| prevalence of imported malaria in parma during 2005-2006. | malaria is a protozoan infection caused by parasites of the genus plasmodium (p. falciparum, p. ovale, p. vivax, p. malariae) that is transmitted from one human to another by female anopheles mosquitoes. it can be considered a reemerging imported disease in our area because of increasing of movements from endemic countries, and nowadays it is the most common imported infection in italy. this study describes the occurrence of imported malaria in our area between january 2005 and may 2006. | 2007 | 18330075 |
| are aedes albopictus or other mosquito species from northern italy competent to sustain new arboviral outbreaks? | the asian tiger mosquito aedes albopictus (skuse) (diptera: culicidae), native to southeast asia, has extended its geographical distribution to invade new temperate and tropical regions. this species was introduced in 1990 to italy and has since become the main pest in urban settings. it was incriminated as a principal vector in the first european outbreak of chikungunya virus (chikv) in the province of ravenna (italy) in 2007. this outbreak was associated with chikv e1-226v, efficiently transmi ... | 2010 | 20377735 |