Chikungunya virus in Aedes albopictus, Italy

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Bonilauri, Paolo ^a,f   Bellini, Romeo ^b   Calzolari, Mattia ^a   Angelini, Raffaella ^c   Venturi, Luciano ^c   Fallacara, Francesca ^a   Cordioli, Paolo ^g   Angelini, Paola ^d   Venturelli, Claudio ^e   Merialdi, Giuseppe ^a   Dottori, Michele ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA LOMBARDIA E DELL EMILIA ROMAGNA   (Italy)

^b Centro Agricoltura Ambiente G Nicoli   (Italy)

^c Azienda Unita Sanit Locale 110   (Italy)

^d Servizio di Sanitá Pubblica Regione   (Italy)

^e Azienda Unita Sanitaria Locale   (Italy)

^f Sezione Diagnostica di Reggio Emilia   (Italy)

^g NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID; VIRUS RNA;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ANOPHELES; ARBOVIRUS; ARTHRALGIA; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CULEX PIPIENS; DENGUE VIRUS; FEVER; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INFECTION RISK; ITALY; LETTER; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRAVEL; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; AEDES; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY;

AEDES; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; ITALY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 45249117244     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1405.071144     Document Type: Letter

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