This essential presents infectious diseases of humans and animals that occur or can become
endemic in Germany and Europe. These include current threats African swine fever avian
influenza and COVID-19. In addition the biology of mosquitoes is described. Globalisation and
global warming favour the establishment of new mosquito species that can transmit viruses of
the tropics and subtropics e.g. chikungunya dengue and West Nile virus. The Schmallenberg
virus which is of veterinary relevance shows how rapidly new pathogens are spreading in
Europe.
