Arboviruses in Italy

Parassitologia. 2008 Jun;50(1-2):109-11.

Abstract

A brief review of the arboviruses isolated In Italy is presented and discussed. Some of the Arboviruses considered in this paper are endemic in the country and are transmitted by arthropods that play actually a role of vectors, (sand flyes, hard ticks and mosquitoes); other arboviruses, sporadically isolated, are potential agents of emerging human or zoonotic diseases.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Alphavirus Infections / epidemiology
  • Alphavirus Infections / transmission
  • Animals
  • Arbovirus Infections / epidemiology*
  • Arbovirus Infections / transmission
  • Arbovirus Infections / veterinary
  • Arboviruses / isolation & purification*
  • Bird Diseases / epidemiology
  • Bird Diseases / virology
  • Birds / virology
  • Chikungunya virus
  • Disease Reservoirs
  • Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne
  • Encephalitis, Tick-Borne / epidemiology
  • Encephalitis, Tick-Borne / transmission
  • Encephalitis, Tick-Borne / virology
  • Humans
  • Italy / epidemiology
  • Ixodes / virology
  • Murinae / parasitology
  • Phlebotomus / virology
  • Rhipicephalus / virology
  • West Nile Fever / epidemiology
  • West Nile Fever / transmission
  • West Nile Fever / veterinary
  • West Nile virus