| history and updating on the spread of aedes albopictus in italy. | the present distribution in italy of aedes albopictus, the asian mosquito recently introduced, is described. until now this mosquito species has been established in 8 regions of our country: liguria, veneto, lazio, lombardia, emilia-romagna, toscana, piemonte and recently sardegna. the established populations have been able to overcome the winter season. these populations, certainly imported from temperate areas, have reconfirmed the great adaptation of the species, reaching the high latitude of ... | 1995 | 8778671 |
| travel-related vector-borne virus infections in germany. | laboratory diagnosis of imported, vector-borne virus diseases during a 22-month-period in munich, germany, is summarized. in 13/317 germans returning from the mediterranean with suspected sandfly fever, acute sandfly fever, serotype toscana, was confirmed serologically: 84.6% of the infections were acquired in italy. of 249 german tourists with febrile disease returning from the tropics, acute infection with dengue virus was diagnosed serologically in 26 (10.4%): most infections were acquired in ... | 1996 | 8800806 |
| seroprevalence study of tick-borne encephalitis, borrelia burgdorferi, dengue and toscana virus in turin province. | tick borne encephalitis virus (tbev) is present in some european countries and it is transmitted by a tick bite. ixodes ricinus is the main vector of the infection in italy, where fortunately clinical neurological manifestations, typical of the more serious phase of the disease, are very rarely observed. this behaviour is different from other endemic euroasiatic areas where numerous cases of encephalitis are described. however tbe transmission has not been widely investigated in italy and availa ... | 2007 | 16312014 |
| imported dengue fever in tuscany, italy, in the period 2006 to 2012. | this report focuses on epidemiological and clinical features of dengue fever (df) in tuscany (italy) between 2006 and 2012. sixty-one df cases were diagnosed, 32 of which were in the period of aedes albopictus activity. some clinical (arthralgia/myalgia, nausea/vomiting, and skin rash), laboratory (leukopenia and thrombocytopenia), and epidemiological characteristics (travel in a continent other than africa) significantly distinguished df cases from other febrile illnesses. our data stress the i ... | 0 | 25155927 |
| a model of laboratory surveillance for neuro-arbovirosis applied during 2012 in the emilia-romagna region, italy. | arboviruses with neuroinvasive potential are gaining more attention due to the increased number of cases of autochthonous and imported infections in the human host. diagnosis of infection caused by these viruses in patients with central nervous system (cns) diseases is still underestimated and these infections represent an emerging threat to public health. we describe a model suitable for the laboratory surveillance of neuro-arbovirosis that was applied in the emilia-romagna region, north-easter ... | 2014 | 24329773 |