A perspective on emerging mosquito and phlebotomine-borne diseases in Europe.
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Emerging infectious diseases are of increasing concern worldwide and in particular in Europe. In a review, Jones et al. have shown that between 1940 and 2004, the majority of emerging infectious diseases occurred in areas with both a high mobility and high density of population, notably in Western Europe. Furthermore, nearly a third (29%) of the recorded events related to emerging infectious diseases were due to vector-borne diseases during the decade 1990-2000[1].
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin
دوره 15 10 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2010