Written arbovirus surveillance plans

Surveillance plans and the viruses covered (ref Q6, 6b)

Aedes-borne viruses covered in plans

Country

Nature of surveillance plans

CHIKV

DENV

YFV

ZIKV

Other arbovirus(es) covereda

Albania

Armenia

None

Bosnia and Herzegovina

None

Bulgaria

Within general surveillance guidelines

Croatia

Arbovirus-specific

WNV

France

Arbovirus-specific

X

X

X

X

WNV

Georgia

Within general surveillance guidelines

X

Germany

Within general surveillance guidelines

Greece

Arbovirus-specific

X

X

X

WNV, Other arboviruses

Hungary

None

Italy

Arbovirus-specific

X

X

X

X

TBEV, TOSV, WNV, Other arboviruses

Malta

None

Monaco

Arbovirus-specific

X

X

X

Portugal

Arbovirus-specific

X

X

X

WNV

Romania

Arbovirus-specific

X

WNV

San Marino

None

Slovenia

Arbovirus-specific

X

WNV

Spain

Arbovirus-specific

X

X

X

X

WNV

Switzerland

Arbovirus-specific

X

X

X

X

WNV

Turkey

Within general surveillance guidelines

X

X

X

X

WNV

aCCHFV = Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever virus; CHIKV = chikungunya virus; DENV = dengue virus; EEEV = Eastern equine encephalitis virus; MAYV = Mayaro virus; OROV = Oropouche virus; RVFV = Rift Valley fever virus; SFFV = Sand fly fever virus (Naples, Sicilian); TBEV = Tick-borne encephalitis virus; TOSV = Toscana virus; VEEV = Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus; WNV = West Nile virus; YFV = yellow fever virus


National programme for arboviral diseases surveillance (ref Q7)

Croatia, France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain reported having a specific arbovirus programme, whereas Armenia, Germany, Hungary, Romania, Slovenia, Switzerland, Turkey had arboviral disease surveillance integrated into another programme. No programme reported by Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Malta, Monaco, San Marino.


Training provided to arboviral surveillance staff (ref Q10)

Country

One-time basic traininga

Repeated/continuing basic traininga

One-time advanced trainingb

Repeated/continuing advanced trainingb

None

Albania

Armenia

X

Bosnia and Herzegovina

X

Bulgaria

Croatia

X

France

X

Georgia

X

X

Germany

X

Greece

X

Hungary

X

Italy

Malta

X

Monaco

X

Portugal

X

Romania

X

San Marino

X

Slovenia

X

Spain

X

X

X

X

Switzerland

X

Turkey

X

aData capture and analysis (MS Excel, MS Access, EpiInfo) and/or geographic information systems (GIS)

bStatistical software for data analysis (e.g. STATA, R, SAS, Tableau, etc.) and GIS