No images? Click here Wednesday 31 May 2023 DISEASE OUTBREAK NEWS Disease Outbreak News (DON): Enterovirus Infection – France A Disease Outbreak News (DON) has been posted for the following public health event:  Enterovirus Infection -France On 5 May 2023, France reported an increase in cases of severe neonatal sepsis associated with Enterovirus (Echovirus-11 (E-11)). A total of nine cases of neonatal sepsis with hepatic impairment and multi-organ failure were reported between July 2022 and April 2023 from four hospitals in three regions of France. As of 5 May 2023, seven cases have died and two were still hospitalized in neonatal unit. The current increase in incidence and severity in neonates, associated with a recombinant lineage of E-11 that previously was not detected in France, and is considered unusual due to the extremely rapid deterioration and associated case fatality rate amongst the affected babies.   Based on the limited information available, WHO assesses the public health risk for the general population to be low, despite the concerning nature of the increase. Full text of the DON: Enterovirus Infection – France (who.int) Media contacts: mediainquiries@who.int     You are receiving this NO-REPLY email because you are included on a WHO mail list. If you have been forwarded this update you can click here to subscribe. Journalists may send feedback to WHO Media Team         Share    Tweet    Share    Forward  World Health Organization, Avenue Appia 20, 1202 Geneva 27, Switzerland  Unsubscribe