Groznica Zapadnog Nila - značajna vektorska virusna infekcija u Srbiji: aktuelna situacija / WNV infection-an emergent vector borne viral infection in Serbia: Current situation
2015
Petrović, Tamaš (Naučni institut za veterinarstvo Novi Sad, Novi Sad (Srbija)) | Lupulović, Diana (Naučni institut za veterinarstvo Novi Sad, Novi Sad (Srbija)) | Petrić, Dušan (Poljoprivredni fakultet, Novi Sad (Srbija). Laboratorija za medicinsku i veterinarsku entomologiju) | Vasić, Ana (Fakultet veterinarske medicine, Beograd (Srbija)) | Hrnjaković-Cvjetković, Ivana (Institut za javno zdravlje Vojvodine, Novi Sad (Srbija)) | Milošević, Vesna (Institut za javno zdravlje Vojvodine, Novi Sad (Srbija)) | Vidanović, Dejan (Veterinarski specijalistički institut Kraljevo, Kraljevo (Srbija)) | Šekler, Milanko (Veterinarski specijalistički institut Kraljevo, Kraljevo (Srbija)) | Lazić, Sava (Naučni institut za veterinarstvo Novi Sad, Novi Sad (Srbija)) | Đuričić, Bosiljka (Fakultet veterinarske medicine, Beograd (Srbija)) | Plavšić, Budimir (Ministarstvo poljoprivrede i zaštite životne sredine, Beograd (Srbija). Uprava za veterinu) | Saiz, Juan-Carlos (Nacionalni istraživački institut za poljoprivredu i hranu (INIA), Madrid (Španija). Departman za biotehnologiju)
West Nile virus (WNV) is a neurovirulent mosquito-borne Flavivirus with zoonotic po- tential. Virus is maintained in nature in an enzootic transmission cycle between avian hosts and mosquito vectors, but occasionally infects other vertebrates. The infection in horses and humans can be asymptomatic or it can have different clinical manifestations ranging from light febrile diseases to fatal meningoencephalitis. Recently, the number, frequency and severity of outbreaks with neurological consequences for birds, humans and horses have increased dramatically throughout central and south Europe, including Serbia, posing a serious veterinary and public health problem. The emergency of WNV infections in Serbia is described through the current epide- miology situation based on recent data on the incidence of WNV infection among virus nat- ural hosts and vectors; sentinel (horses) and other animal species, and in human popula- tion. The results of the WNV serology studies conducted on horse blood samples collected in different occasions during the last six years, and the results of the serology studies con- ducted among other animal species like pigs, wild boars, roe deer and dogs in Serbia are presented and discussed. Also, the results of the first studies on WNV presence in mosqui- to vectors and in wild birds as virus natural hosts in Serbia are presented and analyzed. In addition, the data on the WNV serology studies conducted in human population in Serbia in the last few years, and the existing data of WNV outbreaks in 2012 and 2013 are included. Regarding the existing knowledge on WNV epidemiology situation, the crucial role of veterinary service in early detection of WNV presence and ongoing national program of WNV surveillance in sentinel animals, mosquitoes and wild birds are discussed.
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