June 2025

June 2025 Newsletter Summary:   Unusual increase in rotavirus cases between January and mid-June 2025, with one-third of cases occurring in May and June instead of the typical peak period of February to April Total of 106 positive rotavirus detections in our...

May 2025

May 2025 Newsletter Summary:   Ticks transmit various pathogens including Borrelia bacteria and the TBE virus AGES launched a nationwide tick monitoring program in 2024, examining 1,420 ticks The monitoring continues in 2025 and will be expanded to include...

April 2025

April 2025 Newsletter Summary:   Massive increase in Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections in Tyrol since 2024 PCR testing is the diagnostic method of choice for atypical pneumonia Increasing macrolide resistance poses a growing global challenge Respiratory PCR panel...

December 2024

December 2024 Newsletter Summary:   Conversion of several antibody tests due to EU Regulation 2017/746 on In-vitro Diagnostics (IVDR) New ELISA tests replacing previous KBR tests for adenovirus, influenza A/B, Brucella, Campylobacter, Coxiella, and Yersinia...

February 2025

February 2025 Newsletter Summary:   Increase in Norovirus Infections: 3,309 reported cases in Austria in 2024, a significant rise from 2,228 cases in the previous year Genotype Shift: Observed shift from the dominant Norovirus variant GII.4 to GI.17 in Austria...