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Climate change and adaptation strategies for human health
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SYSNO ASEP 0031863 Document Type M - Monograph Chapter R&D Document Type Monograph Chapter Title West Nile Virus: ecology, epidemiology and prevention Title Virus Západního Nilu: ekologie, epidemiologie a prevence Author(s) Hubálek, Zdeněk (UBO-W) RID, SAI, ORCID
Kříž, B. (CZ)
Menne, B. (IT)Source Title Climate change and adaptation strategies for human health. - Darmstadt : Steinkopff, 2006 / Menne B. ; Ebi K. L. - ISBN 3-7985-1591-3 Pages s. 217-242 Number of pages 26 s. Language eng - English Country DE - Germany Keywords West Nile virus Subject RIV FN - Epidemiology, Contagious Diseases ; Clinical Immunology R&D Projects GA206/03/0726 GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF) CEZ AV0Z60930519 - UBO-W (2005-2011) Annotation The re-emergence of West Nile fever (WNF) in Europe has probably been caused by a whole complex of ecological (abiotic and biotic) factors, especially by simultaneous presence in a specific geographic area of: 1) favourable weather conditions (temperature, humidity, and their appropriate annual distribution); 2) abundant competent mosquito vectors (Culex pipiens pipiens, Cx. modestus, Mansonia richiardii), which requires the presence of favourable habitats; 3) infected (viraemic) migrating birds; 4) abundant competent (amplifying, viraemic) local avian hosts; 5) abundant competent bridge vectors (Culex pipiens molestus, Aedes spp., etc.) able to feed on both birds and mammals; 6) susceptible population of equines and/or humans (as 'dead-end' or occasional vertebrate hosts). Obviously, there is a need to start a surveillance programme for WNF targeted at least for selected countries of the European Region, and to address many research questions that have been mentioned. Workplace Institute of Vertebrate Biology Contact Hana Slabáková, slabakova@ivb.cz, Tel.: 543 422 524 Year of Publishing 2006
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