Weekly Epidemiological Record articles from April 2006

Weekly Epidemiological Record archives from April 2006

Progress towards interruption of wild poliovirus transmission in 2005/Interruption de la transmission du poliovirus sauvage, 2005: progres accomplis.
April 28, 2006... Following the 1988 World Health Assembly resolution (1) to eradicate poliomyelitis globally, the number of countries endemic for polio declined from 125 in 1988 to only 4. After more than a year without transmission of indigenous wild...

WHO web sites on infectious diseases--updated on 28 April 2006 */Sites internet de l'OMS sur les maladies infectieuses--mis a jour le 28 avril 2006 *.(Website list)
April 28, 2006... WHO web sites on infectious diseases -- updated on 28 April 2006 * Sites internet de l'OMS sur les maladies infectieuses -- mis a jour le 28 avril 2006 * Avian influenza http://www.who.int/csr/disease/ ...

International health regulations/Reglement sanitaire international.(Brief article)(Statistical data)
April 28, 2006... INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS / REGLEMENT SANITAIRE INTERNATIONAL Notifications of diseases received from 22 to 27 April 2006 / Notifications de maladies recues du 22 au 27 avril 2006 Cholera / Cholera ...

Schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminth infections--preliminary estimates of the number of children treated with albendazole or mebendazole/ Schistosomiase et geohelminthiases--estimations preliminaires du nombre d'enfants traites par l'albendazole ou le mebendazole.
April 21, 2006... 1. Background Burden of disease (1) The burden of disease caused by infection with schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths (STH) remains enormous. About 2 billion people are affected worldwide, of whom 300 million suffer...

WHO web sites on infectious diseases--updated on 21 April 2006 */Sites internet de l'OMS sur les maladies infectieuses--mis a jour le 21 avril 2006 *.(Website list)
April 21, 2006... WHO web sites on infectious diseases -- updated on 21 April 2006 * Sites internet de l'OMS sur les maladies infectieuses -- mis a jour le 21 avril 2006 * Antimicrobial resistance http://oms2.b3e.jussieu.fr/ information...

International health regulations/Reglement sanitaire international.(Statistical table)
April 21, 2006... INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS / REGLEMENT SANITAIRE INTERNATIONAL Notifications of diseases received from 14 to 21 April 2006 / Notifications de maladies recues du 14 au 21 avril 2006 Cholera / Cholera ...

Inactivated poliovirus vaccine following oral poliovirus vaccine cessation/Passage au vaccin antipoliomyelitique inactive suite a l'abandon du vaccin antipoliomyelitique oral.
April 14, 2006... Supplement to the WHO position paper WHO issues a series of regularly updated position papers on vaccines and vaccine combinations against diseases that have an international public health impact. These papers are concerned primarily...

International health regulations/Reglement sanitaire international.(Statistical table)
April 14, 2006... INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS / REGLEMENT SANITAIRE INTERNATIONAL Notifications of diseases received from 7 to 13 April 2006 / Notifications de maladies recues du 7 au 13 avril 2006 Cholera / Cholera ...

Avian influenza fact sheet: (April 2006)/Aide memoire sur la grippe aviaire: (Avril 2006).
April 7, 2006... The disease in birds Avian influenza is an infectious disease of birds caused by type A strains of the influenza virus. The disease occurs worldwide. While all birds are thought to be susceptible to infection with avian influenza...

International Health Regulations/ Reglement Sanitaire International.(Statistical table)
April 7, 2006... INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS / REGLEMENT SANITAIRE INTERNATIONAL Notifications of diseases received from 31 March to 6 April 2006 / Notifications de maladies recues du 31 mars au 6 avril 2006 Cholera / Cholera ...