Early start of the West Nile fever transmission season 2018 in Europe

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 fiv...

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Published inEuro surveillance : bulletin européen sur les maladies transmissibles Vol. 23; no. 32
Main Authors Haussig, Joana M., Young, Johanna J., Gossner, Céline M., Mezei, Eszter, Bella, Antonino, Sirbu, Anca, Pervanidou, Danai, Drakulovic, Mitra B., Sudre, Bertrand
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Sweden Centre Europeen pour la Surveillance Epidemiologique du SIDA (European Centre for the Epidemiological Monitoring of AIDS) 09.08.2018
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
Subjects
Disease transmission
Epidemics
Fever
Public health
Rapid Communication
West Nile virus
Europe
West Nile fever
West Nile virus
vector-borne diseases
real-time surveillance
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ISSN1560-7917
1025-496X
1560-7917
DOI10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.32.1800428

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Summary: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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Correspondence: Joana M. Haussig (Joana.Haussig@ecdc.europa.eu)
ISSN:1560-7917
1025-496X
1560-7917
DOI:10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.32.1800428