Spatiotemporal Analysis of West Nile Virus Epidemic in South Banat District, Serbia, 2017-2019.

ABSTRACT: West Nile virus (WNV) is an arthropod-born pathogen, which is transmitted from wild birds through mosquitoes to humans and animals. At the end of the 20th century, the first West Nile fever (WNF) outbreaks among humans in urban environments in Eastern Europe and the United States were reported. The disease continued to spread to other parts of the continents. In Serbia, the largest number of WNV-infected people was recorded in 2018. This research used spatial statistics to identify clusters of WNV infection in humans and animals in South Banat County, Serbia. The occurrence of WNV infection and risk factors were analyzed using a negative binomial regression model. Our research indicated that climatic factors were the main determinant of WNV distribution and were predictors of endemicity. P

SUBMITTER: Radojicic S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8533022 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature