IJERPH, Vol. 15, Pages 2775: Emerging Mosquito-Borne Threats and the Response from European and Eastern Mediterranean Countries

IJERPH, Vol. 15, Pages 2775: Emerging Mosquito-Borne Threats and the Response from European and Eastern Mediterranean Countries International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph15122775 Authors: Nicholas Johnson Mar Fernández de Marco Armando Giovannini Carla Ippoliti Maria Luisa Danzetta Gili Svartz Oran Erster Martin H. Groschup Ute Ziegler Ali Mirazimi Vanessa Monteil Cecile Beck Gaelle Gonzalez Sylvie Lecollinet Houssam Attoui Sara Moutailler Mosquito-borne viruses are the cause of some of the greatest burdens to human health worldwide, particularly in tropical regions where both human populations and mosquito numbers are abundant. Due to a combination of anthropogenic change, including the effects on global climate and wildlife migration there is strong evidence that temperate regions are undergoing repeated introduction of mosquito-borne viruses and the re-emergence of viruses that previously were not detected by surveillance. In Europe, the repeated introductions of West Nile and Usutu viruses have been associated with bird migration from Africa, whereas the autochthonous transmission of chikungunya and dengue viruses has been driven by a combination of invasive mosquitoes and rapid transcontinental travel by infected humans. In addition to an increasing number of humans at risk, livestock and wildlife, are also at risk of infection and disease. This in turn can affect international trade and sp...
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