Emerging Infectious Diseases (Feb 2024)

Tick-Borne Encephalitis, Lombardy, Italy

  • Alessandra Gaffuri,
  • Davide Sassera,
  • Mattia Calzolari,
  • Lucia Gibelli,
  • Davide Lelli,
  • Alessandra Tebaldi,
  • Nadia Vicari,
  • Alessandro Bianchi,
  • Claudio Pigoli,
  • Monica Cerioli,
  • Luca Zandonà,
  • Giorgio Varisco,
  • Irene Bertoletti,
  • Paola Prati

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3002.231016
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 30, no. 2
pp. 341 – 344

Abstract

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Tick-borne encephalitis was limited to northeast portions of Italy. We report in Lombardy, a populous region in the northwest, a chamois displaying clinical signs of tickborne encephalitis virus that had multiple virus-positive ticks attached, as well as a symptomatic man. Further, we show serologic evidence of viral circulation in the area.

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