Emerging Infectious Diseases (Nov 2019)

Secondary Autochthonous Outbreak of Chikungunya, Southern Italy, 2017

  • Flavia Riccardo,
  • Giulietta Venturi,
  • Marco Di Luca,
  • Martina Del Manso,
  • Francesco Severini,
  • Xanthi Andrianou,
  • Claudia Fortuna,
  • Maria Elena Remoli,
  • Eleonora Benedetti,
  • Maria Grazia Caporali,
  • Francesca Fratto,
  • Anna Domenica Mignuoli,
  • Liliana Rizzo,
  • Giuseppe De Vito,
  • Vincenzo De Giorgio,
  • Lorenzo Surace,
  • Francesco Vairo,
  • Paola Angelini,
  • Maria Carla Re,
  • Antonello Amendola,
  • Cristiano Fiorentini,
  • Giulia Marsili,
  • Luciano Toma,
  • Daniela Boccolini,
  • Roberto Romi,
  • Patrizio Pezzotti,
  • Giovanni Rezza,
  • Caterina Rizzo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2511.180949
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 25, no. 11
pp. 2093 – 2095

Abstract

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In 2017, a chikungunya outbreak in central Italy later evolved into a secondary cluster in southern Italy, providing evidence of disease emergence in new areas. Officials have taken action to raise awareness among clinicians and the general population, increase timely case detection, reduce mosquito breeding sites, and promote mosquito bite prevention.

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