Expanding Usutu virus circulation in Italy : detection in the Lazio region, central Italy, 2017 to 2018

Blood donation screening for West Nile virus (WNV) was mandatory in the Lazio region in 2017 and 2018 (June-November) according to the national surveillance plan. In these years, all five donations reactive in WNV nucleic acid amplification tests harboured instead Usutu virus (USUV). Clade 'Europe 2' was identified in four blood donations and a 2018 mosquito pool. The cocirculation of WNV and USUV in Lazio warrants increased laboratory support and awareness of possible virus misidentification.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:24

Enthalten in:

Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin - 24(2019), 3 vom: 01. Jan.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Carletti, Fabrizio [VerfasserIn]
Colavita, Francesca [VerfasserIn]
Rovida, Francesca [VerfasserIn]
Percivalle, Elena [VerfasserIn]
Baldanti, Fausto [VerfasserIn]
Ricci, Ida [VerfasserIn]
De Liberato, Claudio [VerfasserIn]
Rosone, Francesca [VerfasserIn]
Messina, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Lalle, Eleonora [VerfasserIn]
Bordi, Licia [VerfasserIn]
Vairo, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Capobianchi, Maria Rosaria [VerfasserIn]
Ippolito, Giuseppe [VerfasserIn]
Cappiello, Giuseppina [VerfasserIn]
Spanò, Alberto [VerfasserIn]
Meschi, Silvia [VerfasserIn]
Castilletti, Concetta [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Arbovirus
Blood donation screening
Blood-borne infections
Emerging viruses
Flaviviridae
Flavivirus
Infection control
Italy
Journal Article
Laboratory
Surveillance
Usutu virus
Vector-borne infections
Viral infections
West Nile virus
Zoonotic infections

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 09.07.2020

Date Revised 15.09.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.3.1800649

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM292977409