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Current Status of Vector-Borne Diseases in Croatia: Challenges and Future Prospects

Different vector-borne pathogens are present or have (re-)emerged in Croatia. Flaviviruses tick-borne encephalitis (TBEV), West Nile (WNV), and Usutu (USUV) are widely distributed in continental regions, while Toscana virus (TOSV) and sandfly fever viruses are detected at the Croatian littoral. Rece...

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Autores principales: Vilibic-Cavlek, Tatjana, Janev-Holcer, Natasa, Bogdanic, Maja, Ferenc, Thomas, Vujica Ferenc, Mateja, Krcmar, Stjepan, Savic, Vladimir, Stevanovic, Vladimir, Ilic, Maja, Barbic, Ljubo
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10532474/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37763260
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life13091856
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author Vilibic-Cavlek, Tatjana
Janev-Holcer, Natasa
Bogdanic, Maja
Ferenc, Thomas
Vujica Ferenc, Mateja
Krcmar, Stjepan
Savic, Vladimir
Stevanovic, Vladimir
Ilic, Maja
Barbic, Ljubo
author_facet Vilibic-Cavlek, Tatjana
Janev-Holcer, Natasa
Bogdanic, Maja
Ferenc, Thomas
Vujica Ferenc, Mateja
Krcmar, Stjepan
Savic, Vladimir
Stevanovic, Vladimir
Ilic, Maja
Barbic, Ljubo
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description Different vector-borne pathogens are present or have (re-)emerged in Croatia. Flaviviruses tick-borne encephalitis (TBEV), West Nile (WNV), and Usutu (USUV) are widely distributed in continental regions, while Toscana virus (TOSV) and sandfly fever viruses are detected at the Croatian littoral. Recently, sporadic clinical cases of Tahyna orthobunyavirus (TAHV) and Bhanja bandavirus infection and seropositive individuals have been reported in continental Croatia. Acute infections and serologic evidence of WNV, TBEV, USUV, and TAHV were also confirmed in sentinel animals and vectors. Autochthonous dengue was reported in 2010 at the Croatian littoral. Lyme borreliosis is the most widely distributed vector-borne bacterial infection. The incidence is very high in northwestern and eastern regions, which correlates with numerous records of Ixodes ricinus ticks. Acute human Anaplasma phagocytophilum infections are reported sporadically, but there are many records of serologic evidence of anaplasmosis in animals. Mediterranean spotted fever (Rickettsia conorii) and murine typhus (Rickettsia typhi) are the main rickettsial infections in Croatia. Human leishmaniasis is notified sporadically, while serologic evidence of leishmaniasis was found in 11.4% of the Croatian population. After the official eradication of malaria in 1964, only imported cases were reported in Croatia. Since vector-borne diseases show a growing trend, continuous monitoring of vectors is required to protect the population from these infections.
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spelling pubmed-105324742023-09-28 Current Status of Vector-Borne Diseases in Croatia: Challenges and Future Prospects Vilibic-Cavlek, Tatjana Janev-Holcer, Natasa Bogdanic, Maja Ferenc, Thomas Vujica Ferenc, Mateja Krcmar, Stjepan Savic, Vladimir Stevanovic, Vladimir Ilic, Maja Barbic, Ljubo Life (Basel) Review Different vector-borne pathogens are present or have (re-)emerged in Croatia. Flaviviruses tick-borne encephalitis (TBEV), West Nile (WNV), and Usutu (USUV) are widely distributed in continental regions, while Toscana virus (TOSV) and sandfly fever viruses are detected at the Croatian littoral. Recently, sporadic clinical cases of Tahyna orthobunyavirus (TAHV) and Bhanja bandavirus infection and seropositive individuals have been reported in continental Croatia. Acute infections and serologic evidence of WNV, TBEV, USUV, and TAHV were also confirmed in sentinel animals and vectors. Autochthonous dengue was reported in 2010 at the Croatian littoral. Lyme borreliosis is the most widely distributed vector-borne bacterial infection. The incidence is very high in northwestern and eastern regions, which correlates with numerous records of Ixodes ricinus ticks. Acute human Anaplasma phagocytophilum infections are reported sporadically, but there are many records of serologic evidence of anaplasmosis in animals. Mediterranean spotted fever (Rickettsia conorii) and murine typhus (Rickettsia typhi) are the main rickettsial infections in Croatia. Human leishmaniasis is notified sporadically, while serologic evidence of leishmaniasis was found in 11.4% of the Croatian population. After the official eradication of malaria in 1964, only imported cases were reported in Croatia. Since vector-borne diseases show a growing trend, continuous monitoring of vectors is required to protect the population from these infections. MDPI 2023-09-01 /pmc/articles/PMC10532474/ /pubmed/37763260 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life13091856 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Vilibic-Cavlek, Tatjana
Janev-Holcer, Natasa
Bogdanic, Maja
Ferenc, Thomas
Vujica Ferenc, Mateja
Krcmar, Stjepan
Savic, Vladimir
Stevanovic, Vladimir
Ilic, Maja
Barbic, Ljubo
Current Status of Vector-Borne Diseases in Croatia: Challenges and Future Prospects
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title_full Current Status of Vector-Borne Diseases in Croatia: Challenges and Future Prospects
title_fullStr Current Status of Vector-Borne Diseases in Croatia: Challenges and Future Prospects
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title_short Current Status of Vector-Borne Diseases in Croatia: Challenges and Future Prospects
title_sort current status of vector-borne diseases in croatia: challenges and future prospects
topic Review
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10532474/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37763260
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life13091856
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