Table 3.
Cumulative number of blood donors returning from WNV-endemic countries tested in this study compared to WNF cases reported by the ECDC for the years 2013 and 2014
| WNV endemic country | Cumulative number of WNV NAT screenings by Uni. BSPD OWL 2014 |
Cumulative number of reported WNF cases by country |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ECDC 12/2013b |
ECDC 12/20140c |
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| no. | % | no. | % | no. | % | |
| Italy | 103 | 28.8 | 69 | 8.8 | 24 | 11.4 |
| Croatia | 42 | 11.8 | 16 | 2.0 | - | - |
| Greece | 40 | 11.2 | 86 | 10.9 | 15 | 7.1 |
| Hungary | 26 | 7.3 | 31 | 3.9 | 11 | 5.2 |
| Bulgaria | 19 | 5.3 | - | - | - | - |
| Russian Federation | 11 | 3.1 | 177 | 22.5 | 29 | 13.8 |
| Tunisia | 10 | 2.8 | 6 | <1.0 | - | - |
| Austria | 7 | 2.0 | - | - | 1 | <1.0 |
| Romania | 4 | 1.1 | 24 | 3.1 | 23 | 11.0 |
| Serbia | 3 | <1.0 | 302 | 38.5 | 76 | 36.2 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | <1.0 | 3 | <1.0 | 13 | 6.2 |
| Israel | 2 | <1.0 | 63 | 8.0 | 17 | 8.1 |
| Czech Republic | 2 | <1.0 | 1 | <1.0 | - | - |
| Other | 8a | <1.0 | 8 | 1.0 | 1 | <1.0 |
| Not reported | 27 | 7.6 | - | - | - | - |
| USA | 41 | 11.5 | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. |
| Canada | 8 | 2.2 | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. |
| Total | 357 | 100 | 785 | 100 | 210 | 100 |
n.r. = Not reported by the ECDC.
a
n = 1: Ukraine, Cuba, Morocco, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Slovenia, Moldova, Jordan.
b
Cumulative number of WNF cases, by affected area in 2013, as of 6/6/2014 (ECDC).
c
Cumulative number of WNF cases, by affected area, as of 20/11/2014 (ECDC).