Review of and in the Eastern Part of Europe, 2016

Overview

Journal Euro Surveill

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2018 Feb 1

PMID 29382412

Citations 27

Authors

Judit Plutzer

Brian Lassen

Pikka Jokelainen

Olgica Djurkovic-Djakovic

Istvan Kucsera

Elisabeth Dorbek-Kolin

Barbara Soba

Tamas Sreter

Kalman Imre

Jasmin Omeragic

Aleksandra Nikolic

Branko Bobic

Tatjana Zivicnjak

Snjezana Lucinger

Lorena Lazaric Stefanovic

Jasmina Kucinar

Jacek Sroka

Gunita Deksne

Dace Keidane

Martin Kvac

Zuzana Huzova

Panagiotis Karanis

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Abstract

IntroductionThis paper reviews the current knowledge and understanding of spp and spp. in humans, animals and the environment in 10 countries in the eastern part of Europe: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia. Published scientific papers and conference proceedings from the international and local literature, official national health service reports, national databases and doctoral theses in local languages were reviewed to provide an extensive overview on the epidemiology, diagnostics and research on these pathogens, as well as analyse knowledge gaps and areas for further research. spp. and spp. were found to be common in eastern Europe, but the results from different countries are difficult to compare because of variations in reporting practices and detection methodologies used. Upgrading and making the diagnosis/detection procedures more uniform is recommended throughout the region. Public health authorities should actively work towards increasing reporting and standardising reporting practices as these prerequisites for the reported data to be valid and therefore necessary for appropriate control plans.

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