[Microbiological diagnosis of emerging arboviral and rodent borne diseases]. / Diagnóstico microbiológico de arbovirosis y robovirosis emergentes.

Vector borne viruses (VBV) include viruses transmitted by arthropods, rodents and other animals. In Spain the three main autochthonous VBVs causing human diseases are: Toscana, West Nile and Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis viruses. There are also other imported viruses that are potential threats to our public health, due to the presence of competent transmission vectors (dengue and chikungunya viruses in areas infested with Aedes albopictus), or due to the potential person-to-person transmission (Lassa and other viruses causing haemorrhagic fever). The Spanish Society for Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology has responded to the emergence of VBVs by publishing a special issue of Microbiological Proceedings focused on the diagnosis of those emerging vector borne viruses of major concern in our country.

Diagnóstico microbiológico de arbovirosis y robovirosis emergentes / Microbiological diagnosis of emerging arboviral and rodent borne diseases

Los virus transmitidos por artrópodos (arbovirus) y los transmitidos por roedores (robovirus) o por otros animales se engloban en el epígrafe «virus transmitidos por vector» (VTV). En nuestro entorno son 3 los principales VTV autóctonos que causan enfermedad: los virus Toscana, West Nile y de la coriomeningitis linfocitaria; además, se diagnostican enfermedades por VTV importados (virus dengue, chikungunya) que actualmente suponen un riesgo de asentamiento por la circulación de vectores competentes de transmisión en nuestro territorio, como es el mosquito Aedes albopictus. La Sociedad Española de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica se ha hecho eco de la emergencia de las enfermedades por VTV y ha redactado un procedimiento sobre diagnóstico microbiológico de arbovirosis y robovirosis emergentes que supone una actualización sobre los VTV con mayor sospecha diagnóstica en nuestro entorno y los métodos de detección disponibles para el diagnóstico de las enfermedades que producen

Vector borne viruses (VBV) include viruses transmitted by arthropods, rodents and other animals. In Spain the three main autochthonous VBVs causing human diseases are: Toscana, West Nile and Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis viruses. There are also other imported viruses that are potential threats to our public health, due to the presence of competent transmission vectors (dengue and chikungunya viruses in areas infested with Aedes albopictus), or due to the potential person-to-person transmission (Lassa and other viruses causing haemorrhagic fever). The Spanish Society for Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology has responded to the emergence of VBVs by publishing a special issue of Microbiological Proceedings focused on the diagnosis of those emerging vector borne viruses of major concern in our country