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. 2012 Apr;18(4):671-3.
doi: 10.3201/eid1804.110753.

Surveillance for West Nile, dengue, and chikungunya virus infections, Veneto Region, Italy, 2010

Federico Gobbi  1 , Luisa Barzon, Gioia Capelli, Andrea Angheben, Monia Pacenti, Giuseppina Napoletano, Cinzia Piovesan, Fabrizio Montarsi, Simone Martini, Roberto Rigoli, Anna M Cattelan, Roberto Rinaldi, Mario Conforto, Francesca Russo, Giorgio Palù, Zeno Bisoffi; Veneto Summer Fever Study Group
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Surveillance for West Nile, dengue, and chikungunya virus infections, Veneto Region, Italy, 2010

Federico Gobbi et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2012 Apr.

Abstract

In 2010, in Veneto Region, Italy, surveillance of summer fevers was conducted to promptly identify autochthonous cases of West Nile fever and increase detection of imported dengue and chikungunya in travelers. Surveillance highlighted the need to modify case definitions, train physicians, and when a case is identified, implement vector control measures.

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Figure 1
Algorithm for detection of possible cases of West Nile fever, Veneto Region, Italy, 2010. N, no; Y, yes; WNND, West Nile neuroinvasive disease; neg, negative; pos, positive.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Expected rates of infection (ERI) in mosquitoes in the West Nile virus–positive site and hypothetical time from exposure to infected mosquitoes to clinical cases in animals and humans (calculated 1 week before symptom onset) recorded in the same province, Venice Province, Italy, 2010.
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