Chikungunya infections in the Caribbean region Since August 2014, there has been an increase in the number of Chikungunya patients in the Caribbean region. Travellers who visit the region can become infected there.
Dr. Els van Schie new director of Environment and Safety Dr. Els van Schie has been appointed RIVM Director of Environment and Safety as from 1 February 2015. She will succeed Dr. Marcel van Raaij and interim director Dr.
Release of QMRAspot v2 for quantitative microbial risk assessment of drinking water RIVM has developed a new version of QMRAspot (2.0), a user-friendly computational tool to calculate the risk of becoming infected by pathogenic microorganisms in drinking water.
Annoyance and health effects due to European transportation noise At least 20 million adults in Europe are annoyed by transportation noise in agglomerations, from motorways, airports or railways.
Statistical Program to Assess Dietary Exposure now available The Statistical Program to Assess Dietary Exposure (SPADE), developed by RIVM, is now available.
New RIVM-method used to detect influenza A (H7H9) population immunity The level of immunity to the recently circulating H7N9 influenza virus in an urban and rural population in Vietnam is very low, according to the first population level study to examine human immuni
ICP M&M meetings in 2012 The 22nd CCE workshop 2012 and 28th Task Force Meeting of the ICP M&M are held 16-19 April 2012 in Warsaw, Poland
No evidence for zoonotic infection caused by Schmallenbergvirus In total, 301 persons were tested for antibodies to Schmallenberg virus by virus neutralization test.
Dutch tourist infected with Marburg virus During a holiday in Uganda, a Dutch woman was infected with the Marburg virus, which causes Marburg haemorrhagic fever. This is a very serious, very rare infectious disease.