The Surveillance of Chikungunya Virus in a Temperate Climate: Challenges and Possible Solutions from the Experience of Lazio Region, Italy

Overview

Journal Viruses

Publisher MDPI

Specialty Microbiology

Date 2018 Sep 19

PMID 30223536

Citations 13

Authors

Francesco Vairo

Carlo Di Pietrantonj

Chiara Pasqualini

Alessia Mammone

Simone Lanini

Emanuele Nicastri

Concetta Castilletti

Federica Ferraro

Virginia Di Bari

Vincenzo Puro

Paola Scognamiglio

Antonino Di Caro

Maria Rosaria Capobianchi

Giuseppe Ippolito

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Abstract

CHIKV has become an emerging public health concern in the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere as a consequenceof the expansion of the endemic areas of its vectors (mainly and ). In 2017, a new outbreak of CHIKV was detected in Italy with three clusters of autochthonous transmission in the Lazio Region (central Italy), in the cities of Anzio, Rome, and Latina and a secondary cluster in the Calabria Region (south Italy). Given the climate characteristics of Italy, sporadic outbreaks mostly driven by imported cases followed by autochthonous transmission could occur during the summer season. This highlights the importance of a well-designed surveillance system, which should promptly identify autochthonous transmission. The use of a surveillance system integrating different surveillance tools, including entomological surveillance in a one health approach, together with education of the health care professionals should facilitate the detection, response, and control of arboviruses spreading.

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