Περίληψη:
The purpose of this study was to assess and describe the current
spectrum of emerging zoonoses between 2000 and 2006 in European
countries. A computerized search of the Medline database from January
1966 to August 2006 for all zoonotic agents in European countries was
performed using specific criteria for emergence. Fifteen pathogens were
identified as emerging in Europe from 2000 to August 2006: Rickettsiae
spp., Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Borrelia burgdoferi, Bartonella spp.,
Francisella tularensis, Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever Virus,
Hantavirus, Toscana virus, Tick-borne encephalitis virus group, West
Nile virus, Sindbis virus, Highly Pathogenic Avian influenza, variant
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, Trichinella spp., and Echinococus
multilocularis. Main risk factors included climatic variations, certain
human activities as well as movements of animals, people or goods.
Multi-disciplinary preventive strategies addressing these pathogens are
of public health importance. Uniform harmonized case definitions should
be introduced throughout Europe as true prevalence and incidence
estimates are otherwise impossible.
Συγγραφείς:
Vorou, R. M.
Papavassiliou, V. G.
Tsiodras, S.
