A perspective on emerging mosquito and phlebotomine-borne diseases in Europe

摘要

This issue of Eurosurveillance presents a series of review articles with a particular focus on arthropod- borne diseases transmitted by mosquitoes and phle- botomine sandflies. Each of the papers addresses a series of issues of common interest such as the rel- evance of the disease in the given context, its trans- mission and epidemiology, including the current geographical distribution, and clinical symptoms, diagnostic methods, treatment strategies and preven- tion methods. Furthermore, the papers describe fac- tors triggering changes in distribution of the vectors and disease and risk prediction models.