Giuseppe
Emeritus
[Source: Eurosurveillance, full text: (LINK). Extract, edited.]
D Domanovic (
)<SUP>1</SUP>, J Giesecke<SUP>1</SUP>
Citation style for this article: Domanovic D, Giesecke J. How to define an area where transmission of arthropod-borne disease is occurring?. Euro Surveill. 2012;17(20)
ii=20171. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20171
Date of submission: 15 May 2012 <HR>
In this issue of Eurosurveillance, the authors of the report Epidemiological surveillance of West Nile neuroinvasive disease in Italy, 2008 to 2011 use one of various definitions of ?affected area? that are utilised in practice [1]. In connection with the planning of measures to maintain the safety of the blood supply during the outbreaks of West Nile fever in Member States of the European Union (EU), we became aware that several different terms and definitions are in use to describe the same status of the infection risk in an area, and that these terms often vary by disease. This creates difficulties in establishing criteria for geographical deferral of blood donors, points to discrepancies in terminology between professional guidelines and European legislation [2] and raises questions about the applicability of existing terminology in outbreaks of other arthropod-borne diseases (ABD). (?)
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Eurosurveillance, Volume 17, Issue 20, 17 May 2012
Editorials
How to define an area where transmission of arthropod-borne disease is occurring?
Editorials
How to define an area where transmission of arthropod-borne disease is occurring?
D Domanovic (
- European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden
Citation style for this article: Domanovic D, Giesecke J. How to define an area where transmission of arthropod-borne disease is occurring?. Euro Surveill. 2012;17(20)
ii=20171. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20171 Date of submission: 15 May 2012 <HR>
In this issue of Eurosurveillance, the authors of the report Epidemiological surveillance of West Nile neuroinvasive disease in Italy, 2008 to 2011 use one of various definitions of ?affected area? that are utilised in practice [1]. In connection with the planning of measures to maintain the safety of the blood supply during the outbreaks of West Nile fever in Member States of the European Union (EU), we became aware that several different terms and definitions are in use to describe the same status of the infection risk in an area, and that these terms often vary by disease. This creates difficulties in establishing criteria for geographical deferral of blood donors, points to discrepancies in terminology between professional guidelines and European legislation [2] and raises questions about the applicability of existing terminology in outbreaks of other arthropod-borne diseases (ABD). (?)