德国的西尼罗病毒感染:更新2022-2024年
Ruth Offergeld1, Christina Frank1, Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit2
1Robert Koch Institute, Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Berlin, Germany.
概括
西尼罗河病毒 (WNV) 正在德国蔓延,在2022-2024年期间,动物和人类感染率增加. 监测和检测对于公共卫生和输血安全至关重要.
科学领域:
- 兽医医学 兽医医学 兽医医学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 病毒学 病毒学
背景情况:
- 西尼罗河病毒 (WNV) 是一种在蚊子和鸟类中传播的树冠病毒,人类是意外宿主.
- 自2019年以来,德国已经报告了本土WNV感染,最初是在中东地区.
研究的目的:
- 为在2022年至2024年期间提供德国WNV的最新流行病学概述.
- 评估WNV对人类和动物种群的传播和影响.
主要方法:
- 对德国人类和动物WNV病例的监测数据和确认测试的分析.
- 从2022年到2024年对WNV流行病学的监测.
主要成果:
- 自2022年以来,WNV的逐渐每年传播被观察到,在2024年加剧,德国西北部有许多动物感染.
- 在2022-2024年间,确认了80例人类WNV感染病例,主要在献血者中.
- 每年对大约220万次献血进行广泛查,为WNV监测做出了重大贡献.
结论:
- 区分WNV与与Usutu病毒一样的共循环的病毒需要特定的核酸放大技术 (NAT) 或下一代测序.
- 综合人类和兽医监测,包括测序数据的全面One Health方法对于了解WNV流行病至关重要.
- 有效的WNV监测对于确保输血安全和保护受影响地区的公共卫生至关重要.
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