TY - JOUR
T1 - Detection of a chikungunya outbreak in central Italy, August to September 2017
AU - Venturi, Giulietta
AU - Di Luca, Marco
AU - Fortuna, Claudia
AU - Remoli, Maria Elena
AU - Riccardo, Flavia
AU - Severini, Francesco
AU - Toma, Luciano
AU - Del Manso, Martina
AU - Benedetti, Eleonora
AU - Caporali, Maria Grazia
AU - Amendola, Antonello
AU - Fiorentini, Cristiano
AU - De Liberato, Claudio
AU - Giammattei, Roberto
AU - Romi, Roberto
AU - Pezzotti, Patrizio
AU - Rezza, Giovanni
AU - Rizzo, Caterina
PY - 2017/9/28
Y1 - 2017/9/28
N2 - An autochthonous chikungunya outbreak is ongoing near Anzio, a coastal town in the province of Rome. The virus isolated from one patient and mosquitoes lacks the A226V mutation and belongs to an East Central South African strain. As of 20 September, 86 cases are laboratory-confirmed. The outbreak proximity to the capital, its late summer occurrence, and diagnostic delays, are favouring transmission. Vector control, enhanced surveillance and restricted blood donations are being implemented in affected areas.
AB - An autochthonous chikungunya outbreak is ongoing near Anzio, a coastal town in the province of Rome. The virus isolated from one patient and mosquitoes lacks the A226V mutation and belongs to an East Central South African strain. As of 20 September, 86 cases are laboratory-confirmed. The outbreak proximity to the capital, its late summer occurrence, and diagnostic delays, are favouring transmission. Vector control, enhanced surveillance and restricted blood donations are being implemented in affected areas.
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U2 - 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.39.17-00646
DO - 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.39.17-00646
M3 - Article
C2 - 29019306
AN - SCOPUS:85030780147
VL - 22
SP - 11
EP - 14
JO - Eurosurveillance
JF - Eurosurveillance
SN - 1560-7917
IS - 39
M1 - 17-00646
ER -