The surveillance of chikungunya virus in a temperate climate: Challenges and possible solutions from the experience of Lazio Region, Italy

Viruses

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2018, Pages

  Vairo, Francesco ^a   Di Pietrantonj, Carlo ^b   Pasqualini, Chiara ^b   Mammone, Alessia ^a   Lanini, Simone ^a   Nicastri, Emanuele ^a   Castilletti, Concetta ^a   Ferraro, Federica ^a   Di Bari, Virginia ^a   Puro, Vincenzo ^a   Scognamiglio, Paola ^a   Di Caro, Antonino ^a   Capobianchi, Maria Rosaria ^a   Ippolito, Giuseppe ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

^b Regional Service for Surveillance and Control of Infectious Diseases (SEREMI) Regione Piemonte   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chikungunya; Italy; Surveillance; Temperate climate

Indexed keywords

ARBOVIRUS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHIKUNGUNYA; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; ITALY; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; ZIKA VIRUS; ZOOLOGY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; CHILD; CLIMATE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT; INSECT VECTOR; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; TRANSMISSION; VERY ELDERLY; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLIMATE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSECT VECTORS; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85053795283     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/v10090501     Document Type: Review

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