Table 1. Number of humans, horses, birds and mosquito pools tested and found to be infected with West Nile virus in Austria, France, Greece, Italy, and the United Kingdom, 2010–2015.
Number of humansa, horses, birds and mosquito pools found to be infected with West Nile virus (number of humans, horses, birds and mosquito pools tested) | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | ||||||
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Number infected | Number tested | Number infected | Number tested | Number infected | Number tested | Number infected | Number tested | Number infected | Number tested | Number infected | Number tested | |
Austria | ||||||||||||
Human cases | 1 | NA | 0 | NA | 0 | NA | 0 | NA | 2 | NA | 8 | NA |
Equine cases | 0 | NA | 0 | NA | 0 | NA | 0 | NA | 0 | NA | 0 | NA |
Positive birds | 0 | NA | 0 | NA | 0 | NA | 1 | NA | 1 | NA | 2 | NA |
Positive mosquito pools | 0 | NA | 1 | NA | 1 | NA | 0 | NA | 2 | NA | 3 | NA |
France | ||||||||||||
Human cases | 0 | NA | 0 | NA | 0 | NA | 0 | NA | 0 | NA | 1 | NA |
Equine cases | 0 | 94 | 0 | 85 | 0 | 67 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 39 | 49 | 155 |
Positive birds | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
Positive mosquito pools | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 1 | 40 |
Greece | ||||||||||||
Human cases | 262 | NA | 100 | NA | 161 | NA | 86 | NA | 15 | NA | 0 | NA |
Equine cases | 30 | 167 | 24 | 1,539 | 15 | 1,640 | 15 | 1,626 | 4 | 962 | 0 | NA |
Positive birds | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Positive mosquito pools | 2 | 110 | 71 | 897 | 212 | 2,112 | 45 | 405 | 6 | 603 | 11 | 157 |
Italy | ||||||||||||
Human cases | 3 | NA | 14 | NA | 28 | NA | 44 | NA | 21 | NA | 38 | NA |
Equine cases | 128 | 993 | 197 | 2,840 | 63 | 1,343 | 50 | 3,366 | 27 | 7,675 | 30 | 5,507 |
Positive birds | 16 | 3,614 | 16 | 4,719 | 26 | 5,363 | 79 | 5,649 | 55 | 5,018 | 73 | 1,880 |
Positive mosquito pools | 13 | 1,236 | 8 | 3,059 | 14 | 2,907 | 146 | 1,984 | 125 | 7,047 | 102 | 4,614 |
United Kingdom | ||||||||||||
Human cases | 0 | NA | 0 | NA | 0 | NA | 0 | NA | 0 | NA | 0 | NA |
Equine cases | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
Positive birds | 0 | 204 | 0 | 280 | 0 | 374 | 0 | 316 | 0 | 433 | 0 | 336 |
Positive mosquito pools | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0 | NA |
NA: not available.
a Includes probable and confirmed autochthonous West Nile neuroinvasive disease (WNND) and non-WNND cases.