[Waterborne outbreaks in Iceland - analysis of scale and causes].

Purpose: Clean drinking water is essential for public health. The cause of waterborne outbreaks is most often faecal contamination of water from animals or humans. The objective of this resarch was to collect available information on waterborne outbreaks in Iceland for the twenty year period, 1998-2017.

Surveillance of influenza in Iceland during the 2009 pandemic.

In a pandemic setting, surveillance is essential to monitor the spread of the disease and assess its impact. Appropriate mitigation and healthcare preparedness strategies depend on fast and accurate epidemic surveillance data. During the 2009 influenza A(H1N1) pandemic, rapid improvements in influenza surveillance were made in Iceland.

An international outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 infection due to lettuce, September-October 2007.

Between 14 September and 20 October 2007, an outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O157 simultaneously occurred in the Netherlands and Iceland. A total of 50 laboratory-confirmed cases were reported with a STEC O157 infection caused by the same clone. The strain was of type O157:H-, PT8, positive for stx1, stx2, eae and e-hly, and sorbitol negative.