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Andriani Marka1, Alexandros Diamantidis, Anna Papa, George Valiakos, Serafeim C Chaintoutis, Dimitrios Doukas, Persefoni Tserkezou, Alexios Giannakopoulos, Konstantinos Papaspyropoulos, Eleni Patsoula, Evangelos Badieritakis, Agoritsa Baka, Maria Tseroni, Danai Pervanidou, Nikos T Papadopoulos, George Koliopoulos, Dimitrios Tontis, Chrysostomos I Dovas, Charalambos Billinis, Athanassios Tsakris, Jenny Kremastinou, Christos Hadjichristodoulou, Nikolaos Vakalis, Evdokia Vassalou, Spyridoula Zarzani, Athanassios Zounos, Katerina Komata, Georgios Balatsos, Stavroula Beleri, Anastasia Mpimpa, Vasilios Papavasilopoulos, Ioannis Rodis, Grigorios Spanakos, Nikolaos Tegos, Vasiliki Spyrou, Zisis Dalabiras, Periklis Birtsas, Labrini Athanasiou, Maria Papanastassopoulou, Charalambos Ioannou, Christos Athanasiou, Christos Gerofotis, Elpida Papadopoulou, Theodolinta Testa, Ourania Tsakalidou, George Rachiotis, Nikolaos Bitsolas, Zissis Mamouris, Katerina Moutou, Theologia Sarafidou, Konstantinos Stamatis, Konstantina Sarri, Sotirios Tsiodras, Theano Georgakopoulou, Marios Detsis, Maria Mavrouli, Anastasia Stavropoulou, Lida Politi, Georgia Mageira, Varvara Christopoulou, Georgia Diamantopoulou, Nikolaos Spanakis, Georgia Vrioni, Evangelia-Theofano Piperaki, Kornilia Mitsopoulou, Ilias Kioulos, Antonios Michaelakis, Ioannis Stathis, Ioannis Tselentis, Anna Psaroulaki, Maria Keramarou, Dimosthenis Chochlakis, Yeorgios Photis, Maria Konstantinou, Panagiotis Manetos, Stylianos Tsobanoglou, Spyros Mourelatos, Vasilis Antalis, Panagiotis Pergantas, Georgios Eleftheriou.
Abstract
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.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID： 24317379 PMCID： PMC3881129 DOI： 10.3390/ijerph10126534
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Environ Res Public Health ISSN： 1660-4601 Impact factor: 3.390