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17 December 2020
It has been well-documented that HPV vaccination protects against genital warts and precursors to cervical cancer. Now, a large Swedish study confirms that the vaccination also reduces the risk of cervical cancer by as much as 88% if girls are vaccin...
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13 November 2020
So far, 67% of people aged 65 years or more have received influenza vaccination during this season. This is a considerable increase compared with the two preceding seasons. Concurrently, the free pneumococcal vaccine for citizens aged 65 years or mor...
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21 October 2020
In August and September, 44 Danes fell ill due to the intestinal bacterium shigella. The investigation shows that the source of infection was likely from imported fresh mint.
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2 October 2020
By participating in the study, you help the health authorities to understand the scope of the infection - and you may also learn if you yourself have been infected.
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15 September 2020
In the period from June to mid-August 2020, Statens Serum Institut detected three TBE cases in patients who, with great certainty, were bitten by ticks in Tisvilde Hegn and the surrounding areas, but beyond the area where the natural playground is lo...
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27 August 2020
Presumably, the whooping cough epidemic that started in the early summer of 2019 has now ended owing to the measures introduced to curb the spreading of COVID-19.
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20 August 2020
Not only was the season unusually mild. It also stopped abruptly due to the measures introduced to curb COVID-19. And COVID-19 “disturbed” the regular influenza surveillance measures.
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9 June 2020
The expert group for mathematical modelling of COVID-19 invites you to attend a webinar on Tuesday the 16th June 2020 from 9.15-12.00.
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29 May 2020
For the third year in a row, a high number of cases of Legionnaires’ disease was reported to Statens Serum Institut.
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19 May 2020
The number of notified cases of acute hepatitis B remains low in Denmark and chronic hepatitis B is in line with last year.
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19 May 2020
The first phase of the Danish government’s offer of pneumococcal vaccination for nursing home residents and some/special risk groups comes into force today, 22 April
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27 March 2020
SSI has developed a simple and fast method as an alternative to the chemical kit reagents that many laboratories are lacking to perform tests for COVID-19.
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26 February 2020
Seven weeks into the outbreak, a Chinese report seems to indicate that COVID-19 is receding. So far, more than 75,000 cases and 2,000 deaths have been recorded worldwide.
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12 February 2020
As from 1 February 2020, the present HPV vaccination programme for boys is extended by two catch-up programmes. One of the programmes is targeted at boys, the other at young men who feel attracted to men.
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12 February 2020
A new report from Statens Serum Institut demonstrates that Campylobacter remains the bacterium that causes intestinal infections most frequently in Denmark. In 2019, more Campylobacter infections were recorded than ever before.
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7 February 2020
Steen Ethelberg from Statens Serum Institut's (SSI) department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology & Prevention has been named professor at University of Copenhagen (UCPH).
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23 January 2020
According to the WHO, a total of 41 pneumonia cases have now been caused by the new virus. Most of the patients have been in contact with a market in the city of Wuhan.
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20 January 2020
Troels Lillebæk from Statens Serum Institut's (SSI) International Reference Laboratory of Mycobacteriology has been named professor at University of Copenhagen (UCPH).
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14 January 2020
A study confirming that the MMR vaccine does not increase children’s risk of developing autism came in third on the Altmetric annual top 100 list of the most cited research articles in 2019.