[HTML][HTML] Environmental drivers, climate change and emergent diseases transmitted by mosquitoes and their vectors in southern Europe: A systematic review

S Brugueras, B Fernández-Martínez… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Mosquito borne diseases are a group of infections that affect humans. Emerging or
reemerging diseases are those that (re) occur in regions, groups or hosts that were …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic review of environmental factors related to WNV circulation in European and Mediterranean countries

C Giesen, Z Herrador, B Fernandez-Martinez… - One Health, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Introduction/objective West Nile virus (WNV) is one of the most widely distributed
flaviviruses worldwide. It is considered an endemic and emerging pathogen in different …

The Role of Culex pipiens L. (Diptera: Culicidae) in Virus Transmission in Europe

VA Brugman, LM Hernández-Triana… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Over the past three decades, a range of mosquito-borne viruses that threaten public and
veterinary health have emerged or re-emerged in Europe. Mosquito surveillance activities …

Ongoing and emerging arbovirus threats in Europe

L Barzon - Journal of Clinical Virology, 2018 - Elsevier
During the last decades, arboviruses that are endemic in Europe have expanded their
geographic range and caused an increasing number of human outbreaks. These viruses …

Emerging trends in the epidemiology of West Nile and Usutu virus infections in Southern Europe

T Vilibic-Cavlek, V Savic, T Petrovic, I Toplak… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The epidemiology of West Nile (WNV) and Usutu virus (USUV) has changed dramatically
over the past two decades. Since 1999, there have been regular reports of WNV outbreaks …

Early start of seasonal transmission and co-circulation of West Nile virus lineage 2 and a newly introduced lineage 1 strain, northern Italy, June 2022

L Barzon, F Montarsi, E Quaranta, I Monne… - …, 2022 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In spring 2022, Europe faced an unprecedented heatwave, increasing the risk of West Nile
virus (WNV) outbreaks. As early as 7 June 2022, WNV was detected in Culex mosquitoes in …

West Nile virus transmission: results from the integrated surveillance system in Italy, 2008 to 2015

C Rizzo, C Napoli, G Venturi, S Pupella… - …, 2016 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In Italy a national Plan for the surveillance of imported and autochthonous human vector-
borne diseases (chikungunya, dengue, Zika virus disease and West Nile virus (WNV) …

Surveillance and diagnosis of West Nile Virus in the face of flavivirus cross-reactivity

Y Lustig, D Sofer, ED Bucris, E Mendelson - Frontiers in microbiology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
West Nile Virus (WNV) is an arthropod-borne flavivirus whose zoonotic cycle includes both
mosquitoes and birds as amplifiers and humans and horses as dead-end hosts. In recent …

Towards harmonisation of entomological surveillance in the Mediterranean area

F Jourdain, AM Samy, A Hamidi… - PLoS Neglected …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background The Mediterranean Basin is historically a hotspot for trade, transport, and
migration. As a result, countries surrounding the Mediterranean Sea share common public …

Enhanced West Nile virus circulation in the Emilia-Romagna and Lombardy regions (Northern Italy) in 2018 detected by entomological surveillance

M Calzolari, P Angelini, L Bolzoni… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
With several human cases reported annually since 2008 and the unapparent risk of infection
of blood donors, the West Nile virus (WNV) is emerging as an important health issue in …