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6 December 2018
A large study using nationwide register data from Denmark and Sweden found that liraglutide, a drug for type 2 diabetes, was associated with reduced risk of major cardiovascular events. The study was published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinolo...
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15 November 2018
Today in Seattle the Danish Minister of Health Ellen Trane Nørby signs an agreement for Denmark to be the future host of a new international centre for interdisciplinary solutions on antimicrobial resistance.
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13 November 2018
In 2017, a total of 278 patients with Legionnaires’ disease were reported to Statens Serum Institut. This is a 65% increase compared with the previous year.
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26 October 2018
Since pneumococcal vaccination was introduced into the vaccination programme, a marked decline has been observed in the number of cases of pneumococcal infections. This applies to vaccinated children as well as to the rest of the population according...
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23 October 2018
Giving birth reduces a woman’s risk of developing breast cancer later in life. Danish researchers from Statens Serum Institut (SSI) report that the protective effect arises in a particular week of pregnancy
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3 October 2018
Recent numbers from Statens Serum Institut reveal that fewer persons had chlamydia detected in 2017 than in the previous year, even though more people were tested in 2016. But the numbers need to be interpreted with caution, according to researchers.
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23 September 2018
In recent years, the occurrence of CPO bacteria has followed a continually increasing trend. Therefore, the Danish Health Authority has now added CPOs to the list of notifiable bacteria.
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23 August 2018
The ECDC, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, has reported an unusually high number of local cases of West Nile Fever in several countries in Central and South Europe during the summer of 2018. Travellers to the affected areas are...
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23 August 2018
Following the introduction of screening of pregnant women for HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B, hardly any children in Denmark are born with any of these conditions.
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3 August 2018
Pregnant women with the lowest plasma levels of long chain omega-3 (n-3) fatty acids - the kind found in fish oil - were at 10 times increased risk of early preterm birth when compared with pregnant women with the highest levels.
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20 June 2018
The season was very prolonged and characterised by a high number of influenza cases, among which influenza B was dominant.
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8 May 2018
For the third time, SSI will host the annual European pertussis meeting, EUPertstrain/EUPertgenomics.
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25 April 2018
In 2017, the coverage of all vaccines in the childhood vaccination programme rose. For several vaccines, the increase was quite substantial.
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25 April 2018
Whooping cough still occurs, particularly among small children, unvaccinated infants and older school children. Furthermore, there is a peak among adults aged 35-50 years of age.
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12 April 2018
On 1 April 2018, an offer of free measles vaccination for adults was introduced. You are covered by the offer if you have not previously received measles vaccination or had measles – because if that is the case, you are immune and therefore alr...
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11 April 2018
A 6-month-old child living in Copenhagen has tested positive for measles.
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11 April 2018
The number of hepatitis C cases notified in Denmark is decreasing.
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21 March 2018
Statens Serum Institut (SSI) in Copenhagen Denmark has been granted a sum of EUR 13.8 million from the European & Developing Countries Clinical Trial Partnership (EDCTP). The grant will finance the trial of a new and promising TB vaccine develope...
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21 March 2018
The disease outbreak now counts 27 patients who have been affected by infectious inflammation of the liver caused by hepatitis A virus. The investigation clearly indicates that the source of infection is Iranian dates.
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8 March 2018
Since 2010, the number of Danes who were vaccinated abroad following possible exposure to rabies has doubled.
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31 January 2018
As from 1 February 2018, boys who like boys can receive HPV vaccination free of charge if they are between 15 and 20 years old. The offer ends on 31 December 2018.
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26 January 2018
A total of 30,974 girls initiated their course of the HPV vaccination programme in 2017 compared with 15,237 girls in 2016.
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24 January 2018
The decrease was seen among Danes and immigrants alike, but nearly half of all tuberculosis cases had presumably become infected in Denmark.
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18 January 2018
In keeping with tradition, this year’s first issue of EPI-NEWS describes important events relating to infections and vaccines from the year that has recently ended.