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West Nile fever in Europe in 2018: an emerging problem or just an anomaly?
Author(s) -
Browne Christopher,
Medlock Jolyon M.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
veterinary record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 2042-7670
pISSN - 0042-4900
DOI - 10.1136/vr.l5748
Subject(s) - west nile virus , geography , ancient history , history , medicine , virology , virus
Last summer saw an unusually high number of cases of West Nile fever in horses and people in south and south‐east Europe, but it is too early to tell if this was a one‐off increase or a sign of things to come. Here, Christopher Browne , Eleanor Glendenning , Jolyon Medlock and Helen Roberts discuss the various West Nile fever surveillance and control mechanisms in place in the UK.