This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 5 -12 September, and includes updates on Ebola, an overview of respiratory virus epidemiology in the EU/EEA, West Ni...

Author summary West Nile virus and Usutu virus are two closely related flaviviruses transmitted by mosquitoes. Both viruses share a very similar transmission cycle and often occur in the same regions....

Wolbachia potrebbe diventare una delle alleate più interessanti nella lotta alla Zanzara Tigre.

Negli ultimi anni il mercato degli impianti fissi per la nebulizzazione automatica di prodotti repellenti o insetticidi contro le zanzare ha registrato una crescita significativa anche in Italia.

Ha preso il via a Bolzano la sperimentazione voluta dal Comune per fronteggiare la diffusione della zanzara tigre. Al cimitero di Oltrisarco è stato effettuato il primo rilascio di esemplari maschi st...

Abbiamo collaborato con l’Università di Bologna e il CAA dimostrando come il Radgil2 rappresenti un’evoluzione tecnologica determinante per la salute pubblica globale

Colonna R, L Donati, A Albieri, R Veronesi, M Carrieri and R Bellini JEMCA 44 (2026): pp 1-9 The recent outbreaks of imported mosquito-borne diseases such as chikungunya and dengue, as well as the  en...

According to UN health authorities, there were 51,217 total chikungunya cases reported in 2025, including nearly 2,000 confirmed cases.

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According to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Cuba has reported 38,342 total chikungunya cases and 21 related deaths through the first 11 months of 2025.

Parliamo di MosAICo: il progetto di entomologia medica ideato e sviluppato da DMI, ISS insieme a PRORA e INF-ACT.

In a follow-up on Oropouche fever in Brazil this year, the Ministry of Health reports 11,900 confirmed cases as of August 12, including five deaths and two other under investigation.

Mainland France is experiencing an unprecedented number of autochthonous cases of chikungunya in multiple locations, primarily in southern France, likely linked to the recent outbreak in La Reunion an...

Nel Casertano le vittime sono state quattro in pochi giorni. Dodici nuovi casi nel Lazio

Mosquitoes transmit pathogens causing 700 000 deaths annually. Microbe-based vector control, which reduces vector populations or blocks pathogen development within vectors, offers an innovative way to...

According to French health authorities, a total of 10 new episodes of arboviral transmission transmitted by Aedes albopictus have been identified in mainland France: 9 episodes of chikungunya and 1 of...

During the week ending June 28, the Mauritius Ministry of Health (MOH) reported 90 additional confirmed chikungunya cases (Mauritius- 88 and Rodrigues island- 2), and no deaths.

In 2024, Italy reported its first five cases of Oropouche fever in travelers returning from Cuba and Brazil. The Oropouche virus (OROV), an emerging Orthobunyavirus of the Peribunyaviridae family, is a zoonotic a...