Viral vector borne diseases: early detection and risk analysis
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Milićević, Vesna![](/themes/Miragereponivs/images/orcid.png)
Maksimović Zorić, Jelena
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Veljović, Ljubiša
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Radosavljevic, Vladimir
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Pavlović, Ivan
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Radosavljević, Vladimir![](/themes/Miragereponivs/images/orcid.png)
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Vector borne diseases are diseases that are transmitted by the vector
and which, due to climate changes and progressive trend of globalization,
are (re)emerging in many regions of the world. Though animals are mostly
reservoirs and not heavily affected, 17 million human deaths per year [1],
due to highly infectious diseases, are enough for global veterinary public
health concern. Overpopulated and economically poor countries are
particularly at risk.
Additionally, there are (re)emerging infectious diseases transmitted
by vectors which makes epidemiological situation even more complicated
and unpredictable. Diseases transmitted by Arthropods (mosquitoes, ticks,
midges etc.) are known as Arboviral diseases. These include three virus
genera, Flavivirus, Alphavirus and Bunyavirus, causing West Nile fever
(WNF), Yellow fever (YF), Dengue, Murray Valley fever (MV), Japanese
encephalitis, Equine encephalitis, Chikungunya (CHIK) Fever, Rift Valley
fever (RFV), tick-borne encephal...itis (TBE), Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic
fever (CCHF) and other less common diseases [2].
So far, it has been seen that global environmental and socioeconomic
changes created favourable conditions for emergence and
transmission of vector-borne diseases.
International movements enable import of vectors and consequently
pathogens into new regions. Not all imported vectors and pathogens are
able to adapt, but this is how malaria and WNF have been established in
Canada. It is anticipated that such scenario could happen with Rift Valley
fever, Japanese encephalitis, and chikungunya [3].
Spread of vector-borne pathogens is also conditioned by global
climate changes. Therefore, the northward spread from endemic areas is not
surprising. Since the 1980s, tick vectors have increased in density and
spread into higher latitudes and altitudes in Europe. Ticks are now found in
abundance along the Baltic Sea coastline up to latitude 65 °N in Sweden [4,
5]. While some diseases emerge, there is a list of diseases that have
disappeared and now re-emerge. Changes to their geographic range and
ecology driven by environmental changes such as climate change explain
this phenomenon.
Animals including wildlife, as mentioned, are not heavily affected,
but play important role as reservoir maintaining causal agents. Wildlife is
also influenced by environmental and socio-economic changes (e.g. climate
change, and land use changes due to urbanization and agricultural
expansion) which alter the dynamics of transmission amongst natural
reservoir hosts, changing the geographic footprint of endemic areas and the
likelihood of animal–human transmission.
Having the country close to the regions where vector borne diseases
are endemic and on crossroad between east and west, led us to investigate
the risks of their emergence in Serbia. The aim of this study is to present the
capacity and readiness of the Institute of Veterinary Medicine of Serbia
(IVMS) to diagnose and to early detect viral diseases that have not been
diagnosed before in this region and that are transmitted by vectors.
Keywords:
vector borne diseases / early detection / qualitative approachSource:
Second International Symposium of Veterinary Medicine (ISVM2016), 2016, 16-23Publisher:
- Beograd : Scientific Institute of Veterinary Medicine of Serbia
- Novi Sad : Scientific Veterinary Institute "Novi Sad"
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Naučni institut za veterinarstvo SrbijeTY - CONF AU - Milićević, Vesna AU - Maksimović Zorić, Jelena AU - Veljović, Ljubiša AU - Radosavljevic, Vladimir AU - Pavlović, Ivan PY - 2016 UR - https://reponivs.nivs.rs/handle/123456789/662 AB - Vector borne diseases are diseases that are transmitted by the vector and which, due to climate changes and progressive trend of globalization, are (re)emerging in many regions of the world. Though animals are mostly reservoirs and not heavily affected, 17 million human deaths per year [1], due to highly infectious diseases, are enough for global veterinary public health concern. Overpopulated and economically poor countries are particularly at risk. Additionally, there are (re)emerging infectious diseases transmitted by vectors which makes epidemiological situation even more complicated and unpredictable. Diseases transmitted by Arthropods (mosquitoes, ticks, midges etc.) are known as Arboviral diseases. These include three virus genera, Flavivirus, Alphavirus and Bunyavirus, causing West Nile fever (WNF), Yellow fever (YF), Dengue, Murray Valley fever (MV), Japanese encephalitis, Equine encephalitis, Chikungunya (CHIK) Fever, Rift Valley fever (RFV), tick-borne encephalitis (TBE), Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) and other less common diseases [2]. So far, it has been seen that global environmental and socioeconomic changes created favourable conditions for emergence and transmission of vector-borne diseases. International movements enable import of vectors and consequently pathogens into new regions. Not all imported vectors and pathogens are able to adapt, but this is how malaria and WNF have been established in Canada. It is anticipated that such scenario could happen with Rift Valley fever, Japanese encephalitis, and chikungunya [3]. Spread of vector-borne pathogens is also conditioned by global climate changes. Therefore, the northward spread from endemic areas is not surprising. Since the 1980s, tick vectors have increased in density and spread into higher latitudes and altitudes in Europe. Ticks are now found in abundance along the Baltic Sea coastline up to latitude 65 °N in Sweden [4, 5]. While some diseases emerge, there is a list of diseases that have disappeared and now re-emerge. Changes to their geographic range and ecology driven by environmental changes such as climate change explain this phenomenon. Animals including wildlife, as mentioned, are not heavily affected, but play important role as reservoir maintaining causal agents. Wildlife is also influenced by environmental and socio-economic changes (e.g. climate change, and land use changes due to urbanization and agricultural expansion) which alter the dynamics of transmission amongst natural reservoir hosts, changing the geographic footprint of endemic areas and the likelihood of animal–human transmission. Having the country close to the regions where vector borne diseases are endemic and on crossroad between east and west, led us to investigate the risks of their emergence in Serbia. The aim of this study is to present the capacity and readiness of the Institute of Veterinary Medicine of Serbia (IVMS) to diagnose and to early detect viral diseases that have not been diagnosed before in this region and that are transmitted by vectors. PB - Beograd : Scientific Institute of Veterinary Medicine of Serbia PB - Novi Sad : Scientific Veterinary Institute "Novi Sad" C3 - Second International Symposium of Veterinary Medicine (ISVM2016) T1 - Viral vector borne diseases: early detection and risk analysis EP - 23 SP - 16 ER -
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Milićević, V., Maksimović Zorić, J., Veljović, L., Radosavljevic, V.,& Pavlović, I.. (2016). Viral vector borne diseases: early detection and risk analysis. in Second International Symposium of Veterinary Medicine (ISVM2016) Beograd : Scientific Institute of Veterinary Medicine of Serbia., 16-23.
Milićević V, Maksimović Zorić J, Veljović L, Radosavljevic V, Pavlović I. Viral vector borne diseases: early detection and risk analysis. in Second International Symposium of Veterinary Medicine (ISVM2016). 2016;:16-23..
Milićević, Vesna, Maksimović Zorić, Jelena, Veljović, Ljubiša, Radosavljevic, Vladimir, Pavlović, Ivan, "Viral vector borne diseases: early detection and risk analysis" in Second International Symposium of Veterinary Medicine (ISVM2016) (2016):16-23.