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ArticleEpidemiologia (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Infodemiology of West Nile Virus in Greece, 2024-2025, with Descriptive One Health Preparedness Evidence from Crete.

Antonios Papadakis, Eleftherios Koufakis, Sandra Gewehr, Spiros Mourelatos, Elias Ath Chaidoutis, George Pitsoulis, Apostolos Kamekis, Areti Lagiou

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Article in Epidemiologia (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Antonios PapadakisDepartment of Public and Community Health, University of West Attica, 12243 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-8891-2084
Eleftherios KoufakisCivil Protection Authority of the Region of Crete, 71201 Heraklion, Greece.
Sandra GewehrEcodevelopment S.A., 57010 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-5236-9537
Spiros MourelatosEcodevelopment S.A., 57010 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Elias Ath ChaidoutisFirst Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-5002-2011
George PitsoulisGeneral Directorate of Public Health and Social Welfare of the Region of Crete, 71201 Heraklion, Greece.
Apostolos KamekisGeneral Directorate of Public Health and Social Welfare of the Region of Crete, 71201 Heraklion, Greece.
Areti LagiouDepartment of Public and Community Health, University of West Attica, 12243 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-6687-358X

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Abstract

BACKGROUND/

objectivesWest Nile virus (WNV) is a persistent mosquito-borne threat in Greece. This study examined whether online information-seeking patterns reflected official WNV surveillance during 2024-2025, with Crete providing descriptive field-level One Health preparedness context.

methodsOfficial national surveillance data were compared with country-level Google Trends relative search volume and Greek-language Wikipedia pageviews, focusing on weekly locally acquired West Nile neuroinvasive disease/central nervous system (WNND/CNS) cases. The Crete component separately summarized regional One Health preparedness.

resultsGreece reported 220 locally acquired WNV cases (157 WNND/CNS) in 2024 and 96 (76 WNND/CNS) in 2025. Wikipedia pageviews showed the strongest full-year associations with WNND/CNS activity when pageviews followed cases by one week (2024: Spearman rho = 0.802; 2025: rho = 0.763; both

conclusionsWikipedia showed more stable language-specific temporal concordance with national surveillance than Google Trends. However, the digital indicators reflected concurrent or lagging public attention and did not demonstrate predictive capacity. The Crete component separately illustrates how regional One Health preparedness complements national surveillance and risk communication.

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Google Trendsinfodemiologyinfoveillancepublic health surveillanceWest Nile virusWikipedia pageviews

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