Following a request from the European Commission for a risk assessment of mosquito-borne disease transmission in Europe, this expert consultation was held in order to propose recommendations for preparedness actions.
Maps of exotic mosquitoes, sand flies and ticks, all vectors of infectious diseases, have been updated and are now available. The maps show the current known distribution of the vector species at ‘regional’ administrative level (NUTS3) as of October 2015.
This report of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) was produced by the VectorNet project (European network for sharing data on the geographic distribution of arthropod vectors transmitting human and animal disease agents).