| october 1942: a strange epidemic paralysis in saval, verona, italy. revision and diagnosis 50 years later of tri-ortho-cresyl phosphate poisoning. | in the autumn of 1942 a strange epidemic paralysis started in saval, at that time a country area but now part of the city of verona. the epidemic went on for several months and affected 41 people, all working as owners or labourers on the same farm. some of the farm animals (chickens, horses, cattle, pigs) also became ill. about 20 patients were admitted to the nearby city hospital. the outbreak was diagnosed as polyneuritis with a probable viral cause. fifty years later, seven people with seque ... | 1994 | 8021666 |
| non-occupational risk factors for adult soft-tissue sarcoma in northern italy. | the role of socioeconomic and anthropometric indicators, tobacco, alcohol consumption, dietary habits, and medical history in the etiology of soft-tissue sarcoma (sts) was examined in a hospital-based case-control study, conducted in the friuli-venezia giulia region of northeast italy, between 1985 and 1990. a total of 88 sts cases (53 males and 35 females; median age: 52 years) and of 610 controls (306 males and 304 females; median age: 54 years) were interviewed. there were significant excess ... | 1991 | 1873445 |
| risk factors for adult soft tissue sarcoma in northern italy. | the role of several potential risk factors in the etiology of soft-tissue sarcoma (sts) was examined in a hospital-based case-control study, conducted in the friuli-venezia giulia region, northeast italy, between 1985 and 1991. a total of 93 sts cases (53 males and 40 females, median age: 52 years) and of 721 controls (371 males and 350 females, median age: 54 years) were interviewed. significant increased risks were associated with a history of herpes zoster infection (odds ratio (or): 2.3, 95% ... | 1992 | 1622876 |
| new incursions of west nile virus lineage 2 in italy in 2013: the value of the entomological surveillance as early warning system. | west nile virus (wnv) is one of the most serious public health threats that europe and the mediterranean countries are currently facing. in italy, wnv emerged in 1998 and has been circulating since 2008. to tackle its continuous incursions, italian national and regional institutions set up a surveillance program, which includes the serological screening of sentinel horses, sentinel-chickens and backyard poultry flocks and the surveillance on all equine neurological cases, resident captured and w ... | 2013 | 24002939 |
| variation of genetic diversity over time in local italian chicken breeds undergoing in situ conservation. | the aim of this study was to analyze the variation of different genetic diversity measures in 5 italian local chicken breeds over a 4-yr period of conservation. the local breeds were ermellinata di rovigo, padovana, pépoi, robusta lionata, and robusta maculata. a total of 368 samples were chosen for the analysis among the birds hatched in the years 2002 and 2006. genetic variation over 30 microsatellite loci was analyzed. all 30 microsatellites were polymorphic, with a total number of alleles eq ... | 2011 | 21934000 |
| usutu virus in italy: an emergence or a silent infection? | a two year study (2008-2009) was carried out to monitor the usutu virus (usuv) circulation in italy. sentinel horses and chickens, wild birds and mosquitoes were sampled and tested for the presence of usuv and usuv antibodies within the wnd national surveillance plan. seroconversion evidenced in sentinel animals proved that in these two years the virus has circulated in tuscany, emilia romagna, veneto and friuli venezia giulia regions. in veneto usuv caused a severe blackbird die-off disease inv ... | 2011 | 21550731 |
| genetic characterization of local italian breeds of chickens undergoing in situ conservation. | the objectives of this study were to determine genetic variation and to analyze population structure of 6 italian local chicken breeds involved in a conservation program. twenty microsatellite markers were investigated in 337 birds belonging to 6 breeds: ermellinata di rovigo, robusta maculata, robusta lionata, pépoi, padovana, and polverara; a commercial layer cross was used as reference. one hundred twelve alleles were detected in the overall population, with a mean number of 5.6 +/- 2.1 allel ... | 2010 | 20181856 |
| risk factors for highly pathogenic h7n1 avian influenza virus infection in poultry during the 1999-2000 epidemic in italy. | in 1999-2000, italian poultry production was disrupted by an h7n1 virus subtype epidemic of highly pathogenic avian influenza (hpai). the objectives of the present study were to identify risk factors for infection on poultry farms located in regions that had the highest number of outbreaks (veneto and lombardia) and the impact of pre-emptive culling as a complementary measure for eradicating infection. a cox regression model that included spatial factors, such as the g index, was used. the resul ... | 2009 | 18684649 |
| prevalence, disease associations and risk factors for colonization with intestinal spirochaetes (brachyspira spp.) in flocks of laying hens in north-eastern italy. | the present study investigated the occurrence of anaerobic intestinal spirochaetes of the genus brachyspira in laying hen flocks in treviso province, north-eastern italy, with respect to prevalence, spirochaete species present, disease associations and risk factors for colonization. a total of 450 faecal samples from 45 sheds on 29 laying hen farms were cultured for intestinal spirochaetes. nineteen sheds on 12 farms contained chickens with symptoms consistent with avian intestinal spirochaetosi ... | 2008 | 18568654 |
| transmission parameters of highly pathogenic avian influenza (h7n1) among industrial poultry farms in northern italy in 1999-2000. | we estimated between-farm transmission parameters of the highly pathogenic avian-influenza (hpai) epidemic that struck the poultry industry of northern italy (including turkeys, layer hens, broilers, gamebirds, and waterfowl) from december 1999 through april 2000. we estimated the average number of susceptible farms that were infected with hpai virus by each infectious farm during a day (beta) with a generalised linear model (glm). the hpai's reproductive ratios (r(h); the average number of new ... | 2007 | 17531332 |
| intervention strategies for low-pathogenic avian influenza control in italy. | italian poultry production was affected by several outbreaks of low-pathogenicity avian influenza (lpai) between 2000 and 2005. intervention measures (im), such as stamping out of infected and suspected farms, controlled marketing, restocking bans, movement restriction, and emergency vaccination, were put into force in the most affected areas of lombardia and veneto regions. these two regions also showed differences in terms of measures applied and timeliness of application. in this study we des ... | 2007 | 17494610 |
| evaluation of the efficacy of intervention measures and vaccination for the control of lpai epidemics in verona province (veneto, italy). | meat-type turkey farms in verona province (veneto, italy) have been affected by three low-pathogenicity avian influenza (lpai) epidemics between 2000 and 2004. control measures implemented ranged from stamping out to controlled marketing in conjunction with restocking bans and movement restriction on live poultry, vehicles, and personnel. these measures were complemented with two emergency vaccination programs (2000-01, 2002-03) started after the beginning of the epidemics, while 2004 outbreaks ... | 2007 | 17494608 |
| assessing genetic diversity in indigenous veneto chicken breeds using aflp markers. | genetic variation in four indigenous chicken breeds from the veneto region of italy was assessed using amplified fragment length polymorphism (aflp) markers. a total of 99 individuals were analysed using three aflp primer combinations that produced 70 polymorphisms. four indigenous veneto chicken breeds (ermellinata, padovana, pépoi and robusta) and a reference broiler line were included in the analysis. breed-specific markers were identified in each breed. the expected heterozygosity did not di ... | 2006 | 16573523 |
| analysis of the 1999-2000 highly pathogenic avian influenza (h7n1) epidemic in the main poultry-production area in northern italy. | we evaluated the effects of risk factors and control policies following the highly pathogenic avian influenza (hpai) epidemic that struck northern italy's poultry industry in the winter of 1999-2000. the epidemic was caused by a type-a influenza virus of the h7n1 subtype, that originated from a low-pathogenic ai virus which spread among poultry farms in northeastern italy in 1999 and eventually became virulent by mutation. most infected premises (ip) were located in the regions of lombardy and v ... | 2006 | 16243405 |
| low-pathogenicity avian influenza (lpai) in italy (2000-01): epidemiology and control. | in 1999-2000, italy was affected by the most severe avian influenza (ai) epidemic that has ever occurred in europe. the epidemic was caused by a type a influenza virus of the h7n1 subtype, which originated from the mutation of a low-pathogenicity (lp) ai virus of the same subtype. from august to november 2000, 4 months after the eradication of the highly pathogenic (hp) ai virus, the lpai strain re-emerged and infected 55 poultry farms mainly located in the southern area of verona province (vene ... | 2003 | 14575102 |
| the seroepidemiology of genogroup 1 and genogroup 2 norwalk-like viruses in italy. | southampton virus (sv) and lordsdale viruses (lv) are small round structured viruses characterised recently and belong to two separate genogroups. the capsid genes of these viruses were expressed in insect cells using recombinant baculoviruses. both sv (genogroup 1) and lv (genogroup 2) capsid proteins self-assembled to form virus-like particles (vlps). the vlps were used in a standard enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) to screen for antibodies to sv and lv in 1,729 age-stratified human s ... | 1999 | 10223553 |
| development and validation of a novel snp panel for the genetic characterization of italian chicken breeds by next-generation sequencing discovery and array genotyping. | the aim of this study was to compare the intra and inter genetic variability and population structure of 7 indigenous chicken breeds of the veneto region, through a novel panel of 64 snp, each located in an exonic region and mostly on different chromosomes. a total of 753 blood samples from 7 local chicken breeds (ermellinata di rovigo, millefiori di lonigo, polverara, pepòi, robusta lionata, robusta maculata, and padovana) was collected and analyzed. two strains of polverara (nera and bianca) a ... | 2017 | 29050437 |