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The Public Health Agency of Sweden has updated the recommendations for mpox vaccination due to increased spread of clade 1.

If you are pregnant, vaccination against whooping cough, influenza is recommended for your sake and that of your baby. Here you can read more about why, as well as what these diseases involve.

The Public Health Agency of Sweden is always on standby to conduct microbiological analyses of high-consequence infectious agents that pose a danger to society. For this purpose, the Agency operates a high-containment laboratory to process samples from patients suspected to be infected with

The programme builds on cooperation between clinical microbiological laboratories and the Public Health Agency of Sweden, and complements the epidemiological surveillance conducted through SmiNet and other non-microbial surveillance systems.

This report describes epidemiological and virological surveillance results for the influenza season of 2022–2023 in Sweden. Data are also compared to previous influenza seasons.

A person who sought care at Region Stockholm has been diagnosed with mpox caused by the clade 1 variant. It is the first case caused by clade 1 to be diagnosed outside the African continent.

Recommendations for vaccination aim towards protecting children and adults with an increased risk of becoming infected or of becoming severely ill following an infection. The regions can choose whether or not to implement the recommendations, and if the individual has to pay for the vaccination or

An international study will investigate the effect of a third dose of vaccine against mpox. The EU-funded project involves researchers from universities and clinics in Sweden, Belgium, France, and Ireland, and is coordinated by the Public Health Agency of Sweden.

One of the most important tasks of the Public Health Agency of Sweden is to continuously follow the epidemiological situation concerning communicable diseases, especially those included in the Communicable Diseases Act.