HPR 11(20) and 11(21) PDFs and news digest

Welcome the latest edition of the Health Protection Report with PDF-format reports as attachments. Attached are the three such reports, listed below, published in issues 11(20) and 11(21). Links to (highest-definition) online PDFs are below. Infection reports Sexually transmitted infections and chlamydia screening in England, 2016 Monitoring rates of chlamydia re-testing within the English National Screening Programme, January 2013 to June 2016 Proteus, Morganella and Providencia spp bacteraemia: EWNI, 2016   News digest A digest of recently-published health protection-related news is provided below. Hepatitis A pre-exposure immunisation recommendations updated Hepatitis A pre-exposure immunisation recommendations on the PHE website have been updated in the light of an ongoing hepatitis A outbreak primarily affecting men who have sex with men (MSM) as well as an ongoing global hepatitis A vaccine shortage. PHE rabies risk assessment for Greece updated PHE has changed its rabies risk assessment for the whole of Greece to "no risk" – whereas two northern regions had been categorised as high risk in 2014 – as no animals with rabies have been detected since May 2014. Changes to NaTHNaC polio-related vaccination recommendations for DRC and Syria Recent detections of cases of vaccine-derived polio virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Syria have led to additional vaccination recommendations being issued for travellers staying for four weeks or more in these countries. Usefulness of non-invasive serology test for EVD assessed A survey to evaluate a non-invasive serological test, developed by PHE scientists, for the identification of asymptomatic infection among contacts of Ebola virus disease patients is featured (with an accompanying editorial, "Asymptomatic Ebola virus infections – myth or reality?") in the current issue of The Lancet Infectious Diseases. Upcoming zoonoses workshop (September 2017) A PHE one-day multidisciplinary training workshop on risk assessment, investigation and control of zoonoses is being held on 26 September in Bristol, intended for animal health professionals, local authority/environmental health professionals and other health protection specialists. The course promotes inter-agency collaboration and joint working, awareness of risk pathways, informs decision making on the types of response required in different settings and allows participants to apply 'good practice' guidelines to practical case study scenarios. Booking online via the above link; further details from PHE Colindale education and training coordinator, telephone: +44(0)208-3277808.       hpr2017_ncsp-2.pdf hpr2117_proteeae4.pdf hpr2017_STIs-3.pdf Kind regards HPR editorial team This email was sent using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: Public Health England (PHE), Wellington House, 133-155 Waterloo Road, London SE1 8UG 020 7654 8400