| an overview of mosquitoes and emerging arboviral infections in the zagreb area, croatia. | mosquito control in the zagreb area has been conducted for many years, whereas the fauna has only been investigated in the last 20 years. so far 30 mosquito species have been detected in the city area. culex pipiens form molestus is the dominant mosquito species in indoor breeding sites. in forested areas and areas exposed to flooding, the active period is early spring and the dominant species are ochlerotatus sticticus, ochlerotatus cantans, ochlerotatus geniculatus and aedes vexans. the eudomi ... | 2016 | 28036307 |
| first cases of human usutu virus neuroinvasive infection in croatia, august-september 2013: clinical and laboratory features. | few reports of human usutu virus (usuv) infection have been reported to date. we describe the first three patients with usuv neuroinvasive infection in zagreb and its surroundings from 30 august to 7 september 2013 during a west nile virus (wnv) outbreak. patients were aged 29, 56, and 61 years. the two older patients had several comorbidities (arterial hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes mellitus). all patients presented with meningitis and meningoencephalitis closely resembling wnv neur ... | 2015 | 25361698 |