title: West Nile virus outbreak in the Lombardy region, northern Italy, summer 2013.
abstract: In the summer of 2013, an outbreak of West Nile virus (WNV) infection occurred in the Lombardy, a region of northern Italy to the west of districts affected by WNV in previous years. Eighteen cases of human WNV infection were diagnosed--10 cases of acute WNV neuroinvasive disease and eight of WNV fever. In the same period, WNV was detected in birds (one crow) in horses (11 cases) and from mosquitoes (six pools).
authors.affiliation: 1 Molecular Virology Unit, Microbiology and Virology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo , Pavia, Italy .
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rovida
authors.forename: Antonella
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sarasini
authors.forename: Giulia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Campanini
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Percivalle
authors.forename: Giovanna
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gorini
authors.forename: Bianca
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mariani
authors.forename: Angelo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cuzzoli
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Possenti
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Manzini
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Castelli
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bossini
authors.forename: Paolo Antonio
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Grossi
authors.forename: Concetta
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Castilletti
authors.forename: Mattia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Calzolari
authors.forename: Davide
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lelli
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Piatti
authors.forename: Fausto
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Baldanti
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001717:Birds / Q000821:virology*; D009033:Culicidae / Q000821:virology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006736:Horses; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014901:West Nile Fever / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D014902:West Nile virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*
keywords: Lombardy; Outbreak; Surveillance plan; West Nile virus