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Communicable Disease Threats Report, Week 7, 8 - 14 February 2025 - ECDC

Mary Wilson

Well-known member
This week’s topics

1. STI cases continue to rise across Europe
2. Mpox in the EU/EEA, Western Balkan countries and Türkiye – 2022–2025
3. Mpox due to monkeypox virus clade I and II – Global outbreak – 2024–2025
4. Autochthonous chikungunya virus disease – Department of La Réunion, France – 2024–2025
5. Ebola disease – Uganda – 2025
6. Overview of respiratory virus epidemiology in the EU/EEA
7. Measles – Multi-country (World) – Monitoring European outbreaks – monthly monitoring
8. Avian influenza A(H9N2) – Multi-country (World) – Monitoring human cases
9. Human cases infected with swine influenza A(H1N2) variant virus – Multi-country – 2024
10. Avian influenza A(H5N1) human cases – United States – 2024
11. Influenza A(H10N3) - China - 2021-2025

Executive summary

STI cases continue to rise across Europe

• ECDC has released its latest Annual Epidemiological Reports on sexually transmitted infections (STIs),
revealing continued increases across the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) in 2023.

• The findings highlight the urgent need for increased public awareness, prevention, testing, and treatment efforts to address this growing public health concern.

Mpox in the EU/EEA, Western Balkan countries and Türkiye – 2022–2025

• Since the last update on 14 January 2025, and as of 12 February 2025, 124 mpox cases have been reported by 18 EU/EEA countries: Germany (42), Sweden (15), Netherlands (11), Ireland (9), Italy (9), Czechia (6), France (6), Poland (6), Greece (4), Denmark (3), Portugal (3), Spain (3), Croatia (2), Belgium (1), Bulgaria (1), Malta (1), Romania (1) and Slovakia (1). Since 14 January 2025, no new countries have reported confirmed cases.

• Sweden reported an unusually high number of cases (15 cases vs one case in the previous reporting period)

• Since the start of the mpox outbreak and as of 12 February 2025, 23 882 confirmed cases of mpox (MPX) have been reported from 29 EU/EEA countries ...

https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/sites/de...icable-disease-threats-report-week-7-2025.pdf
 
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