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Influenza Virus A(H1N1) - Swine Flu

Latest Information

Click here for the latest information on Influenza Virus A(H1N1).

 

 

Notice to all travelers coming to Malta

 

If within 7 days of returning to Malta from countries were there has been human to human transmission and develop fever ( 38°C/100°F) and influenza like symptoms like cough, sore throat, runny nose, generalised body aches, tiredness), please contact Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Unit on 21324086 ( 24/7) and  a medical doctor.

 

The countries where there is sustained human to human transmission are:

 

USA, Mexico, Canada, Australia, Japan, UK, Spain, Philippines, Honduras, Guatemala, Dominican Republic, Chile, Argentina, Panama and Costa Rica.

 

Posters

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Leaflets

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Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Unit – Malta

Welcome to the Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Unit (IDCU) website.

 

The Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Unit is the only centre in Malta dealing with surveillance of infectious diseases. Data is collected from various sources, including medical doctors, laboratories and through our surveillance systems in order to provide more information on prevailing issues in infectious diseases. The unit is also responsible for managing outbreaks of infectious diseases as well as to provide data on infectious diseases to the local and international scientific community.

 

To learn more, you can read about out objectives, surveillance, international collaboration, management of outbreaks and data processing. Our reports, statistics and publications pages give an idea about the local situation regarding infectious diseases.


News

Latest web-site updates

[6/2/09] Press Release on Jelly Fish [6/2/09] European Scientific on Applied Infectious Disease Epidemiology - Press Releases [29/4/09] Swine Influenza FAQ Added


Press Releases

IDCU Staff

 

A to Z of Infectious Diseases

In this website you can find information about the commoner infectious diseases (we have called this the A to Z of Infectious Diseases). This part of the site explains the signs, symptoms, modes of transmission, treatment and prevention of these diseases. We are constantly working on adding the latest information to these pages.

To help you understand more what we mean by some terms we use in this site, we have included a list of definitions.


 
 
   
   
 
  Surveillance is the first step towards prevention