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New incursions of West Nile virus lineage 2 in Italy in 2013: the value of the entomological surveillance as early warning system.
25 Aug 2014
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West Nile virus (WNV) is one of the most serious public health threats that Europe and the Mediterranean countries are currently facing. In Italy, WNV emerged in 1998 and has been circulating since 2008. To tackle its continuous incursions, Italian national and regional institutions set up a surveillance program, which includes the serological screening of sentinel horses, sentinel-chickens and backyard poultry...
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