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Editorial
. 2020 Nov;25(46):2001938.
doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.46.2001938.

West Nile virus keeps on moving up in Europe

Tamás Bakonyi  1 , Joana M Haussig  1
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Editorial

West Nile virus keeps on moving up in Europe

Tamás Bakonyi et al. Euro Surveill. 2020 Nov.
No abstract available

Keywords: Europe; West Nile fever; West Nile virus; climate change; epidemiology; outbreaks; surveillance; travel.

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Conflict of interest: None declared.

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Distribution of locally acquired human West Nile virus infections by affected areas and transmission seasons, EU/EEA countries and EU neighbouring countries, 2011–2020a (n = 3,876)
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