Publications by authors named "Elizabeta Jancheska"
Background: Understanding COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness (VE) in preventing severe disease is critical to inform vaccine policy. We used the test-negative design to estimate VE against SARS-CoV-2-confirmed hospitalisation in adults ≥18 years in the eastern WHO European Region.
Methods: We included patients hospitalised for severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) at sentinel surveillance sites in Albania, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, North Macedonia, Serbia, and in Kosovo.
Article Synopsis
- Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) is a serious tick-borne virus that can lead to severe illness and has a high death rate.
- The report details the genomic analysis of a CCHFV strain linked to North Macedonia's first outbreak in over 50 years.
- It highlights the critical role of genomic surveillance in monitoring how the virus evolves and spreads in this area.
Purpose Of Review: Arboviruses, viruses transmitted by arthropods such as mosquitoes, ticks, sandflies, and fleas are a significant threat to public health because of their epidemic and zoonotic potential. The geographical distribution of mosquito-borne diseases such as West Nile (WN), Rift Valley fever (RVF), Dengue, Chikungunya, and Zika has expanded over the last decades. Countries of the Mediterranean and Black Sea regions are not spared.
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