Information on autochthonous vectorial transmission of dengue in mainland EU/EEA, including location, period, number of cases, virus serotype and mode of transmission.
More frequent heatwaves and flooding, longer and hotter summers - all of these factors created more favourable conditions for mosquitos to thrive. Watch our animation, learn more and stay safe!
The Asian Tiger, Asian Bush and Yellow Fever mosquitos have made themselves at home in Europe throughout the last years, bringing with them some of the more exotic diseases, rarely seen in the EU before.
Hantavirus infections are widely distributed across Europe, with the exception of some Mediterranean countries which reported a very low number of cases.
Immunisation is the only effective method of prevention. Mumps vaccine is given in the form of the combined trivalent measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine in all European countries with a first dose at or before 18 months of age. The timing of the second dose varies across countries.
On 14-15 January 2015 an ECDC consultation gathered public health experts, entomologists and epidemiologists from Europe, as well as experts from WHO, CDC and PacNet, to review the EU preparedness to dengue and chikungunya importation and onwards transmission and produce a roadmap towards improved EU preparedness.