Bangladesh Envisions Modern Disease Surveillance System
While Bangladesh has made signficant progress in its surveillance programs, the IEDCR has asked IANPHI for assistance in extending its web-based surveillance platform to the subdistrict level.
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Seven-Year Pogosta Disease Cycle Eases in Finland
The decline of the grouse population may have been a factor in the milder-than-expected outbreak of the mosquito-borne alphavirus (SINV) in Finland. The country's National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) co-authored a study that found fewer confirmed cases in 2009.
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Dutch Q Fever
The Netherlands National Institute for Health and the Environment (RIVM) reported more than 2,200 cases of Q fever in late 2009--more than double the number in the previous year.
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