Surveillance for West Nile, dengue, and chikungunya virus infections, Veneto Region, Italy, 2010

Emerg Infect Dis. 2012 Apr;18(4):671-3. doi: 10.3201/eid1804.110753.

Abstract

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.

MeSH terms

  • Alphavirus Infections / diagnosis*
  • Alphavirus Infections / epidemiology
  • Alphavirus Infections / virology
  • Antibodies, Viral / blood
  • Chikungunya Fever
  • Chikungunya virus / genetics
  • Dengue / diagnosis*
  • Dengue / epidemiology
  • Dengue / virology
  • Dengue Virus / genetics
  • Humans
  • Italy / epidemiology
  • Pathology, Molecular
  • Population Surveillance*
  • Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Travel
  • West Nile Fever / diagnosis*
  • West Nile Fever / epidemiology

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral