Chikungunya in north-eastern Italy: a summing up of the outbreak

Angelini, Raffaella; Finarelli, A C; Angelini, Paola; Po, C; Petropulacos, Kyriakoula; Silvi, Giuliano; Macini, P; Fortuna, Claudia; Venturi, Giulietta; Magurano, Fabio; Fiorentini, Cristiano; Marchi, Antonella; Benedetti, Eleonora; Bucci, Paola; Boros, Stefano; Romi, Roberto; Majori, G; Ciufolini, M G; Nicoletti, Loredana; Rezza, Giovanni; Cassone, Antonio

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“…In Italy, the national infectious diseases surveillance system reported 22 returning travellers with symptoms of CHIKV infection from the Indian Ocean islands (Mauritius, Reunion, Madagascar) between January 2006 and March 2007 who were CHIKV serum positive [54]. Afterwards, local transmission of CHIKV was reported in EmiliaRomagna, Italy, during the summer of 2007 [55,56]. During this epidemic outbreak, 205 cases of CHIKV infection were identified between July 4 and September 27, 2007.…”

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Chikungunya: an emerging and spreading arthropod-borne viral disease.

Cavrini

Gaibani

Pierro

et al. 2009

J Infect Dev Ctries

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The virus causing Chikungunya disease was identified over 50 years ago; however, because the disease appeared only in developing countries, little research on it has been done. Research interest in the disease increased after an important epidemiological outbreak occurred in 2005 on the French metropolitan island of La Reunion located in the south-eastern part of the Indian Ocean. In 2007, a smaller outbreak of Chikungunya developed in the north-eastern part of Italy made possible by immigration of a viremic patient from the Indian Ocean area and the enormous population of Aedes albopictus in Italy. Currently, Chikungunya is spreading in Southeast Asian aspects, clinical pictures, diagnosis and treatment of the disease caused by Chikungunya virus.

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Chikungunya: an emerging and spreading arthropod-borne viral disease.

Cavrini

Gaibani

Pierro

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J Infect Dev Ctries

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“…Following outbreaks of chikungunya in islands of the Indian Ocean and in peninsular India in 2005 [11], the virus also caused localised outbreaks in some countries in Europe, such as Italy (2007) and France (2010) [12][13]. Before 2013, CHIKV infections had not been detected in the Americas but in December of that year, the first confirmed autochthonous case of CHIKV was reported in the Caribbean, in Saint Martin [14].…”

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Cases of chikungunya virus infection in travellers returning to Spain from Haiti or Dominican Republic, April-June 2014

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Ten cases of chikungunya were diagnosed in Spanish travellers returning from Haiti (n=2), the Dominican Republic (n=7) or from both countries (n=1) between April and June 2014. These cases remind clinicians to consider chikungunya in European travellers presenting with febrile illness and arthralgia, who are returning from the Caribbean region and Central America, particularly from Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The presence of Aedes albopictus together with viraemic patients could potentially lead to autochthonous transmission of chikungunya virus in southern Europe.

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“…Although such cases appear to be rare in New Zealand, with only one reported case of imported CHIKV infection per year, a single infected person may be enough to initiate an outbreak in the presence of an efficient vector in large-enough density, as occurred in the outbreak in Italy. 10 A challenging issue is that, as pointed out by Druce and others for Australia, 34 accurate serologic diagnosis of foreign alphavirus infections is not likely because of the lack of specific assays. In the case of New Zealand, this situation is compounded by the paucity of confirmatory arboviral testing ability.…”

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“…9 In 2007, Italy registered the first CHIKV outbreak autochthonously transmitted in Europe. 10 One of the striking factors of this outbreak was that it seemed to have started with a viremic traveler who spent only a few hours in a village with an immunologically naive population. 10 Since the epidemic in La Réunion and the subsequent outbreak in Italy, there is greater interest in CHIKV in Europe and the United States.…”

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“…10 One of the striking factors of this outbreak was that it seemed to have started with a viremic traveler who spent only a few hours in a village with an immunologically naive population. 10 Since the epidemic in La Réunion and the subsequent outbreak in Italy, there is greater interest in CHIKV in Europe and the United States. 2 In France, a major shift in interest occurred when it was realized that the risk to metropolitan France was real, as opposed to confined to its tropical departments (former colonies).…”

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Chikungunya Virus: A Novel and Potentially Serious Threat to New Zealand and the South Pacific Islands

Derraik¹,

Slaney²,

Nye³

et al. 2010

The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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There has never been a locally transmitted outbreak of mosquito-borne disease in New Zealand, but the risk of an outbreak occurring is increasing with on-going interceptions of exotic mosquito vectors across its border, increasing traffic of goods and passengers, higher numbers of viremic travelers arriving, and local, regional, and global environmental change. The risk posed to New Zealand by chikungunya virus is potentially high because of the transmissibility of this virus in subtropical climates, compounded by a population that is predominantly immunologically naive to exotic arboviruses. However, risk reduction in New Zealand should not be considered in isolation but must be viewed within a wider South Pacific context. In this report, we discuss the potential threat posed by chikungunya to the region, focusing in particular on New Zealand, and re-emphasizing the need for a South Pacific–wide approach towards mosquito-borne disease prevention.

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Chikungunya in north-eastern Italy: a summing up of the outbreak

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Chikungunya: an emerging and spreading arthropod-borne viral disease.

Chikungunya: an emerging and spreading arthropod-borne viral disease.

Cases of chikungunya virus infection in travellers returning to Spain from Haiti or Dominican Republic, April-June 2014

Chikungunya Virus: A Novel and Potentially Serious Threat to New Zealand and the South Pacific Islands

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