Bellini R et al
19th ESOVE Conference,
13-17 October 2014 – Thessaloniki, Greece.
Invasive mosquito species (IMS), such as Aedes albopictus, Aedes aegypti, Aedes atropalpus, Aedes koreicus, Aedes japonicus, Aedes triseriatus, are posing an increasing danger on the EU public health scenario, apparently more severe in Southern Europe. A number of detections of IMS in different EU countries are reported in the scientific literature but national, regional and local authorities are largely unprepared to face adequately the public health risk related to the vector capacity of some of these mosquitoes. At the EU level the ECDC recently released the “Guidelines for the surveillance of invasive mosquitoes in Europe” to assist member States in the implementation of surveillance measures. The WHO Europe launched the “Regional framework for surveillance and control of invasive mosquito vectors and re-emerging vector-borne diseases 2014 – 2020”. But the indications included in these documents are largely unattended in mostly of the countries.
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