Expanding Usutu virus circulation in Italy: detection in the Lazio region, central Italy, 2017 to 2018-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Expanding Usutu virus circulation in Italy: detection in the Lazio region, central Italy, 2017 to 2018

Published:2019-01-17 Issue:3 Volume:24 Page:
ISSN:1560-7917
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Author:

Carletti Fabrizio¹^ORCID,Colavita Francesca¹,Rovida Francesca²,Percivalle Elena²,Baldanti Fausto³²,Ricci Ida⁴,De Liberato Claudio⁴,Rosone Francesca⁴,Messina Francesco¹,Lalle Eleonora¹,Bordi Licia¹,Vairo Francesco⁵,Capobianchi Maria Rosaria¹,Ippolito Giuseppe⁶,Cappiello Giuseppina⁷,Spanò Alberto⁷,Meschi Silvia¹,Castilletti Concetta¹

Affiliation:

1. Laboratory of Virology, National Institute for Infectious Diseases ‘Lazzaro Spallanzani’ IRCCS, Rome, Italy

2. Molecular Virology Unit, Microbiology and Virology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy

3. Department of Clinical, Surgical, Diagnostic and Pediatric Sciences, University of Pavia, Italy

4. Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle regioni Lazio e Toscana, Rome, Italy

5. Regional Service for Surveillance and Control of Infectious Diseases (SERESMI)-Lazio Region, National Institute for Infectious Diseases ‘Lazzaro Spallanzani’ IRCCS, Rome, Italy

6. Scientific Direction, National Institute for Infectious Diseases ‘Lazzaro Spallanzani’ IRCCS, Rome, Italy

7. Unit of Microbiology, Sandro Pertini Hospital, Rome, Italy

Abstract

Blood donation screening for West Nile virus (WNV) was mandatory in the Lazio region in 2017 and 2018 (June-November) according to the national surveillance plan. In these years, all five donations reactive in WNV nucleic acid amplification tests harboured instead Usutu virus (USUV). Clade ‘Europe 2’ was identified in four blood donations and a 2018 mosquito pool. The cocirculation of WNV and USUV in Lazio warrants increased laboratory support and awareness of possible virus misidentification.

Publisher

European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC)

Subject

Virology,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Epidemiology

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