This assessment evaluates mosquito-borne diseases in Belgium, indicating a growing public health threat.
In Europe several local transmission events of mosquito-borne diseases were reportedrecently. Similarly, in Belgium mosquito-borne transmission events are likely to occur in the near future.Hence, this paper aims to assess the mosquito-borne disease threats in Belgium by focusing on threescenarios evaluating the risk of autochthonous transmission of (1) arboviruses by exotic Aedes mosquitoes,(2) malaria, and (3) West-Nile virus. Based on our assessment it is clear that the situationregarding mosquito-borne disease risk is changing in Belgium and that mosquito-borne diseases needto be considered as a public health threat.
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