The experience of West Nile virus integrated surveillance system in the Emilia-Romagna region: Five years of implementation, Italy, 2009 to 2013

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 19, Issue 44, 2014, Pages

  Bellini, R ^a   Calzolari, M ^b   Mattivi, A ^c   Tamba, M ^b   Angelini, P ^c   Bonilauri, P ^b   Albieri, A ^a   Cagarelli, R ^c   Carrieri, M ^a   Dottori, M ^b   Finarelli, A C ^c   Gaibani, P ^d   Landini, M P ^d   Natalini, S ^c   Pascarelli, N ^e   Rossini, G ^d   Velati, C ^c   Vocale, C ^d   Bedeschi, E ^c  

^a Centro Agricoltura Ambiente 'G Nicoli'   (Italy)

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

^c Public Health Service   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^e Azienda USL di Bologna   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD DONOR; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRANE (BIRD); CROW; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ITALY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOSQUITO; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RNA ANALYSIS; SCREENING; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

EID: 84922021726     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2014.19.44.20953     Document Type: Article

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