Table 81.
Summary of WNV surveillance/monitoring results in animals reported to EFSA, and WNV outbreaks notified to ADIS, by EU MSs and non‐MS countries, 2021
| Country (EU MSs, non‐EU country) | Birds (a) | Equids (a) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data on surveillance activities submitted to EFSA | N (%) outbreaks notified in ADIS | Data on surveillance activities submitted to EFSA | N (%) outbreaks notified in ADIS | ||||
| N (%) animals tested | N (%) animals positive using PCR‐based methods (b) | N (%) animals tested | N (%) animals positive using ELISA‐IgM (c) | N (%) animals positive using PCR‐based methods (b) | |||
| Austria | 170 (0.87) | 0 (0) | NR | 16 (0.27) | – | 0 (0) | NR |
| Cyprus | 498 (2.5) | – | NR | 103 (1.7) | 0 (0) | – | NR |
| Czechia | NR | – | NR | 783 (13.1) | – | – | NR |
| Denmark | 891 (4.5) | – | NR | NR | – | – | NR |
| Finland | 25 (0.13) | 0 (0) | NR | 144 (2.4) | 0 (0) | – | NR |
| France | 85 (0.43) | 0 (0) | NR | 22 (0.37) | 3 (6.4) | 0 (0) | 2 (4.4) |
| Germany | 1,909 (9.7) | 34 (23.3) | NR | 906 (15.1) | 19 (40.4) | – | 18 (40.0) |
| Greece | 38 (0.19) | 0 (0) | NR | 1,052 (17.6) | 0 (0) | 1 (100) | 1 (2.2) |
| Hungary | 794 (4.1) | 0 (0) | NR | 109 (1.8) | 3 (6.4) | 0 (0) | 3 (6.7) |
| Italy | 12,204 (62.3) | 107 (73.3) | NR | 195 (3.3) | 7 (14.9) | – | 6 (13.3) |
| Portugal | NR | – | NR | 6 (0.10) | 4 (8.5) | – | 4 (8.9) |
| Romania | 6 (0.03) | – | NR | 84 (1.4) | 0 (0) | – | NR |
| Slovenia | 38 (0.19) | 1 (0.68) | 1 (12.5) | 2 (0.03) | – | 0 (0) | NR |
| Spain | 2,684 (13.7) | 4 (2.7) | 7 (87.5) | 2,562 (42.8) | 11 (23.4) | – | 11 (24.4) |
| Sweden | 254 (1.3) | 0 (0) | NR | 1 (0.02) | – | 0 (0) | NR |
| EU Total (27 + XI) | 19,596 (100) | 146 (100) | 8 (100) | 5,985 (100) | 47 (100) | 1 (100) | 45 (100) |
| Switzerland | 0 (0) | – | NR | 9 (0) | – | 0 (0) | NR |
MSs: Member States; ADIS: Animal Disease Information System.
NR: Not reported to EFSA or to ADIS. These countries did not submit data for WNF surveillance activities to EFSA or did not notify outbreaks to ADIS.
–: Analytical method not used.
0: Analytical method used with negative results.
(a)
: Samples tested with an unspecified analytical method are not included.
(b)
: PCR: polymerase chain reaction (for identification of the virus genome).
(c)
: ELISA: enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay.