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Eurosurveillance, Volume 15, Issue 34, 26 August 2010   Editorials   West Nile virus: the need to strengthen preparedness in Europe H Zeller1, A Lenglet1, W Van Bortel1 1.       European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Stockholm, Sweden Citation style for this article: Zeller H, Lenglet A, Van Bortel W. West Nile virus: the need to strengthen preparedness in Europe. Euro Surveill. 2010;15(34):pii=19647. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19647 “The ongoing outbreak of West Nile virus (WNV) infections in humans in Greece described in this issue of Eurosurveillance is a timely reminder that WNV is a re-emerging pathogen in Europe [1]. So far, WNV has been documented in animals and humans in several countries across Europe, mainly in central Europe and in the Mediterranean region. Over the last 15 years, outbreaks in horses and/or humans were reported from Romania, Hungary and Portugal, Spain, France, Italy and Greece [2]. “  …   READ MORE: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19647