West Nile virus surveillance in Europe: moving towards an integrated animal-human-vector approach
Eurosurveillance·
- DOI
- 10.2807/1560-7917.es.2017.22.18.30526
- PMID
- 28494844
- PMCID
- PMC5434877
- OpenAlex
- W2613888601
- Study type
- Journal article
- Publisher
- European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC)
- Article type
- journal-article
- Integrity
- current
Why this research matters now
The article is relevant to public health preparedness because it discusses coordinated West Nile virus surveillance involving public health, animal health, and vector-control authorities. The abstract also notes blood safety as a driver for investment in public health surveillance.
Structured evidence summary
Research question
The article reviews how several European countries organize West Nile virus surveillance across human health, animal health, and vector-monitoring systems, with attention to national and European-level coordination.
Study design
This is a review-style journal article based on the reported experience of five European countries. The abstract describes examples and policy-oriented lessons rather than a primary epidemiologic study.
Population and setting
The setting is Europe, with examples drawn from five European countries. The surveillance scope includes humans, animals, and vectors in the context of West Nile virus monitoring.
Main findings
The abstract states that West Nile fever patterns vary across Europe and that a single surveillance model is not suitable for every country. It also identifies formal interagency collaboration as an important step for integrating surveillance activities.
Public-health relevance
The article is relevant to public health preparedness because it discusses coordinated West Nile virus surveillance involving public health, animal health, and vector-control authorities. The abstract also notes blood safety as a driver for investment in public health surveillance.
Important limitations
The abstract indicates that the review is based on experience from five European countries, which limits direct generalization to all settings. This summary is also limited to the supplied single-article abstract and metadata; the full paper is needed for decision-grade interpretation.
GIDS interpretation
This article is discoverable in a GIDS-style context through West Nile virus, surveillance, One Health, vaccination, and European public health themes. It provides background context for integrated surveillance approaches, not confirmation of any live surveillance signal.
Related GIDS surveillance
Literature context does not validate, explain, or change a surveillance signal. Exact and contextual relationships are shown separately.
Evidence relationships
This article has 8 auditable classifier relationships to diseases, places, topics, and study design.