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West Nile virus transmission: results from the integrated surveillance system in Italy, 2008 to 2015

Authors :
Rizzo, Caterina
Napoli, Christian
Venturi, G.
Pupella, S.
Lombardini, L.
Calistri, P.
Monaco, F.
Cagarelli, R.
Angelini, P.
Bellini, R.
Tamba, M.
Piatti, A.
Russo, F.
PalĂș, G.
Chiari, M.
Lavazza, A.
Bella, A.
Maraglino, Francesco
Parodi, Patrizia
Cenci, Corrado
Costa, Nanni
Liumbruno, Giancarlo Maria
Pezzotti, Patrizio
Fortuna, Claudia
Fiorentini, Cristiano
Remoli, Maria Elena
Benedetti, Eleonora
Boccolini, Daniela
di Luca, Marco
Romi, Roberto
Severini, Francesco
Toma, Luciano
Busani, Luca
Declich, Silvia
Rezza, Gianni
Landini, Maria Paola
Bedeschi, Emanuela
Dottori, Michele
Gualanduzzi, Claudio
Lombardini, Annalisa
Mattivi, Andrea
Natalini, Silvano
Squintani, Gabriele
Gismondo, Mariarita
Rovida, Francesca
Zanchetta, Nadia
Rossi, Davide
Baldanti, Fausto
Gramegna, Maria
Farioli, Marco
Lelli, Davide
Prosperi, Alice
Faccin, Francesca
Zanella, Francesca
Source :
Eurosurveillance
Publication Year :
2016
Publisher :
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), 2016.

Abstract

In Italy a national Plan for the surveillance of imported and autochthonous human vector-borne diseases (chikungunya, dengue, Zika virus disease and West Nile virus (WNV) disease) that integrates human and veterinary (animals and vectors) surveillance, is issued and revised annually according with the observed epidemiological changes. Here we describe results of the WNV integrated veterinary and human surveillance systems in Italy from 2008 to 2015. A real time data exchange protocol is in place between the surveillance systems to rapidly identify occurrence of human and animal cases and to define and update the map of affected areas i.e. provinces during the vector activity period from June to October. WNV continues to cause severe illnesses in Italy during every transmission season, albeit cases are sporadic and the epidemiology varies by virus lineage and geographic area. The integration of surveillance activities and a multidisciplinary approach made it possible and have been fundamental in supporting implementation of and/or strengthening preventive measures aimed at reducing the risk of transmission of WNV trough blood, tissues and organ donation and to implementing further measures for vector control.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
15607917 and 1025496X
Volume :
21
Issue :
37
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Eurosurveillance
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....244249ab7fdfdd9d84bbd83afd503eac