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World Health Day 2014: focusing on vector-borne diseases in Europe
2014, the focus of World Health day was on vector-borne diseases. World Health Day is a worldwide initiative celebrated every year on 7 April to mark the anniversary of the founding of the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1948.
Peer-Reviewed Publication
Integrated surveillance for prevention and control of emerging vector-borne diseases in Europe
Semenza, J.C., Zeller, H.
Peer-Reviewed Publication
Preventing and controlling disease outbreaks in a complex emergency situation: discussion of the tsunami aftermath.
Eurosurveillance Editorial Team
Personal protective measures against mosquito bites
The best protection from mosquito-borne diseases is preventing mosquito bites.
Guidelines for mosquito surveillance
ECDC has produced guidelines to support the implementation of tailored surveillance for invasive and native mosquito species of public health relevance.
Personal protective measures against tick bites
The risk of tick-borne infections is reduced by avoiding tick bites and removing ticks from the body.
Prevention and control measures for TBEArchived
There are effective and safe vaccines against the TBE virus. Immunisation is recommended for people who live in TBE risk areas or who frequently visit forests and grasslands in risk areas.
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Estimating the annual burden of tick-borne encephalitis to inform vaccination policy, Slovenia, 2009 to 2013
Fafangel, M., Cassini, A., Colzani, E., Klavs, I., Grgič Vitek, M., Učakar, V., Muehlen, M., Vudrag, M., Kraigher, A.
Peer-Reviewed Publication
Surveillance of zika virus infection in the EU/EEA, June 2015 to January 2017
Spiteri, G., Sudre, B., Septfons, A., Beauté, J.