Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Surveillance for West Nile, Dengue, and Chikungunya Virus Infections, Veneto Region, Italy, 2010

Federico Gobbi

, Luisa Barzon, Gioia Capelli, Andrea Angheben, Monia Pacenti, Giuseppina Napoletano, Cinzia Piovesan, Fabrizio Montarsi, Simone Martini, Roberto Rigoli, Anna M. Cattelan, Roberto Rinaldi, Mario Conforto, Francesca Russo, Giorgio Palù, Zeno Bisoffi, and the Veneto Summer Fever Study Group

Author affiliations: Ospedale Sacro Cuore-Don Calabria, Negrar, Verona, Italy (F. Gobbi, A. Angheben, Z. Bisoffi); Università di Padova, Padua, Italy (L. Barzon, M. Pacenti, G. Palù); Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Legnaro, Padua (G. Capelli, F. Montarsi); Unità Locale Sanitaria 20–Regione Veneto, Verona (G. Napoletano); Unità Locale Sanitaria 9–Treviso, Treviso, Italy (C. Piovesan); Entostudio, Brugine, Padua (S. Martini); Ospedale Cà Foncello, Treviso (R. Rigoli); Ospedale di Rovigo, Rovigo, Italy (A. M. Cattelan); Ospedale di Padova, Padua (R. Rinaldi); Ospedale San Bortolo, Vicenza, Italy (M. Conforto); Regione Veneto–Servizio Promozione e Sviluppo Igiene e Sanità Pubblica, Venice, Italy (F. Russo)

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Figure 1

Algorithm for detection of possible cases of West Nile fever, Veneto Region, Italy, 2010. N, no; Y, yes; WNND, West Nile neuroinvasive disease; neg, negative; pos, positive.

Figure 1. Algorithm for detection of possible cases of West Nile fever, Veneto Region, Italy, 2010. N, no; Y, yes; WNND, West Nile neuroinvasive disease; neg, negative; pos, positive.

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¹Additional members of the Veneto Summer Fever Study Group who contributed data: Margherita Cattai, Ercole Concia, Riccardo Cusinato, Roberto Ferretto, Ermenegildo Francavilla, Elisa Franchin, Giampietro Pellizzer, Francesca Pozza, Enzo Raise, Pierangelo Rovere, Piergiorgio Scotton, and Filippo Viviano.

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