Measles in Italy: Viral strains and crossing borders.


Journal

International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases
ISSN: 1878-3511
Titre abrégé: Int J Infect Dis
Pays: Canada
ID NLM: 9610933

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Feb 2019
Historique:
received: 11 09 2018
revised: 05 11 2018
accepted: 06 11 2018
pubmed: 18 11 2018
medline: 30 4 2019
entrez: 17 11 2018
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

In 2017, Italy experienced one of the largest outbreaks of measles in recent years, with 5404 notified cases and 4347 confirmed cases. A further 2029 cases were notified during the first 6 months of 2018, and 1516 of them were laboratory-confirmed. The B3 and D8 genotypes were identified as those responsible for the outbreak. Possible transmission routes can be established by monitoring the circulating measles virus strains in support of the national health authorities to warn people and travellers.

Identifiants

pubmed: 30445191
pii: S1201-9712(18)34583-1
doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2018.11.005
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

199-201

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2018 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.

Auteurs

Fabio Magurano (F)

National Reference Laboratory for Measles and Rubella - Department of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy. Electronic address: fabio.magurano@iss.it.

Melissa Baggieri (M)

National Reference Laboratory for Measles and Rubella - Department of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy. Electronic address: melissa.baggieri@iss.it.

Francesca Mazzilli (F)

National Reference Laboratory for Measles and Rubella - Department of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy. Electronic address: francesca.mazzilli@iss.it.

Paola Bucci (P)

National Reference Laboratory for Measles and Rubella - Department of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy. Electronic address: paola.bucci@iss.it.

Antonella Marchi (A)

National Reference Laboratory for Measles and Rubella - Department of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy. Electronic address: antonella.marchi@iss.it.

Loredana Nicoletti (L)

National Reference Laboratory for Measles and Rubella - Department of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy. Electronic address: loredana.nicoletti@iss.it.
Measles and Rubella Italian Reference Laboratory Network: Antonella Amendola (University of Milan, Italy); Fausto Baldanti (IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation, Pavia, Italy); Maria Rosaria Capobianchi (INMI "Lazzaro Spallanzani", Rome, Italy); Maria Chironna (University of Bari, Italy); Pierlanfranco D'Agaro (University of Trieste, Italy); Tiziana Lazzarotto (University of Bologna, Italy); Katia Marinelli (United Hospital of Ancona, Italy); Andrea Orsi (University of Genoa, Italy); Giorgio Palù (University of Padova, Italy); Fabio Tramuto (University Hospital of Palermo, Italy).

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