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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.

Expanding usutu virus circulation in italy: Detection in the Lazio region, central Italy, 2017 to 2018

Rovida, Francesca;Baldanti, Fausto;Capobianchi, Maria Rosaria;IPPOLITO, GIUSEPPE ANTONIO;
2019-01-01

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.
2019
EUROSURVEILLANCE
no
2-s2.0-85060393158
Esperti anonimi
Inglese
Internazionale
24
3
2
7
6
30670139
Flaviviridae; Italy; Usutu virus; West Nile virus; arbovirus; blood donation screening; blood-borne infections; emerging viruses; flavivirus; infection control; laboratory; surveillance; vector-borne infections; viral infections; zoonotic infections; Epidemiology; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; Virology
https://www.eurosurveillance.org/deliver/fulltext/eurosurveillance/24/3/eurosurv-24-3-1.pdf?itemId=/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.3.1800649&mimeType=pdf&containerItemId=content/eurosurveillance
no
18
info:eu-repo/semantics/article
262
Carletti, Fabrizio; Colavita, Francesca; Rovida, Francesca; Percivalle, Elena; Baldanti, Fausto; Ricci, Ida; De Liberato, Claudio; Rosone, Francesca; ...espandi
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