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In Europe, surveillance indicates that the 2018 West Nile fever transmission season started earlier than in previous years and with a steeper increase of locally-acquired human infections. Between 2014 and 2017, European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) and EU enlargement countries notified five to 25 cases in weeks 25 to 31 compared with 168 cases in 2018. Clinicians and public health authorities should be alerted to ensure timely implementation of prevention measures including blood safety measures.

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Early start of the West Nile fever transmission season 2018 in Europe
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Joana+M.+Haussig&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Haussig Joana M.</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Johanna+J.+Young&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Young Johanna J.</a>, <a href="/search?value1=C%C3%A9line+M.+Gossner&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Gossner Céline M.</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Eszter+Mezei&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Mezei Eszter</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Antonino+Bella&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Bella Antonino</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Anca+Sirbu&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Sirbu Anca</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Danai+Pervanidou&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Pervanidou Danai</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Mitra+B.+Drakulovic&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Drakulovic Mitra B.</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Bertrand+Sudre&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Sudre Bertrand</a></span>. Early start of the West Nile fever transmission season 2018 in Europe. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2018;23(32):pii=1800428. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.32.1800428" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.32.1800428</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 02 Aug 2018;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 09 Aug 2018 </span> </p>
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