“Bell” EODY for West Nile virus: Watch out for mosquitoes – Safety measures – 2024-05-15 11:37:37

The gentle temperatures that prevailed throughout the winter are estimated to be favorable situations for the early onset of the interval of excessive seasonal exercise of mosquitoes and for the recording of elevated mosquito populations and robust circulation of West Nile virus.

The Nationwide Public Well being Group (NPO) recommends taking steps to guard your self from mosquitoes to cut back the chance of West Nile virus an infection, which is predicted to re-emerge this yr.

Outbreaks of West Nile virus an infection happen in lots of nations worldwide, in addition to in lots of European nations, on an annual foundation, often throughout the summer time and autumn months.

From 2010 onwards, circumstances seem nearly yearly in our nation as effectively. Due to this fact, reoccurrence of circumstances throughout the present mosquito circulation season (as in any transmission season) is taken into account probably and anticipated.

How is West Nile virus transmitted?

West Nile virus is especially transmitted by the chew of contaminated “frequent” mosquitoes. Mosquitoes are contaminated by contaminated birds (sure species primarily wild birds). Contaminated individuals don’t additional transmit the virus to different mosquitoes or to different individuals (by direct contact).

Nearly all of individuals contaminated with the virus don’t get sick in any respect or solely have gentle illness, whereas a only a few individuals (< 1% of these contaminated) develop extreme illness affecting the nervous system (primarily encephalitis or meningitis). Older individuals (over 50) and folks with immunosuppression/power underlying ailments are extra susceptible to changing into critically in poor health.

Mosquito safety measures

Because the epidemiology of the virus is complicated and decided by many components, the areas of virus circulation and outbreaks can’t be predicted with certainty. Due to this fact, the EODY recommends that you simply observe the person safety measures in opposition to mosquitoes, all through the territory, all through the mosquito circulation interval:

• Use accepted physique and environmental insect repellents (based on the directions to be used), screens, mosquito nets, air conditioners/followers, appropriate (lengthy) clothes.
• Don’t go away stagnant water wherever (thus successfully serving to to restrict mosquito breeding grounds in non-public areas).
• Older individuals, immunosuppressed individuals and folks with power underlying ailments should comply with these measures with specific consistency, as they’re extra susceptible to changing into critically in poor health.
• In every interval of transmission, and with the goal of the well timed implementation of focused response and prevention measures, the EODY carries out enhanced epidemiological surveillance of the illness, informs well being and public well being professionals, instantly investigates the incidents and is in fixed communication and cooperation with the competent nationwide authorities and native authorities authorities.

In actual fact, the Ministry of Well being, in collaboration with EODY, proceeded to attract up a complete Motion Plan for West Nile virus an infection, with the goal of standardized implementation of actions to handle and cut back the chance of transmission of the virus, primarily based on a threat evaluation.

For the interval 2024, EODY having ensured the rise of the obtainable funds, has organized and can implement an expanded program of enhanced entomological surveillance, by means of the event of a cooperation community with public/wider public sector businesses, with an extension of the community of mosquito traps, with standardized methodology and consultant geographical distribution. This system might be carried out – beneath the coordination of EODY – in collaboration with the Benakeio Phytopathological Institute, the College of Western Attica, the Expertise and Analysis Basis, the ELGO Dimitra Group, the Agricultural College of Athens, the Aristotle College of Thessaloniki, the College of Thessaly, the Democritus College of Thrace and the College of Patras. The entomological information generated might be available to native authorities chargeable for mosquito administration, for focused and well timed implementation of management measures at native stage.

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