taken from the ECADOBS dataset as provided by Geert Jan van Oldenborgh (oldenborgh@knmi.nl) and found on the KNMI Climate Explorer website. http://climexp.knmi.nl. E-OBS version 4.0 has...
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ESA GlobCover Version 2.3 2009 300m resolution Land Cover Map
Monday 5 December 2011 [EDENext data portal]
The European Space Agency has produced a new land cover classification map, in collaboration with EEA, FAO, GOFC-GOLD, IGBP, JRC and UNEP using MERIS satellite imagery. The GlobCover Land Cover product is based on ENVISAT MERIS data at full resolution from January 2005 to June 2006. The legend...
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Waterbase - UWWTD data summarised and plotted against population projections at NUTS2 #EEA
Monday 5 December 2011 [EDENext data portal]
Waterbase-UWWTD: The database contains data selected from the reporting of Member States as part of the UWWTD (Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive) implementation. The database is divided into tables on: reported period, receiving areas, agglomerations, waste water treatment plants (WWTP), links...
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IUCN Species distribution: EDENext selected species
Monday 5 December 2011 [EDENext data portal]
This dataset contains distribution information of selected species assessed for The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The EDENext DMT team will add species to this package as they are identified as key by the project teams. please note these distribution data are clipped to the EDENext Study...
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Eurostat Healthcare indicators at NUTS2 and EC projections in health spending to 2050 at NUTS0
Friday 25 November 2011 [EDENext data portal]
Two healthcare datasets are now available for download as shapefiles: recorded healthcare indicators from the Eurostat database at NUTS 2 administration level. There are currently two indicators included for dates between 2000 - 2009: Reported Doctors and physicians per 100,000 head of...
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MODIS v5: Temporal Fourier Analysis (TFA) Imagery 2001-08 available to EDENext partners
Friday 18 November 2011 [EDENext data portal]
This dataset is derived from a MODIS satellite v5 time series for 2001-08. The images have undergone Temporal Fourier Analysis (TFA). The imagery summarises some key environmental indicators, incorporating seasonal dynamics. This dataset is clipped to the EDENext extent. For more information...
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Friday 11 November 2011 [ECDC - Chikungunya fever updates]
The chikungunya virus outbreak that occurred in 2007 in northern Italy (Emilia-Romagna region) prompted the development of a large scale monitoring system of the population density of Aedes albopictus (Skuse, 1894), comparable at the provincial and municipal levels. In 2007, egg density data...
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MODIS and GLOBE 1km DEM's Added to the EDENext Data Archive
Wednesday 9 November 2011 [EDENext data portal]
Both these 1km Digital Elevation Models are now available for download from the EDENext Data Archive and clipped to the EDENext extent. Dataset 1: MODIS Digital Elevation Model and Land/Water Mask V5 The MODIS Collection 5, 1km Digital Elevation Model (DEM) and land/sea mask accessed through the...
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How-To: Shapefiles and Projections in R
Tuesday 8 November 2011 [EDENext data portal]
This is an excellent introduction in how to import and manipulate data from ESRI shapefiles (GIS vector data) within R. It utilises the R packages rgdal and maptools and addresses how to read shapefiles into R and how to manage projection systems. This How-to guide was kindly contibuted by Els...
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JRC Accessibility Map added to EDENext Archive
Tuesday 8 November 2011 [EDENext data portal]
This Accessibility map from the JRC displays estimated travel times to the nearest town with a population greater than 50,000 in the year 2000. It is clipped to the EDENext extent and projected in lat/long WGS84 at a scale of 0.008333 degrees or ~1km. It is available as a geoTIFF (.tif)...
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Latest Corine Land Cover 100m dataset added to the EDENext Data Site
Thursday 3 November 2011 [EDENext data portal]
The latest version of the 100m resolution Corine raster dataset has been added to EDENext Data Archive . Three separate download packages include Corine raster layers for all three years (1990, 2000 & 2006) are available in GeoTIFF format. Each of the rasters have been clipped to the...
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Latest Corine Land Cover 250m dataset added to the EDENext Data Site
Wednesday 2 November 2011 [EDENext data portal]
The latest version of the 250m resolution Corine raster dataset has been added to EDENext Data Archive . This download package includes Corine raster layers for all three years available in GeoTIFF format. Each of the rasters have been clipped to the EDENext extent and projected to lat/long...
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EDENext Raster Masks updated with 100m & 250m resolution
Wednesday 2 November 2011 [EDENext data portal]
The EDENext Raster masks data download package now contains 100m & 250m resolutions masks. As well as the original 1km, 5km and 10 minute masks released on the 28/10/2011. Location: Datasets can be downloaded from the EDENext Data Archive Category: EDENext Masks Download...
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The EDENext Masks available for download as shapefiles and Geotiffs
Friday 28 October 2011 [EDENext data portal]
The first GIS data downloads are now available from www.edenextdata.com via our new data download facility. The first data download packages available are vector and raster masks of the EDENext study area extent. These GIS files have been provided to enable partners to clip datasets to the...
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R-Project Sample Scripts page added to the site
Wednesday 12 October 2011 [EDENext data portal]
A New R-Project Sample Scripts page has been added which will ad d R-project resources contributed to the project by its partners for use by others. The first two scripts available are: Multiple Euclidean Distance Calculator Decimal Degrees to Degree Minute Seconds (DMS) Converter To view,...
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Interactive Map of EDENext Partners
Thursday 6 October 2011 [EDENext data portal]
The EDENext DMT team have produced and interactive Google map showing the broad distribution of institutions involved in the EDENext project as full partners. There are 46 Partners, stretching East-West from Portugal to Georgia & North-South from Sweden to Senegal, the map allows you to...
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Dengue in Bahamas and Maldives
Friday 19 August 2011 [ECDC - Dengue fever updates]
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Neurocysticercosis in travelers: A nation-wide study in Israel
Monday 1 August 2011 [ECDC - Dengue fever updates]
Cysticercosis is the infection by the larval form of Taenia solium. The authors describe 9 cases of neurocysticercosis - diagnosed in Israeli travellers during a period of 15 years.
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Molecular surveillance of circulating dengue genotypes through European travelers
Monday 1 August 2011 [ECDC - Dengue fever updates]
The authors analysed samples from travellers returning from the tropics with acute dengue infections between 2002 and 2008.
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Friday 22 July 2011 [ECDC - Dengue fever updates]
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Trends in Imported Chikungunya Virus Infections in Germany, 2006-2009
Monday 16 May 2011 [ECDC - Chikungunya fever updates]
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First two autochthonous dengue virus infections in metropolitan France, September 2010
Friday 13 May 2011 [ECDC - Dengue fever updates]
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The extinction of dengue through natural vulnerability of its vectors
Tuesday 10 May 2011 [ECDC - Dengue fever updates]
Aedes aegypti is a highly specialized mosquito species feeding predominantly on humans and breeding in artificial water holding containers in urban areas, and currently restricted to subtropical and tropical areas. Williams et al. focus on the reasons why Ae. aegypti once occurred in locations...
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Wednesday 13 April 2011 [ECDC - Chikungunya fever updates]
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Significant increase in travel associated Dengue Fever in Germany
Thursday 24 March 2011 [ECDC - Dengue fever updates]
Few and limited occasions of dengue virus transmission have recently been reported in Europe, which were not unexpected considering the presence of the vector Aedes albopictus. Dengue infections among travellers need to be monitored, in particular during the seasons of high vector activity.
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Protracted rheumatic manifestations in travelers
Thursday 24 March 2011 [ECDC - Chikungunya fever updates]
This paper describes a small retrospective observational study of Israeli travellers presenting to a tropical medicine clinic with a history of prolonged (>4 weeks), non-traumatic arthralgia or arthritis over a 5 year period.
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Thursday 16 September 2010 [ECDC - Dengue fever updates]
On 13 September 2010, the French Ministry of Health reported the first case of dengue fever from autochthonous transmission in metropolitan France.
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Friday 30 July 2010 [ECDC - Dengue fever updates]
The American region is experiencing early and intense activity of dengue this year. As of 27 July 2010, the countries of the Americas have reported a total of 1,082,402 cases of dengue in 2010.
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Tuesday 20 July 2010 [ECDC - Chikungunya fever updates]
Knowledge of the frequency of contact between a mosquito species and its different hosts is essential to understand the role of each vector species in the transmission of diseases to humans and/or animals.
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Blood-Feeding Behavior of Aedes albopictus, a Vector of Chikungunya on La Réunion
Tuesday 20 July 2010 [ECDC - Chikungunya fever updates]
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) has long been considered to be transmitted to humans by the human-biting mosquito Aedes aegypti, especially in Africa.
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Sterile-Insect Methods for Control of Mosquito-Borne Diseases: An Analysis
Tuesday 20 July 2010 [ECDC - Dengue fever updates]
Effective vector control, and more specifically mosquito control, is a complex and difficult problem, as illustrated by the continuing prevalence (and spread) of mosquito-transmitted diseases.
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Sterile-Insect Methods for Control of Mosquito-Borne Diseases: An Analysis
Tuesday 20 July 2010 [ECDC - Chikungunya fever updates]
Effective vector control, and more specifically mosquito control, is a complex and difficult problem, as illustrated by the continuing prevalence (and spread) of mosquito-transmitted diseases.
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Tuesday 20 July 2010 [ECDC - Dengue fever updates]
Since its discovery in Nigeria in 1991, Aedes albopictus has invaded much of Central Africa, a region where Ae. aegypti also occurs.
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Tuesday 20 July 2010 [ECDC - Chikungunya fever updates]
Since its discovery in Nigeria in 1991, Aedes albopictus has invaded much of Central Africa, a region where Ae. aegypti also occurs.
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Consequences of the expanding global distribution of Aedes albopictus for dengue virus transmission
Tuesday 20 July 2010 [ECDC - Dengue fever updates]
The dramatic global expansion of Aedes albopictus in the last three decades has increased public health concern because it is a potential vector of numerous arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses), including the most prevalent arboviral pathogen of humans, dengue virus (DENV).
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Locally acquired dengue—Key West, Florida, 2009-2010
Wednesday 14 July 2010 [ECDC - Dengue fever updates]
On September 1, 2009, a New York physician notified the Monroe County (Florida) Health Department (MCHD) and the Florida Department of Health (FDOH) of a suspected dengue case in a New York state resident whose only recent travel was to Key West, Florida.
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Tuesday 22 June 2010 [ECDC - Chikungunya fever updates]
This paper discusses at great length the difficulty in predicting the effects of climate change on vector-borne disease.
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Dengue in the Galapagos islands, Ecuador
Friday 28 May 2010 [ECDC - Dengue fever updates]
Since April 2010, media and independent sources have been reporting about a dengue outbreak on the island of San Cristobal, which is one of the Galapagos islands in Ecuador.
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Thursday 20 May 2010 [ECDC - Dengue fever updates]
The Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus (Skuse) (Diptera: Culicidae), native to Southeast Asia, has extended its geographical distribution to invade new temperate and tropical regions.
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Thursday 20 May 2010 [ECDC - Chikungunya fever updates]
The Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus (Skuse) (Diptera: Culicidae), native to Southeast Asia, has extended its geographical distribution to invade new temperate and tropical regions.
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Review paper – The past and present threat of vector-borne diseases in deployed troops
Monday 10 May 2010 [ECDC - Dengue fever updates]
From time immemorial, vector-borne diseases have severely reduced the fighting capacity of armies and caused suspension or cancellation of military operations.
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Thursday 8 April 2010 [ECDC - Dengue fever updates]
The Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus (Skuse) (Diptera: Culicidae), native to Southeast Asia, has extended its geographical distribution to invade new temperate and tropical regions. This species was introduced in 1990 to Italy and has since become the main pest in urban settings.
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Thursday 8 April 2010 [ECDC - Chikungunya fever updates]
The Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus (Skuse) (Diptera: Culicidae), native to Southeast Asia, has extended its geographical distribution to invade new temperate and tropical regions. This species was introduced in 1990 to Italy and has since become the main pest in urban settings.
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Invasive mosquitoes in the European associate continental and overseas territories
Wednesday 7 April 2010 [ECDC - Dengue fever updates]
Many European countries have special territories which often have a certain degree of autonomy represented by a local government, but they do not possess full political independence or sovereignty as a state.
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Public health importance of the invasive mosquitoes of Europe
Wednesday 7 April 2010 [ECDC - Dengue fever updates]
The invasive mosquito Aedes albopictus has recently been identified in Malta (Gatt et al., 2009; Buhagiar, 2009), adding another European country to the list of those now possibly at risk of the diseases this vector can transmit.
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Wednesday 17 February 2010 [ECDC - Dengue fever updates]
Sanofi Pasteur has developed a tetravalent dengue vaccine (TDV) against the world's most common arbovirus infection. The authors assessed the safety and immunogenicity of the TDV in healthy adults randomized into 2 groups.
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Wednesday 20 January 2010 [ECDC - Chikungunya fever updates]
Aedes albopictus has been established in Europe for some decades rendering temperate countries vulnerable to tropical diseases.
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Pan-European Chikungunya surveillance: designing risk stratified surveillance zones
Wednesday 20 January 2010 [ECDC - Chikungunya fever updates]
The first documented transmission of Chikungunya within Europe took place in Italy during the summer of 2007. Chikungunya, a viral infection affecting millions of people across Africa and Asia, can be debilitating and no prophylactic treatment exists.
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Wednesday 20 January 2010 [ECDC - Chikungunya fever updates]
Both papers give the first records of Aedes albopictus in Malta.
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Tuesday 19 January 2010 [ECDC - Dengue fever updates]
The establishment of the potential vector species Aedes (Finlaya) japonicus japonicus (Theobald) (Diptera: Culicidae) in southern Belgium is reported.
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Tuesday 19 January 2010 [ECDC - Chikungunya fever updates]
The establishment of the potential vector species Aedes (Finlaya) japonicus japonicus (Theobald) (Diptera: Culicidae) in southern Belgium is reported.
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The invasive mosquito Aedes japonicus in Central Europe
Tuesday 19 January 2010 [ECDC - Dengue fever updates]
Complaints about a biting pest led to the recognition of invasive Aedes (Finlaya) japonicus japonicus (Theobald) (Diptera: Culicidae) in Central Europe.
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The invasive mosquito Aedes japonicus in Central Europe
Tuesday 19 January 2010 [ECDC - Chikungunya fever updates]
Complaints about a biting pest led to the recognition of invasive Aedes (Finlaya) japonicus japonicus (Theobald) (Diptera: Culicidae) in Central Europe.
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Pan-European Chikungunya surveillance: designing risk stratified surveillance zones.
Monday 18 January 2010 [ECDC - Chikungunya fever updates]
The first documented transmission of Chikungunya virus within Europe took place in Italy during the summer of 2007. Available evidence suggests that Aedes albopictus was the vector responsible.
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Monday 18 January 2010 [ECDC - Dengue fever updates]
Aedes albopictus has been established in Europe for some decades rendering temperate countries vulnerable to tropical diseases. The Italian chikungunya (CHIK) outbreak in the summer of 2007 demonstrated that indigenous transmission of CHIK was possible in Europe.
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Monday 18 January 2010 [ECDC - Chikungunya fever updates]
Aedes albopictus has been established in Europe for some decades rendering temperate countries vulnerable to tropical diseases. The Italian chikungunya (CHIK) outbreak in the summer of 2007 demonstrated that indigenous transmission of CHIK was possible in Europe.
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Tuesday 20 October 2009 [ECDC - Chikungunya fever updates]
Experimental infections showed that Aedes albopictus established in Corsica since 2006, was highly competent to Chikungunya virus variant (E1-A226V) (disseminated infection rates ranging from 75% to 100%) and to a lesser extent, to dengue 2 virus (12.5–68.8%). Moreover, A. albopictus ensured a...
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Aedes albopictus, an arbovirus vector: From the darkness to the light
Thursday 17 September 2009 [ECDC - Chikungunya fever updates]
In the last 30 years, the Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, has spread dispersed worldwide and has recently been presented as a efficient vector of Chikungunya virus (CHIKV). The authors review the current geographic range and the relevant biological traits of A. albopictus in order to...
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Chikungunya fever: Short epidemiological update, Réunion Island, France
Thursday 3 September 2009 [ECDC - Chikungunya fever updates]
On 28 August, French authorities reported 5 cases of chikungunya fever on Réunion Island: three confirmed, one probable and one suspected under investigation. All three confirmed patients presented with an acute febrile syndrome, arthralgia, myalgia and cutaneaous rash. All live in the same area...
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Dengue Fever: Short epidemiological update, Brazil, Bahia state – 20 August 2009
Thursday 20 August 2009 [ECDC - Dengue fever updates]
In 2009, the tourist state of Bahia, Brazil, has been severely affected by dengue fever. As of 8th August 2009, the local health authorities reported more than 100,000 cases of dengue fever, representing an increase of 199% compared to the same period in 2008.
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Dengue Fever: Short epidemiological update, Pacific - 16 July 2009
Friday 7 August 2009 [ECDC - Dengue fever updates]
Since November 2008, transmission of dengue 4 virus has been reported in New Caledonia and several cases occurred on the Wallis and Futuna islands. The outbreak has also spread to neighbouring Pacific countries [1]. In French Polynesia, the dengue 4 outbreak has recently been expanding to the...
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Chikungunya : Short epidemiological update, South-East Asia – 15 July 2009
Thursday 6 August 2009 [ECDC - Chikungunya fever updates]
In recent years, countries in South-East Asia have been severely affected by outbreaks of Chikungunya fever. India was hit in 2006 after a quiescence of 32 years, following the re-emergence in Kenya in 2004 and the spread in the Indian Ocean islands in 2005. Indonesia, Maldives, and Sri Lanka have...
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Dengue Fever: Short epidemiological update, Americas – 8 July 2009
Thursday 6 August 2009 [ECDC - Dengue fever updates]
From January 1st to June 26th 2009, a total of 480,909 cases of dengue have been reported in the Americas, including 7,547 cases of severe dengue (dengue hemorrhagic fever, dengue shock syndrome, and complicated dengue) and 186 deaths. A total of 91% of these cases have been reported from...
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Outbreak of chikungunya fever in North-East Italy
Wednesday 24 June 2009 [ECDC - Chikungunya fever updates]
Between July 4th and September 3rd, 151 cases of chikungunya fever were reported from the province of Ravenna, in the region of Emilia-Romagna in North-East Italy, of whom 27 were laboratory confirmed.
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Latest update on Chikungunya in Italy
Wednesday 24 June 2009 [ECDC - Chikungunya fever updates]
Active surveillance of cases of Chikungunya in North-East Italy is continuing. As a result of improved surveillance, suspected cases continue to be reported, reaching a total of 254 on 13 September.
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Wednesday 24 June 2009 [ECDC - Dengue fever updates]
Read the latest epidemiological update about Dengue fever in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Chile, Uruguay and Bolivia. Dengue is caused by one of four closely related, but antigenically distinct, virus serotypes of the genus Flavivirus. Humans are infected with dengue virus through bites of tiger...
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Wednesday 24 June 2009 [ECDC - Chikungunya fever updates]
Major efforts are being implemented to control the outbreak of chikungunya fever in North-East Italy. As of 14 September, the Italian authorities have reported a total of 101 confirmed cases, with a further 133 suspected cases awaiting laboratory confirmation.
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Chikungunya Fever in the Province of Ravenna, Italy
Wednesday 24 June 2009 [ECDC - Chikungunya fever updates]
Latest figures (5 Sep) show that a total of 197 cases of Chikungunya Fever have been reported from the province of Ravenna, in North-East Italy. Of these, 166 are either confirmed or highly probable cases (meet the case definition).
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Chikungunya Fever in South-East Asia
Wednesday 24 June 2009 [ECDC - Chikungunya fever updates]
Read the latest epidemiological update about Chikungunya outbreaks in Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore. Chikungunya fever is a mosquito-borne viral disease with symptoms such as fever, joint pain, muscle pain, headache and nose and gum bleeding.
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Antiviral treatment of chikungunya virus infection
Thursday 18 June 2009 [ECDC - Chikungunya fever updates]
Chikungunya (CHIK) fever is a tropical arboviral disease responsible for acute polyarthritis which can last for weeks to months. Since 2004, several million cases of chikungunya virus disease have occurred in autochthonous populations and in travelers who were diagnosed after they returned home...