This paper describes a small retrospective observational study of Israeli travellers presenting to a tropical medicine clinic with a history of prolonged (4 weeks), non-traumatic arthralgia or arthritis over a 5 year period.

Twenty four new human cases of West Nile fever have been reported for the EU and 83 for its neighbourhood over the past week.

Twenty new human cases of West Nile fever have been reported for the EU and 33 for its neighbourhood over the past week.

Nine new human cases of West Nile fever have been reported in the EU and 27 in its neighbourhood over the past week.

Seven new human cases of West Nile fever have been reported in the EU and 28 in its neighbourhood over the past week.