title: Arboviruses in Italy.
abstract: A brief review of the arboviruses isolated In Italy is presented and discussed. Some of the Arboviruses considered in this paper are endemic in the country and are transmitted by arthropods that play actually a role of vectors, (sand flyes, hard ticks and mosquitoes); other arboviruses, sporadically isolated, are potential agents of emerging human or zoonotic diseases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune mediated diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy. loredana.nicoletti@iss.it
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nicoletti
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Ciufolini
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fortuna
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Magurano
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fiorentini
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marchi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Benedetti
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bucci
mesh_terms: D018354:Alphavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission; D000818:Animals; D001102:Arbovirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary; D001103:Arboviruses / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D001717:Birds / Q000821:virology; D002646:Chikungunya virus; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D004669:Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne; D004675:Encephalitis, Tick-Borne / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D018884:Ixodes / Q000821:virology; D051189:Murinae / Q000469:parasitology; D010691:Phlebotomus / Q000821:virology; D048494:Rhipicephalus / Q000821:virology; D014901:West Nile Fever / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary; D014902:West Nile virus