After 55 years of absence, dengue has re-emerged in the WHO European region both as
locally transmitted sporadic cases and as an outbreak in Madeira, driven by the introduction …

Background: The intensification of trade and travel is linked to the growing number of
imported cases of dengue, chikungunya or Zika viruses into continental Europe and to the …

Anthropogenic landscape transformation has an important effect on vector-borne pathogen
transmission. However, the effects of urbanization on mosquito communities are still only …

The European families of the Diptera presents an identification key and family descriptions
of all 132 families of Diptera (midges, mosquitoes, gnats, true flies) occurring in Europe. It is …

Background and methods The appearance of bluetongue virus (BTV) in 2006 within
northern Europe exposed a lack of expertise and resources available across this region to …

Mosquitoes collected from mid-December 2020 to early March 2021 from hibernacula in
northeastern Germany, a region of West Nile virus (WNV) activity since 2018, were …

Complaints about a biting pest led to the recognition of invasive Aedes (Finlaya) japonicus
japonicus (Theobald)(Diptera: Culicidae) in Central Europe. Larval collections from …

Mosquitoes collected in northern Italy were screened for flavivirus RNA. Positive amplicons
were sequenced and found most similar to insect flavivirus (ISF), Usutu virus (USUV) and …

Background Mosquito feeding behaviour determines the degree of vector–host contact and
may have a serious impact on the risk of West Nile virus (WNV) epidemics. Feeding …

Background As a result of globalization and climate change, Dirofilaria immitis and
Dirofilaria repens, the causative agents of dirofilariosis in Europe, continue to spread from …