Chikungunya epidemic outbreak in Emilia-Romagna (Italy) during summer 2007.
During summer 2007, an outbreak due to the local transmission of CHIKV by Aedes albopictus mosquitoes occurred moreover in Italy, Emilia-Romagna Region, in the areas of Ravenna, Forli-Cesena, Rimini and Bologna cities. The original outbreak developed in Castiglione di Cervia and Castiglione di Ravenna, two small villages divided by a river. The first case was recorded on August 9th the epidemic outbreak then spread out, thus giving rise to smaller secondary outbreaks and further sporadic cases in the same area, for a total of 337 suspected cases, 217 of which confirmed by blood analysis. CHIKV has been isolated and characterized on both blood and mosquito samples.
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Public Health Service of Emilia-Romagna Region, Bologna. PAngelini@regione.emilia-romagna.it
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D000330:Aedes / Q000821:virology; D000368:Aged; D018354:Alphavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D000818:Animals; D002646:Chikungunya virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000821:virology; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged