Eurosurveillance · 2018 · 85 citations · 8 references
Veterinary MedicineInfectious Disease ControlInfectious DiseasesDisease SurveillanceInfectious Disease EpidemiologyPublic Health SurveillanceDisease Surveillance SystemsInfection SurveillanceOutbreak ResponseSeasonal Transmission PatternsWest Nile Virus InfectionZoonotic Disease SurveillanceBlood Product SafetyBlood Safety ScreeningBlood Safety SurveillanceCross-border Disease TransmissionSeasonal Transmission MonitoringWest Nile Virus DiseaseWest Nile Virus EpidemiologyWest Nile Virus Transmission
In Europe, surveillance indicates that the 2018 West Nile fever transmission season started earlier than in previous years and with a steeper increase of locally-acquired human infections. Between 2014 and 2017, European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) and EU enlargement countries notified five to 25 cases in weeks 25 to 31 compared with 168 cases in 2018. Clinicians and public health authorities should be alerted to ensure timely implementation of prevention measures including blood safety measures.
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Permissive Summer Temperatures of the 2010 European West Nile Fever Upsurge
Shlomit Paz, Dan Malkinson, Manfred S. Green et al. · PLoS ONE · 2013 · 126 citations · Full text