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. 2008 Jun;50(1-2):97-8.

Chikungunya epidemic outbreak in Emilia-Romagna (Italy) during summer 2007

P Angelini  1 , P Macini, A C Finarelli, C Pol, C Venturelli, R Bellini, M Dottori
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  • PMID: 18693568

Chikungunya epidemic outbreak in Emilia-Romagna (Italy) during summer 2007

P Angelini et al. Parassitologia. 2008 Jun.

Abstract

During summer 2007, an outbreak due to the local transmission of CHIKV by Aedes albopictus mosquitoes occurred moreover in Italy, Emilia-Romagna Region, in the areas of Ravenna, Forli-Cesena, Rimini and Bologna cities. The original outbreak developed in Castiglione di Cervia and Castiglione di Ravenna, two small villages divided by a river. The first case was recorded on August 9th the epidemic outbreak then spread out, thus giving rise to smaller secondary outbreaks and further sporadic cases in the same area, for a total of 337 suspected cases, 217 of which confirmed by blood analysis. CHIKV has been isolated and characterized on both blood and mosquito samples.

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