An early start of West Nile virus seasonal transmission: the added value of One Heath surveillance in detecting early circulation and triggering timely response in Italy, June to July 2018

Flavia Riccardo; Federica Monaco; Antonino Bella; Giovanni Savini; Francesca Russo; Roberto Cagarelli; Michele Dottori; Caterina Rizzo; Giulietta Venturi; Marco Di Luca; Simonetta Pupella; Letizia Lombardini; Patrizio Pezzotti; Patrizia Parodi; Francesco Maraglino; Alessandro Nanni Costa; Giancarlo Maria Liumbruno; Giovanni Rezza; working group

doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.32.1800427

An early start of West Nile virus seasonal transmission: the added value of One Heath surveillance in detecting early circulation and triggering timely response in Italy, June to July 2018

Euro Surveill. 2018 Aug;23(32):1800427. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.32.1800427.

Authors

Flavia Riccardo¹, Federica Monaco², Antonino Bella¹, Giovanni Savini², Francesca Russo³, Roberto Cagarelli⁴, Michele Dottori⁵, Caterina Rizzo^{1

6}, Giulietta Venturi¹, Marco Di Luca¹, Simonetta Pupella⁷, Letizia Lombardini⁸, Patrizio Pezzotti¹, Patrizia Parodi⁹, Francesco Maraglino⁹, Alessandro Nanni Costa⁸, Giancarlo Maria Liumbruno⁷, Giovanni Rezza¹; working group¹⁰

Affiliations

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy.
² Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Abruzzo e Molise, Teramo, Italy.
³ Directorate of Prevention, Food Safety, and Veterinary Public Health, Veneto Region, Venice, Italy.
⁴ Directorate of Prevention, Food Safety, and Veterinary Public Health, Emilia-Romagna Region, Bologna, Italy.
⁵ Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Lombardia ed Emilia-Romagna, Sezione di Reggio Emilia, Italy.
⁶ Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy.
⁷ Italian National Blood Centre, National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy.
⁸ Italian National Transplant Centre, National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy.
⁹ Italian Ministry of Health, Rome, Italy.
¹⁰ The members of the working group are listed at the end of the article.

PMID: 30107870
PMCID: PMC6092914
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.32.1800427

Abstract

In Italy, the 2018 West Nile virus transmission season started early with a high number of cases reported. One-Health surveillance, within the Italian West Nile national preparedness and response plan, detected viral circulation 9 days before symptom-onset of the first confirmed human case; triggering timely implementation of blood and transplant safety measures. This is an example of how functional coordination allows health authorities to use early warning triggers from surveillance systems to implement preventive measures.

Keywords: One Health surveillance; West Nile Virus.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Culicidae / virology*
Disease Outbreaks
Humans
Italy / epidemiology
Population Surveillance*
Seasons
West Nile Fever / diagnosis*
West Nile Fever / epidemiology
West Nile Fever / transmission*
West Nile virus / isolation & purification*