Emerging Infectious Diseases (Apr 2012)

Surveillance for West Nile, Dengue, and Chikungunya Virus Infections, Veneto Region, Italy, 2010

  • Federico Gobbi,
  • 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

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1804.110753
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 18, no. 4
pp. 671 – 673

Abstract

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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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