West Nile virus infection - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2016

 European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. West Nile virus infection. In: ECDC. Annual epidemiological report for 2016. Stockholm: ECDC; 2019. 

Surveillance report
  • Publication series: Annual Epidemiological Report
  • Time period covered: This report is based on data for 2016 retrieved from The European Surveillance System (TESSy) on 10 December 2018.
For 2016, seven EU/EEA Member States reported 238 West Nile virus (WNV) infections, of which 224 (94%) were locally acquired and 14 were travel-related.
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Culex Pipiens female. © ECDC/Guy Hendrickx

West Nile virus (WNV) infection is a mosquito-borne zoonosis. The virus is transmitted among birds via the bite of infected mosquitoes and incidentally humans and other mammals may become infected.

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