Giuseppe
Emeritus
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[2] Italy ex Sri Lanka
Date: Thu 7 Aug 2008
Source: Emiliannet [in Italian, machine translated, edited]
<http://www.emilianet.it/Sezione.jsp?titolo=Torna%20dalle%20vacanze%20nello%20Sri%20Lanka%20con%20il%20virus%20Chikungunya,%20scatta%20la%20disinfestazione&idSezione=19714&idSezioneRif=2>
On his return to Bologna, a 50-year-old man who had been on holiday in Sri Lanka developed a high fever, joint pains, and widespread malaise. In the beginning of August [2008], the man consulted his doctor and was admitted to the Maggiore Hospital with a [diagnosis of chikungunya virus infection].
On 31 Jul 2008 the man, who is from Sri Lanka, returned to Bologna
where he has lived for years.
He spent the night at the home of his son who picked him up at the airport. The day after [1 Aug 2008], he felt the 1st symptoms of viral fever, went to his doctor, and then to the hospital.
Fausto Francia, chief of the Department of Hygiene and Public Health
of dell'Ausl Bologna confirmed the diagnosis. Francia pointed out that
the man had contracted the virus (which is transmitted only by the
bite of tiger mosquitoes) abroad, that his condition is good, and
that he could be discharged during the day.
[The Asian tiger mosquito, _Aedes albopictus_ is a recognized vector of chikungunya virus, and so is _Ae. aegypti_. - Mod.TY]
Although the man had been home only for a few hours, the regional
protocol [was implemented] for the elimination of [mosquito] larvae
within a radius of 100 meters from the place in which there are known
cases of [chikungunya virus] infection.
Consequently, the Municipality has ordered an urgent, emergency health care cleanup of the area.
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ProMED-mail
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[The Bologna, Italy health authorities have reacted swiftly to the risk of establishment of a local focus of chikungunya virus transmission as happened in a nearby area of the same region in Italy last year (2007), when an infected individual brought this virus from India to an area in Italy where there was a sufficiently abundant population of the Asian tiger mosquito, _Aedes albopictus_ to initiate a local outbreak of the disease.
That outbreak is summarized in ProMED-mail archive no. 20071210.3980 (see below). A map of Italy showing the location of Bologna can be accessed at <http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/europe/italy_pol_2004.jpg>
and the specific region where Bologna is located can be seen at
<http://www.knowital.com/italy/maps/emiliaromagnamap.php>. - Mod.TY]
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From ProMedMail.org:
(...)
[2] Italy ex Sri Lanka
Date: Thu 7 Aug 2008
Source: Emiliannet [in Italian, machine translated, edited]
<http://www.emilianet.it/Sezione.jsp?titolo=Torna%20dalle%20vacanze%20nello%20Sri%20Lanka%20con%20il%20virus%20Chikungunya,%20scatta%20la%20disinfestazione&idSezione=19714&idSezioneRif=2>
On his return to Bologna, a 50-year-old man who had been on holiday in Sri Lanka developed a high fever, joint pains, and widespread malaise. In the beginning of August [2008], the man consulted his doctor and was admitted to the Maggiore Hospital with a [diagnosis of chikungunya virus infection].
On 31 Jul 2008 the man, who is from Sri Lanka, returned to Bologna
where he has lived for years.
He spent the night at the home of his son who picked him up at the airport. The day after [1 Aug 2008], he felt the 1st symptoms of viral fever, went to his doctor, and then to the hospital.
Fausto Francia, chief of the Department of Hygiene and Public Health
of dell'Ausl Bologna confirmed the diagnosis. Francia pointed out that
the man had contracted the virus (which is transmitted only by the
bite of tiger mosquitoes) abroad, that his condition is good, and
that he could be discharged during the day.
[The Asian tiger mosquito, _Aedes albopictus_ is a recognized vector of chikungunya virus, and so is _Ae. aegypti_. - Mod.TY]
Although the man had been home only for a few hours, the regional
protocol [was implemented] for the elimination of [mosquito] larvae
within a radius of 100 meters from the place in which there are known
cases of [chikungunya virus] infection.
Consequently, the Municipality has ordered an urgent, emergency health care cleanup of the area.
--
Communicated by:
ProMED-mail
<promed@promedmail.org>
[The Bologna, Italy health authorities have reacted swiftly to the risk of establishment of a local focus of chikungunya virus transmission as happened in a nearby area of the same region in Italy last year (2007), when an infected individual brought this virus from India to an area in Italy where there was a sufficiently abundant population of the Asian tiger mosquito, _Aedes albopictus_ to initiate a local outbreak of the disease.
That outbreak is summarized in ProMED-mail archive no. 20071210.3980 (see below). A map of Italy showing the location of Bologna can be accessed at <http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/europe/italy_pol_2004.jpg>
and the specific region where Bologna is located can be seen at
<http://www.knowital.com/italy/maps/emiliaromagnamap.php>. - Mod.TY]
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