Euro Surveill

Vaccine effectiveness against COVID-19 hospitalisation in adults (≥ 20 years) during Omicron-dominant circulation: I-MOVE-COVID-19 and VEBIS SARI VE networks, Europe, 2021 to 2022.

Rose AM, Nicolay N, Sandonis Martín V, ..., VEBIS hospital study team , Members of the I-MOVE-COVID-19 and VEBIS hospital study teams (in addition to authors above)

Euro Surveill 28 (47) - [2023-11-00; online 2023-11-24] Open Access

Category: Health Category: Public Health Category: Vaccines Type: Journal article

Implementation of a broad public health approach to COVID-19 in Sweden, January 2020 to May 2022.

Tegnell A, Bessö A, Björkholm B, ..., Carlson J, Tegmark Wisell K

Euro Surveill 28 (41) - [2023-10-00; online 2023-10-12]

A comparison of COVID-19 incidence rates across six European countries in 2021.

Padget M, Adam P, Dorfmuller M, ..., COVID-19 Study group , COVID-19 Study Group members

Euro Surveill 28 (40) - [2023-10-00; online 2023-10-05] Open Access

A standardised protocol for relative SARS-CoV-2 variant severity assessment, applied to Omicron BA.1 and Delta in six European countries, October 2021 to February 2022.

Nyberg T, Bager P, Svalgaard IB, ..., Pebody R, Presanis AM

Euro Surveill 28 (36) - [2023-09-00; online 2023-09-07]

Revisiting the personal protective equipment components of transmission-based precautions for the prevention of COVID-19 and other respiratory virus infections in healthcare.

Plachouras D, Kacelnik O, Rodríguez-Baño J, ..., Suetens C, Monnet DL

Euro Surveill 28 (32) - [2023-08-00; online 2023-08-10]

Category: Health Category: Public Health Type: Other

Relative effectiveness of bivalent Original/Omicron BA.4-5 mRNA vaccine in preventing severe COVID-19 in persons 60 years and above during SARS-CoV-2 Omicron XBB.1.5 and other XBB sublineages circulation, Italy, April to June 2023.

Fabiani M, Mateo-Urdiales A, Sacco C, ..., Pezzotti P, Italian Integrated Surveillance of COVID-19 study group and of the Italian COVID-19 Vaccines Registry group

Euro Surveill 28 (32) - [2023-08-00; online 2023-08-10]

Category: Vaccines Type: Journal article

Establishing severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) surveillance in a sentinel hospital, Ireland, 2021 to 2022.

Brady M, Duffy R, Domegan L, ..., Petty-Saphon N, O'Donnell J

Euro Surveill 28 (23) - [2023-06-00; online 2023-06-08]

Category: Health Category: Public Health Type: Journal article

At-home sampling to meet geographical challenges for serological assessment of SARS-CoV-2 exposure in a rural region of northern Sweden, March to May 2021: a retrospective cohort study.

Byström JW, Vikström L, Rosendal E, ..., Normark J, Forsell MN

Euro Surveill 28 (13) - [2023-03-00; online 2023-03-31]

Category: Biochemistry Category: Health Funder: KAW/SciLifeLab National COVID program Funder: VR Funder: Vinnova Type: Journal article

Ending tuberculosis in Europe - resetting the course in the post-COVID-19 era.

Ammon A, Kluge H

Euro Surveill 28 (12) - [2023-03-00; online 2023-03-24]

Year 2022

Age-specific associations between underlying health conditions and hospitalisation, death and in-hospital death among confirmed COVID-19 cases: a multi-country study based on surveillance data, June to December 2020.

Funk T, Innocenti F, Gomes Dias J, ..., Pebody RG, Bundle N

Euro Surveill 27 (35) - [2022-09-00; online 2022-09-03]

Estimation of COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against hospitalisation in individuals aged ≥ 65 years using electronic health registries; a pilot study in four EU/EEA countries, October 2021 to March 2022.

Sentís A, Kislaya I, Nicolay N, ..., Monge S, VEBIS-Lot4 working group

Euro Surveill 27 (30) - [2022-07-00; online 2022-07-30]

Category: Health Category: Vaccines Type: Journal article

Rapidly adapting primary care sentinel surveillance across seven countries in Europe for COVID-19 in the first half of 2020: strengths, challenges, and lessons learned.

Bagaria J, Jansen T, Marques DF, ..., Valenciano M, I-MOVE-COVID-19 study team

Euro Surveill 27 (26) - [2022-06-00; online 2022-07-02]

SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variants BA.1 and BA.2 both show similarly reduced disease severity of COVID-19 compared to Delta, Germany, 2021 to 2022.

Sievers C, Zacher B, Ullrich A, ..., An der Heiden M, Kröger S

Euro Surveill 27 (22) - [2022-06-00; online 2022-06-04]

Category: Genomics & transcriptomics Category: Health Category: Omicron VoC Type: Journal article

Risk of severe COVID-19 from the Delta and Omicron variants in relation to vaccination status, sex, age and comorbidities - surveillance results from southern Sweden, July 2021 to January 2022.

Kahn F, Bonander C, Moghaddassi M, ..., Inghammar M, Björk J

Euro Surveill 27 (9) - [2022-03-00; online 2022-03-05]

Category: Health Category: Omicron VoC Type: Journal article

Risk factors associated with an outbreak of COVID-19 in a meat processing plant in southern Germany, April to June 2020.

Finci I, Siebenbaum R, Richtzenhain J, ..., Joggerst B, Brockmann SO

Euro Surveill 27 (13) - [2022-03-00; online 2022-04-02]

Co-circulation of SARS-CoV-2 Alpha and Gamma variants in Italy, February and March 2021.

Stefanelli P, Trentini F, Guzzetta G, ..., Merler S, COVID-19 National Microbiology Surveillance Study Group

Euro Surveill 27 (5) - [2022-02-00; online 2022-02-05]

Category: Genomics & transcriptomics Category: Health Type: Journal article

Reduced risk of hospitalisation among reported COVID-19 cases infected with the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1 variant compared with the Delta variant, Norway, December 2021 to January 2022.

Veneti L, Bøås H, Bråthen Kristoffersen A, ..., Buanes EA, Whittaker R

Euro Surveill 27 (4) - [2022-01-00; online 2022-01-29]

Category: Health Category: Omicron VoC Type: Journal article

Year 2021

Increasing risk of breakthrough COVID-19 in outbreaks with high attack rates in European long-term care facilities, July to October 2021

Suetens C, Kinross P, Gallego Berciano P, ..., Monnet DL, Plachouras D

Euro Surveill 26 (49) - [2021-12-09; online 2021-12-09]

Category: Biochemistry Category: Health Category: Vaccines Type: Journal article

Initial assessment of the COVID-19 vaccination's impact on case numbers, hospitalisations and deaths in people aged 80 years and older, 15 EU/EEA countries, December 2020 to May 2021.

Nicolay N, Innocenti F, Beauté J, ..., Spiteri G, Ravasi G

Euro Surveill 26 (48) - [2021-12-00; online 2021-12-04]

COVID-19 trends and severity among symptomatic children aged 0-17 years in 10 European Union countries, 3 August 2020 to 3 October 2021.

Bundle N, Dave N, Pharris A, ..., Suk JE, Study group members

Euro Surveill 26 (50) - [2021-12-00; online 2021-12-18]

Epidemiological characterisation of the first 785 SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant cases in Denmark, December 2021.

Espenhain L, Funk T, Overvad M, ..., Krause TG, Müller L

Euro Surveill 26 (50) - [2021-12-00; online 2021-12-18]

Category: Genomics & transcriptomics Category: Health Type: Journal article

Human papillomavirus vaccination in the European Union/European Economic Area and globally: a moral dilemma.

Colzani E, Johansen K, Johnson H, Pastore Celentano L

Euro Surveill 26 (50) - [2021-12-00; online 2021-12-18]

Re-emergence of enterovirus D68 in Europe after easing the COVID-19 lockdown, September 2021.

Benschop KS, Albert J, Anton A, ..., Fischer TK, Harvala H

Euro Surveill 26 (45) - [2021-11-00; online 2021-11-13]

The impact of public health interventions in the Nordic countries during the first year of SARS-CoV-2 transmission and evolution.

Duchene S, Featherstone L, Freiesleben de Blasio B, ..., Bohlin J, Pettersson JH

Euro Surveill 26 (44) - [2021-11-00; online 2021-11-06]

Decrease in community antibiotic consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic, EU/EEA, 2020.

Högberg LD, Vlahović-Palčevski V, Pereira C, ..., ESAC-Net study group , ESAC-Net study group participants

Euro Surveill 26 (46) - [2021-11-00; online 2021-11-20]

Category: Biochemistry Category: Health Type: Journal article

Estimated number of deaths directly averted in people 60 years and older as a result of COVID-19 vaccination in the WHO European Region, December 2020 to November 2021.

Meslé MM, Brown J, Mook P, ..., Smallwood C, Pebody RG

Euro Surveill 26 (47) - [2021-11-00; online 2021-11-27]

Meta-analysis of the clinical performance of commercial SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid and antibody tests up to 22 August 2020.

Van Walle I, Leitmeyer K, Broberg EK, European COVID-19 microbiological laboratories group

Euro Surveill 26 (45) - [2021-11-00; online 2021-11-13]

Category: Biochemistry Category: Health Type: Journal article

A longitudinal study on symptom duration and 60-day clinical course in non-hospitalised COVID-19 cases in Berlin, Germany, March to May, 2020.

Saad NJ, Moek F, Steitz F, ..., Pörtner K, Muller N

Euro Surveill 26 (43) - [2021-10-00; online 2021-10-30]

Occupational risk of COVID-19 in the first versus second epidemic wave in Norway, 2020.

Magnusson K, Nygård K, Methi F, Vold L, Telle K

Euro Surveill 26 (40) - [2021-10-00; online 2021-10-09]

Category: Health Research Area: Data-driven research – models and AI Type: Journal article

Increase in invasive disease caused by Haemophilus influenzae b, the Netherlands, 2020 to 2021.

Steens A, Stanoeva KR, Knol MJ, ..., de Melker HE, van Sorge NM

Euro Surveill 26 (42) - [2021-10-00; online 2021-10-23]

Spotlight influenza: The 2019/20 influenza season and the impact of COVID-19 on influenza surveillance in the WHO European Region.

Adlhoch C, Sneiderman M, Martinuka O, ..., European Influenza Surveillance Network , Members of the European Influenza Surveillance Network

Euro Surveill 26 (40) - [2021-10-00; online 2021-10-09]

Category: Health Research Area: Data-driven research – models and AI Type: Journal article

Vaccine effectiveness against infection with the Delta (B.1.617.2) variant, Norway, April to August 2021.

Seppälä E, Veneti L, Starrfelt J, ..., Watle SV, Meijerink H

Euro Surveill 26 (35) - [2021-09-00; online 2021-09-04]

Category: Drug Discovery Category: Genomics & transcriptomics Category: Vaccines Type: Journal article

Determinants for hospitalisations, intensive care unit admission and death among 20,293 reported COVID-19 cases in Portugal, March to April 2020.

Ricoca Peixoto V, Vieira A, Aguiar P, ..., Abrantes A, Nunes C

Euro Surveill 26 (33) - [2021-08-00; online 2021-08-21] Open Access

An outbreak caused by the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant (B.1.617.2) in a secondary care hospital in Finland, May 2021.

Hetemäki I, Kääriäinen S, Alho P, ..., Nohynek H, Lyytikäinen O

Euro Surveill 26 (30) - [2021-07-00; online 2021-07-31]

Vaccine effectiveness against symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection in adults aged 65 years and older in primary care: I-MOVE-COVID-19 project, Europe, December 2020 to May 2021.

Kissling E, Hooiveld M, Sandonis Martín V, ..., I-MOVE-COVID-19 primary care study team , I-MOVE-COVID-19 primary care study team (in addition to authors above)

Euro Surveill 26 (29) - [2021-07-00; online 2021-07-24]

Risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection and subsequent hospital admission and death at different time intervals since first dose of COVID-19 vaccine administration, Italy, 27 December 2020 to mid-April 2021

Mateo-Urdiales A, Spila Alegiani S, Fabiani M, ..., None , None

Euro Surveill 26 (25) - [2021-06-24; online 2021-06-24] Open Access

Abrupt termination of the 2019/20 influenza season following preventive measures against COVID-19 in Denmark, Norway and Sweden

Emborg HD, Carnahan A, Bragstad K, ..., Byström E, Vestergaard LS

Euro Surveill 26 (22) - [2021-06-03; online 2021-06-03] Open Access

Effectiveness of the Comirnaty (BNT162b2, BioNTech/Pfizer) vaccine in preventing SARS-CoV-2 infection among healthcare workers, Treviso province, Veneto region, Italy, 27 December 2020 to 24 March 2021.

Fabiani M, Ramigni M, Gobbetto V, ..., Pezzotti P, Piovesan C

Euro Surveill 26 (17) - [2021-04-00; online 2021-05-01]

Category: Drug Discovery Type: Journal article

Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern B.1.1.7, B.1.351 or P.1: data from seven EU/EEA countries, weeks 38/2020 to 10/2021.

Funk T, Pharris A, Spiteri G, ..., Adlhoch C, COVID study groups

Euro Surveill 26 (16) - [2021-04-00; online 2021-04-24]

Category: Genomics & transcriptomics Type: Journal article

No country or continent is on its own in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Johansen K, Nohynek H

Euro Surveill 26 (17) - [2021-04-00; online 2021-05-01]

Towards a sensitive and accurate interpretation of molecular testing for SARS-CoV-2: a rapid review of 264 studies.

Stanoeva KR, van der Eijk AA, Meijer A, ..., Koopmans MPG, Reusken CBEM

Euro Surveill 26 (10) - [2021-03-00; online 2021-03-13]

Type: Review

Very little influenza in the WHO European Region during the 2020/21 season, weeks 40 2020 to 8 2021.

Adlhoch C, Mook P, Lamb F, ..., Pebody R, European Influenza Surveillance Network

Euro Surveill 26 (11) - [2021-03-00; online 2021-03-20] Open Access

COVID-19: cross-border contact tracing in Germany, February to April 2020.

Markus I, Steffen G, Lachmann R, ..., Rexroth U, An der Heiden M

Euro Surveill 26 (10) - [2021-03-00; online 2021-03-13] Open Access

Real-time monitoring shows substantial excess all-cause mortality during second wave of COVID-19 in Europe, October to December 2020

Nørgaard SK, Vestergaard LS, Nielsen J, ..., Krause TG, Mølbak K

Euro Surveill 26 (2) - [2021-01-14; online 2021-01-14] Open Access

Minimal transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from paediatric COVID-19 cases in primary schools, Norway, August to November 2020

Brandal LT, Ofitserova TS, Meijerink H, ..., Nygård K, Winje BA

Euro Surveill 26 (1) - [2021-01-07; online 2021-01-07] Open Access

Year 2020

Epidemiological characteristics of COVID-19 cases and estimates of the reproductive numbers 1 month into the epidemic, Italy, 28 January to 31 March 2020.

Riccardo F, Ajelli M, Andrianou XD, ..., Pezzotti P, COVID-19 working group

Euro Surveill 25 (49) - [2020-12-00; online 2020-12-12]

Virological surveillance of influenza viruses in the WHO European Region in 2019/20 - impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Melidou A, Pereyaslov D, Hungnes O, ..., WHO European Region influenza surveillance network , WHO European Region Influenza Surveillance Network author list

Euro Surveill 25 (46) - [2020-11-00; online 2020-11-21]

Do point-of-care tests (POCTs) offer a new paradigm for the management of patients with influenza?

Dickson EM, Zambon M, Pebody R, ..., Smith G, McMenamin J

Euro Surveill 25 (44) - [2020-11-00; online 2020-11-07]

Will coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have an impact on antimicrobial resistance?

Monnet DL, Harbarth S

Euro Surveill 25 (45) - [2020-11-00; online 2020-11-14]

What to expect for the influenza season 2020/21 with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in the World Health Organization European Region.

Adlhoch C, Pebody R

Euro Surveill 25 (42) - [2020-10-00; online 2020-10-24]

Travel-associated COVID-19: a challenge for surveillance?

Beauté J, Spiteri G

Euro Surveill 25 (37) - [2020-09-00; online 2020-09-19]

Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in children aged 0 to 19 years in childcare facilities and schools after their reopening in May 2020, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Ehrhardt J, Ekinci A, Krehl H, ..., Eichner M, Brockmann SO

Euro Surveill 25 (36) - [2020-09-00; online 2020-09-12]

Peer Review Week 2020: Eurosurveillance thanks all COVID-19 reviewers for their amazing work.

Eurosurveillance editorial team

Euro Surveill 25 (38) - [2020-09-00; online 2020-09-26]

Geographical and temporal distribution of SARS-CoV-2 clades in the WHO European Region, January to June 2020.

Alm E, Broberg EK, Connor T, ..., WHO European Region sequencing laboratories and GISAID EpiCoV group , WHO European Region sequencing laboratories and GISAID EpiCoV group*

Euro Surveill 25 (32) - [2020-08-00; online 2020-08-15]

Category: Other Type: Journal article

Updated rapid risk assessment from ECDC on coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the EU/EEA and the UK: resurgence of cases.

Eurosurveillance editorial team

Euro Surveill 25 (32) - [2020-08-00; online 2020-08-15]

Addendum for Euro Surveill. 2020;25(3).

Eurosurveillance editorial team

Euro Surveill 25 (30) - [2020-07-00; online 2020-08-01]