Further spread of West Nile virus in Italy.
Following two consecutive years of West Nile virus (WNV) circulation in Italy, new foci of infection were observed in August 2010 in Sicily and Molise in southern and central Italy, respectively. These incidents were far from the previous infected area in northern Italy, thereby confirming the ability of WNV to spread to new areas and affect new host populations.
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e Molise G. Caporale, Via Campo Boario, Teramo, Italy. p.calistri@izs.it
Paolo
P
Calistri
Federica
F
Monaco
Giovanni
G
Savini
Annalisa
A
Guercio
Giuseppa
G
Purpari
Domenico
D
Vicari
Silvana
S
Cascio
Rossella
R
Lelli
D000818:Animals; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D014901:West Nile Fever / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*