| west nile virus circulation in mosquitoes in greece (2010-2013). | background of the study. following a large west nile virus (wnv) epidemic in northern greece in 2010, an active mosquito surveillance system was implemented, for a 3-year period (2011, 2012, and 2013). description of the study site and methodology. using mainly co2 mosquito traps, mosquito collections were performed. samples were pooled by date of collection, location, and species and examined for the presence of wnv. results. positive pools were detected in different areas of the country. in 20 ... | 2016 | 27294111 |
| laboratory and clinical characteristics of human west nile virus infections during 2011 outbreak in southern greece. | during the summer-autumn of 2011, a human outbreak of west nile virus (wnv) infection occurred in southern greece, following the first outbreak during 2010 in northern greece. an investigation was performed to analyze laboratory diagnosis, geographic distribution, and clinical features of wnv cases in southern greece. serum and cerebrospinal fluid (csf) specimens from all patients seeking laboratory diagnosis for suspected wnv infection were tested for the presence of specific wnv immunoglobulin ... | 2014 | 24359426 |
| analysis of population structure and insecticide resistance in mosquitoes of the genus culex, anopheles and aedes from different environments of greece with a history of mosquito borne disease transmission. | greece has been recently affected by several mosquito borne diseases with the west nile virus (wnv) outbreak in 2010 being one of the largest reported in europe. currently at the epicenter of an economic and refugee crisis and visited by over 16 million tourists a year the integrated management of diseases transmitted by mosquitoes is a public health and economic priority. vector control programs rely mainly on insecticides, however data on insecticide resistance and the mosquito fauna is essent ... | 2017 | 28606820 |