Health Surveillance in Brittany. Epidemiological Update as of August 16, 2017.

Key Points

Reportable Diseases

  • Measles outbreak in France. Updated surveillance data as of August 3, 2017.

  • Hepatitis A outbreak in France and Europe. Update as of July 27, 2017.

Enterovirus meningitis

Stabilization in the number of visits to hospital emergency departments for enterovirus meningitis (average of 7 cases per week over the last 3 weeks). Low viral circulation of enteroviruses identified in cerebrospinal fluid samples analyzed at the Virology Laboratory of the Brest University Hospital.

Heat-related illnesses

No heat-related weather alerts and activity within seasonal averages for each source. Météo-France does not forecast a heat wave in the region over the next 5 days. Additionally, the first cases of mushroom poisoning have been observed in hospital emergency departments. (Data not presented).

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