Giuseppe
Emeritus
West Nile virus: the need to strengthen preparedness in Europe (Euro Surveill., editorial, extract, edited)
[Source: Eurosurveillance.org, full text: <cite cite="http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19647">Eurosurveillance - View Article</cite>. Editorial, extract, edited.]
Eurosurveillance, Volume 15, Issue 34, 26 August 2010
Editorials
West Nile virus: the need to strengthen preparedness in Europe
H Zeller 1, A Lenglet 1, W Van Bortel 1
1. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Stockholm, Sweden
Citation style for this article: Zeller H, Lenglet A, Van Bortel W. West Nile virus: the need to strengthen preparedness in Europe. Euro Surveill. 2010;15(34)
ii=19647. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19647
Date of submission: 26 August 2010
The ongoing outbreak of West Nile virus (WNV) infections in humans in Greece described in this issue of Eurosurveillance is a timely reminder that WNV is a re-emerging pathogen in Europe [1]. So far, WNV has been documented in animals and humans in several countries across Europe, mainly in central Europe and in the Mediterranean region. Over the last 15 years, outbreaks in horses and/or humans were reported from Romania, Hungary and Portugal, Spain, France, Italy and Greece [2].
In 2010, a single probable human case was reported in July in Portugal. Outside the European Union, WNV circulation has been documented in horses in Morocco and human cases have occurred in Russia (Volgograd Oblast) and in Israel. All these regions are located along the main routes of migratory birds. The current outbreak in humans in northern Greece, is the first recognised WN fever outbreak in humans in this country. However, studies suggest that WNV has probably been circulating in humans in the region of central Macedonia in northern Greece for many years [3,4].
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[Source: Eurosurveillance.org, full text: <cite cite="http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19647">Eurosurveillance - View Article</cite>. Editorial, extract, edited.]
Eurosurveillance, Volume 15, Issue 34, 26 August 2010
Editorials
West Nile virus: the need to strengthen preparedness in Europe
H Zeller 1, A Lenglet 1, W Van Bortel 1
1. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Stockholm, Sweden
Citation style for this article: Zeller H, Lenglet A, Van Bortel W. West Nile virus: the need to strengthen preparedness in Europe. Euro Surveill. 2010;15(34)
ii=19647. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19647Date of submission: 26 August 2010
The ongoing outbreak of West Nile virus (WNV) infections in humans in Greece described in this issue of Eurosurveillance is a timely reminder that WNV is a re-emerging pathogen in Europe [1]. So far, WNV has been documented in animals and humans in several countries across Europe, mainly in central Europe and in the Mediterranean region. Over the last 15 years, outbreaks in horses and/or humans were reported from Romania, Hungary and Portugal, Spain, France, Italy and Greece [2].
In 2010, a single probable human case was reported in July in Portugal. Outside the European Union, WNV circulation has been documented in horses in Morocco and human cases have occurred in Russia (Volgograd Oblast) and in Israel. All these regions are located along the main routes of migratory birds. The current outbreak in humans in northern Greece, is the first recognised WN fever outbreak in humans in this country. However, studies suggest that WNV has probably been circulating in humans in the region of central Macedonia in northern Greece for many years [3,4].
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