Chikungunya cases with vector-adaptive mutations detected in Italy imported from Madagascar

Affiliations

¹ Microbiology and Virology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Viale Camillo Golgi, 19 - 27100 Pavia, Italy.
² Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Unit of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, University of Brescia and ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Piazzale Spedali Civili, 1 - 25123 Brescia, Italy.
³ National PhD Programme in One Health Approaches to Infectious Diseases and Life Science Research, Department of Public Health, Experimental and Forensic Medicine, University of Pavia, Corso Strada Nuova, 65 - 27100 Pavia, Italy.
⁴ Department of Clinical, Surgical, Diagnostic and Paediatric Sciences, University of Pavia, Corso Strada Nuova, 65 - 27100 Pavia, Italy.
⁵ Unit of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Piazzale Spedali Civili, 1 - 25123 Brescia, Italy.
⁶ Medicina Preventiva Nelle Comunità, ATS Brescia, Viale Duca degli Abruzzi, 15 - 25124 Brescia, Italy.
⁷ Struttura Complessa Igiene e Sanità Pubblica, Salute - Ambiente, ATS Brescia, Viale Duca degli Abruzzi, 15 - 25124 Brescia, Italy.
⁸ ASST Crema, Largo Ugo Dossena, 2 - 26013 Crema, Italy.
⁹ Struttura Semplice Prevenzione delle Malattie Infettive ATS Val Padana, Via dei Toscani, 1- 46100 Mantova, Italy.
¹⁰ General Directorate of Welfare, Regione Lombardia, Piazza Città di Lombardia, 1 - 20124 Milano, Italy.

Greta Romano et al. J Travel Med. 2025.

. 2025 Oct 1;32(6):taaf075.

doi: 10.1093/jtm/taaf075.

¹ Microbiology and Virology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Viale Camillo Golgi, 19 - 27100 Pavia, Italy.
² Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Unit of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, University of Brescia and ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Piazzale Spedali Civili, 1 - 25123 Brescia, Italy.
³ National PhD Programme in One Health Approaches to Infectious Diseases and Life Science Research, Department of Public Health, Experimental and Forensic Medicine, University of Pavia, Corso Strada Nuova, 65 - 27100 Pavia, Italy.
⁴ Department of Clinical, Surgical, Diagnostic and Paediatric Sciences, University of Pavia, Corso Strada Nuova, 65 - 27100 Pavia, Italy.
⁵ Unit of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Piazzale Spedali Civili, 1 - 25123 Brescia, Italy.
⁶ Medicina Preventiva Nelle Comunità, ATS Brescia, Viale Duca degli Abruzzi, 15 - 25124 Brescia, Italy.
⁷ Struttura Complessa Igiene e Sanità Pubblica, Salute - Ambiente, ATS Brescia, Viale Duca degli Abruzzi, 15 - 25124 Brescia, Italy.
⁸ ASST Crema, Largo Ugo Dossena, 2 - 26013 Crema, Italy.
⁹ Struttura Semplice Prevenzione delle Malattie Infettive ATS Val Padana, Via dei Toscani, 1- 46100 Mantova, Italy.
¹⁰ General Directorate of Welfare, Regione Lombardia, Piazza Città di Lombardia, 1 - 20124 Milano, Italy.

No abstract available

Keywords: Chikungunya virus; arbovirus surveillance; clade reunion; molecular epidemiology.

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