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	News Archive EPI-NEWS Events		News     24. August 2010 - General HBV, HIV & syphilis screening of pregnant women On 1 January 2010, general screening of pregnant women for HIV and syphilis was introduced as a supplement to the hepatitis B screening already in place. Screening is offered to all pregnant women. As is the case for other blood samples, the sample requires informed consent, and the pregnant woman is free to choose not to participate in the screening. The Department of Epidemiology, Statens Serum Institut, has prepared monitoring of the screening measure in cooperation with the blood banks. Read more in EPI-NEWS 27-33, 2010 24. August 2010 - Blood donor screening 2009 In 2009, 356,383 blood units were screened and 35,887 candidate donors were examined. NAT screening was introduced on 1 January 2009 and the initial year with NAT has yielded three persons who only tested positive by NAT, two HBV cases and one HCV case. Read more in EPI-NEWS 27-33, 2010 21. July 2010 - Foreign travel: Vaccination suggestions The annual SSI report on suggested vaccinations for foreign travel has just been published. Read more in EPI-NEWS 26a+b/2010 29. June 2010 - Revised recommendations for travel vaccination A reference group has revised and updated the SSI country-specific recommendations for malaria prophylaxis prior to travels abroad. The country-specific recommendations will be published in an upcoming edition of EPI-NEWS. Read more in EPI-NEWS 25/2010 29. June 2010 - Salmonella outbreak caused by salami In May, an outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium was detected. Patients were mainly from the Copenhagen area and relatively young. Preliminary results from a case-control study showed a substantial association between ingestion of salami and disease symptoms. Since 17 May, SSI has diagnosed no further cases of the salmonella type seen in the outbreak. Read more in EPI-NEWS 25/2010
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