Angelini P, Macini P, Finarelli A C, Pol C, Venturelli C, Bellini R, Dottori M
Public Health Service of Emilia-Romagna Region, Bologna.
Parassitologia. 2008 Jun;50(1-2):97-8.
During summer 2007, an outbreak due to the local transmission of CHIKV by Aedes albopictus mosquitoes occurred moreover in Italy, Emilia-Romagna Region, in the areas of Ravenna, Forli-Cesena, Rimini and Bologna cities. The original outbreak developed in Castiglione di Cervia and Castiglione di Ravenna, two small villages divided by a river. The first case was recorded on August 9th the epidemic outbreak then spread out, thus giving rise to smaller secondary outbreaks and further sporadic cases in the same area, for a total of 337 suspected cases, 217 of which confirmed by blood analysis. CHIKV has been isolated and characterized on both blood and mosquito samples.
2007年夏季,意大利艾米利亚-罗马涅大区拉韦纳、弗利-切塞纳、里米尼和博洛尼亚等城市因白纹伊蚊在当地传播基孔肯雅病毒(CHIKV)而暴发疫情。最初的疫情发生在塞尔维耶堡和拉韦纳堡这两个被一条河隔开的小村庄。8月9日记录到首例病例,随后疫情蔓延,在同一地区引发了较小规模的二次疫情和更多散发病例,共计337例疑似病例,其中217例经血液分析确诊。已从血液和蚊子样本中分离出基孔肯雅病毒并进行了鉴定。