West Nile Virus State of the Art Report of MALWEST Project
| Autor: | Andriani Marka, Alexandros Diamantidis, Anna Papa, George Valiakos, Serafeim Chaintoutis, Dimitrios Doukas, Persefoni Tserkezou, Alexios Giannakopoulos, Konstantinos Papaspyropoulos, Eleni Patsoula, Evangelos Badieritakis, Agoritsa Baka, Maria Tseroni, Danai Pervanidou, Nikos Papadopoulos, George Koliopoulos, Dimitrios Tontis, Chrysostomos Dovas, Charalambos Billinis, Athanassios Tsakris, Jenny Kremastinou, Christos Hadjichristodoulou, for project |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Work package bird West Nile virus diagnosis Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis viruses Scopus Psychological intervention lcsh:Medicine mosquito Review medicine.disease_cause Birds Epidemiology medicine Animals Humans Horses Animal species Greece Transmission (medicine) Bird Diseases lcsh:R Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health risk assessment Reptiles GIS Virology Geography Systematic review Culicidae Family medicine Population Surveillance surveillance epidemiology Horse Diseases control West Nile Fever |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 10, Iss 12, Pp 6534-6610 (2013) |
| ISSN: | 1660-4601 1661-7827 |
| Popis: | During the last three years Greece is experiencing the emergence of West Nile virus (WNV) epidemics. Within this framework, an integrated surveillance and control programme (MALWEST project) with thirteen associate partners was launched aiming to investigate the disease and suggest appropriate interventions. One out of seven work packages of the project is dedicated to the State of the Art report for WNV. Three expert working groups on humans, animals and mosquitoes were established. Medical databases (PubMed, Scopus) were searched together with websites: e.g., WHO, CDC, ECDC. In total, 1,092 relevant articles were initially identified and 258 of them were finally included as references regarding the current knowledge about WNV, along with 36 additional sources (conference papers, reports, book chapters). The review is divided in three sections according to the fields of interest: (1) WNV in humans (epidemiology, molecular characteristics, transmission, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, surveillance); (2) WNV in animals (epidemiological and transmission characteristics concerning birds, horses, reptiles and other animal species) and (3) WNV in mosquitoes (control, surveillance). Finally, some examples of integrated surveillance programmes are presented. The introduction and establishment of the disease in Greece and other European countries further emphasizes the need for thorough research and broadening of our knowledge on this viral pathogen. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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