European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Solna, Sweden.
These authors contributed equally to this article and share first authorship.
Euro Surveill. 2018 Aug;23(32). doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.32.1800428.
In Europe, surveillance indicates that the 2018 West Nile fever transmission season started earlier than in previous years and with a steeper increase of locally-acquired human infections. Between 2014 and 2017, European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) and EU enlargement countries notified five to 25 cases in weeks 25 to 31 compared with 168 cases in 2018. Clinicians and public health authorities should be alerted to ensure timely implementation of prevention measures including blood safety measures.
在欧洲,监测表明,2018 年西尼罗河热传播季节比前几年更早开始,且本地感染的人类病例呈陡峭上升趋势。2014 年至 2017 年,欧盟/欧洲经济区(EU/EEA)和欧盟扩大国家在第 25 周至 31 周期间通报了 5 至 25 例病例,而 2018 年则通报了 168 例。临床医生和公共卫生当局应保持警惕,以确保及时实施预防措施,包括血液安全措施。