Mosquito-borne disease surveillance by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 693-698

  Zeller, H ^a   Marrama, L ^b   Sudre, B ^b   Van Bortel, W ^b   Warns Petit, E ^a  

^a Office of the Chief Scientist   (Sweden)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chikungunya; Dengue; Disease; Europe; Malaria; Mosquito; Rift Valley fever; Surveillance; West Nile

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VECTOR;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHIKUNGUNYA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DENGUE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREECE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALARIA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY CONTROL; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAVEL; WEST NILE FEVER;

EID: 84880510866     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12230     Document Type: Review

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