Background Estimates of influenza-associated mortality are important for national and
international decision making on public health priorities. Previous estimates of 250 000–500 000 …

Background 18 500 laboratory-confirmed deaths caused by the 2009 pandemic influenza A
H1N1 were reported worldwide for the period April, 2009, to August, 2010. This number is …

Background Since the start of the 2009 influenza A pandemic (H1N1pdm), the World Health
Organization and its member states have gathered information to characterize the clinical …

In the WHO European Region, COVID-19 surveillance was implemented 27 January 2020.
We detail the first European cases. As at 21 February, nine European countries reported 47 …

Objective To establish mortality from pandemic A/H1N1 2009 influenza up to 8 November
2009. Design Investigation of all reported deaths related to pandemic A/H1N1 in England. …

Since December 2019, over 1.5 million SARS-CoV-2-related fatalities have been recorded
in the World Health Organization European Region - 90.2% in people ≥ 60 years. We …

Background Our understanding of the global scale of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection remains incomplete: Routine surveillance data …

Human monkeypox is a zoonotic smallpox-like disease caused by an orthopoxvirus of interhuman
transmissibility too low to sustain spread in susceptible populations. In February 1997, …

Background Assessment of the effect of influenza on populations, including risk of infection,
illness if infected, illness severity, and consultation rates, is essential to inform future control …

A remarkable excess mortality has coincided with the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe. We
present preliminary pooled estimates of all-cause mortality for 24 European countries/federal …