Giuseppe
Emeritus
[Source: Eurosurveillance, full text: (LINK). Extract, edited.]
A J Amato-Gauci (
)<SUP>1</SUP>, H Zeller<SUP>1</SUP>
Citation style for this article: Amato-Gauci AJ, Zeller H. Tick-borne encephalitis joins the diseases under surveillance in the European Union. Euro Surveill. 2012;17(42)
ii=20299. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20299
Date of submission: 17 October 2012 <HR>
Climate and environmental changes are suspected as major determinants that alter the distribution and transmission patterns of certain communicable diseases, especially those transmitted by arthropods, such as ticks (e.g. tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) and Lyme disease), mosquitoes, (e.g. Chikungunya and Dengue fever), or sandflies (e.g. visceral leishmaniasis). Apart from the effect on the natural conditions and favouring a wider distribution of vectors which may carry diseases, they can also influence occupational and recreational human behaviour and lead to an increased exposure to the risk of infectious diseases e.g. through increased time spent outdoors and harvesting food in woodlands with high concentrations of ticks [1-3]. (?)
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Eurosurveillance, Volume 17, Issue 42, 18 October 2012
Editorials
Tick-borne encephalitis joins the diseases under surveillance in the European Union
Editorials
Tick-borne encephalitis joins the diseases under surveillance in the European Union
A J Amato-Gauci (
- European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Stockholm, Sweden
Citation style for this article: Amato-Gauci AJ, Zeller H. Tick-borne encephalitis joins the diseases under surveillance in the European Union. Euro Surveill. 2012;17(42)
ii=20299. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20299 Date of submission: 17 October 2012 <HR>
Climate and environmental changes are suspected as major determinants that alter the distribution and transmission patterns of certain communicable diseases, especially those transmitted by arthropods, such as ticks (e.g. tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) and Lyme disease), mosquitoes, (e.g. Chikungunya and Dengue fever), or sandflies (e.g. visceral leishmaniasis). Apart from the effect on the natural conditions and favouring a wider distribution of vectors which may carry diseases, they can also influence occupational and recreational human behaviour and lead to an increased exposure to the risk of infectious diseases e.g. through increased time spent outdoors and harvesting food in woodlands with high concentrations of ticks [1-3]. (?)