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Volume 27, Number 6—June 2021
Dispatch

Leishmaniases in the European Union and Neighboring Countries

Eduardo Berriatua, Carla Maia, Cláudia Conceição, Yusuf Özbel, Seray Töz, Gad Baneth, Pedro Pérez-Cutillas, Maria Ortuño, Clara Muñoz, Zarima Jumakanova, Andre Pereira, Rafael Rocha, Begoña Monge-Maillo, Elkhan Gasimov, Yves Van der Stede, Gregorio Torres, and Céline M. GossnerComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain (E. Berriatua, P. Pérez-Cutillas, M. Ortuño, C. Muñoz, Z. Jumakanova); Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal (C. Maia, C. Conceição, A. Pereira, R. Rocha); Ege University, Izmir, Turkey (Y. Özbel, S. Töz); The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel (G. Baneth); Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria, Madrid, Spain (B. Monge-Maillo); World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark. (E. Gasimov); European Food Safety Authority, Parma, Italy (Y. Van der Stede); World Organisation for Animal Health, Paris, France (G. Torres); European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Stockholm, Sweden (C.M. Gossner)

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Table 1

Declared country status of leishmaniases surveillance and control, 2010–2020*

Country Autochthonous
 Notifiable
 Surveillance
 Control
Animal Human Animal Human Animal Human Animal Human
Albania NR VL, CL NR Yes NR Yes NR No
Algeria Yes NR Yes NR Yes NR Yes NR
Armenia Yes VL Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Austria Not known No No No No No No No
Azerbaijan NR VL, CL NR Yes NR Yes NR Yes
Belgium No No No No No Yes No No
Bosnia and Herzegovina No NR Yes NR No NR No NR
Bulgaria NR VL NR Yes NR Yes NR Yes
Croatia Yes VL, CL Yes Yes No Yes No Not known
Cyprus Yes VL, CL Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Czechia Not known No Yes Yes No No No No
France Yes VL, CL No No No Yes No No
Georgia Yes VL Yes Yes No Yes No Yes
Germany Not known No No No No No No No
Greece Yes VL, CL Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Hungary Not known NR No NR No NR No NR
Israel Yes VL, CL Yes Yes No Yes No Yes
Italy Yes VL, CL Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Jordan Yes NR Yes NR No NR No NR
Libya NR VL, CL NR Yes NR Yes NR Yes
Luxemburg Not known NR No NR No NR No NR
Malta NR VL, CL NR Yes NR Yes NR Yes
Moldova No NR Yes NR No NR No NR
Montenegro No VL Yes Yes No Yes Yes No
North Macedonia Yes NR Yes NR Yes NR Yes NR
Palestine Yes NR No NR No NR Yes NR
Romania Yes No No Yes No No No Not known
Serbia Yes VL, CL No No No No No Yes
Slovenia Yes No Yes Yes No Yes No No
Spain Yes VL, CL Regionally Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Turkey Yes VL, CL No Yes No Yes No Yes
Ukraine Yes VL Regionally Yes Yes Yes No No

*Data source: questionnaires survey on animal and human leishmaniases to national focal points of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, the World Health Organization, the European Food Safety Authority, and the World Organisation for Animal Health; survey conducted in 2020. CL, cutaneous leishmaniases; NR, no response; VL, visceral leishmaniases.

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