Five reviews on arthropod-borne diseases transmitted by mosquitoes and phlebotomine sandflies
Eurosurveillance, Volume 15, Issue 10, 11 March 2010
Table of Contents
Editorials
by G Hendrickx, R Lancelot
Review articles
by P Reiter
The appearance of West Nile virus in New York in 1999 and the unprecedented panzootic that followed, have stimulated a major research effort in the western hemisphere and a new interest in the presenc(...)
by P Reiter
The introduction and rapidly expanding range of Aedes albopictus in Europe is an iconic example of the growing risk of the globalisation of vectors and vector-borne diseases. The history of yellow fev(...)
by V Chevalier, M Pépin, L Plée, R Lancelot
Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a severe mosquito-borne disease affecting humans and domestic ruminants, caused by a Phlebovirus (Bunyaviridae). It is widespread in Africa and has recently spread to Yemen (...)
by PD Ready
Leishmaniasis emergence in Europe is reviewed, based on a search of literature up to and including 2009. Topics covered are the disease, its relevance, transmission and epidemiology, diagnostic method(...)
by J Depaquit, M Grandadam, F Fouque, P Andry, C Peyrefitte
Phlebotomine sandflies are known to transmit leishmaniases, bacteria and viruses that affect humans and animals in many countries worldwide. These sandfly-borne viruses are mainly the Phlebovirus, the(...)
Perspectives
by HC Maltezou, L Andonova, R Andraghetti, M Bouloy, O Ergonul, F Jongejan, N Kalvatchev, S Nichol, M Niedrig, A Platonov, G Thomson, K Leitmeyer, H Zeller
During the last decade Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) emerged and/or re-emerged in several Balkan countries, Turkey, southwestern regions of the Russian Federation, and the Ukraine, with consi(...)
Eurosurveillance Edition: 11 March 2010