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. 2017 Sep;22(39):17-00646.
doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.39.17-00646.

Detection of a chikungunya outbreak in Central Italy, August to September 2017

Giulietta Venturi  1   2 , Marco Di Luca  1   2 , Claudia Fortuna  2 , Maria Elena Remoli  2 , Flavia Riccardo  2 , Francesco Severini  2 , Luciano Toma  2 , Martina Del Manso  2 , Eleonora Benedetti  2 , Maria Grazia Caporali  2 , Antonello Amendola  2 , Cristiano Fiorentini  2 , Claudio De Liberato  3 , Roberto Giammattei  4 , Roberto Romi  2 , Patrizio Pezzotti  2 , Giovanni Rezza  2 , Caterina Rizzo  2
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Detection of a chikungunya outbreak in Central Italy, August to September 2017

Giulietta Venturi et al. Euro Surveill. 2017 Sep.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Chikungunya; Italy; autochthonous cases; invasive mosquitoes.

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Conflict of interest: None declared.

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Neighbour-joining phylogenetic analysis of sequences derived from chikungunya virus positive samples obtained in this study, Italy, August−September 2017
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