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Editor, Senior Moderator
Two confirmed cases of Dengue in Italy, one in Lazio and the other in Lombardy, and not related to travel to areas endemic for the infection.
The Ministry of Health reports them, underlining that the two patients are on the mend and all the procedures for prophylaxis and disinfestation of the places involved have been activated. With the support of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità, the dicacastery is monitoring the situation on the national territory.
'In both cases - adds the note - the National Blood Center and the National Transplant Center have activated all the necessary measures for the prevention of transmission from blood and blood component donations from potentially viraemic asymptomatic donors and the Regions have started monitoring measures and control of vectors in places frequented by cases, as required by the National Plan for Surveillance, Prevention and Response to Arboviruses (Pna) 2020-2025, active throughout the Italian territory.
Epidemiological and entomological investigations continue to verify places of exposure and possible transmission chains.
The ministry adds that “the two cases have been reported to the ECDC (European Center for Disease Prevention and Control). This event - he underlines - is part of the European context in which the Dengue virus is transmitted by the Aedes albopictus mosquito, now permanently present in most of Europe. Autochthonous cases have recently been identified in France. Since the beginning of 2023, 79 imported cases have been identified in Italy, which do not differ in clinical characteristics and course from the native ones.
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The Ministry of Health reports them, underlining that the two patients are on the mend and all the procedures for prophylaxis and disinfestation of the places involved have been activated. With the support of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità, the dicacastery is monitoring the situation on the national territory.
'In both cases - adds the note - the National Blood Center and the National Transplant Center have activated all the necessary measures for the prevention of transmission from blood and blood component donations from potentially viraemic asymptomatic donors and the Regions have started monitoring measures and control of vectors in places frequented by cases, as required by the National Plan for Surveillance, Prevention and Response to Arboviruses (Pna) 2020-2025, active throughout the Italian territory.
Epidemiological and entomological investigations continue to verify places of exposure and possible transmission chains.
The ministry adds that “the two cases have been reported to the ECDC (European Center for Disease Prevention and Control). This event - he underlines - is part of the European context in which the Dengue virus is transmitted by the Aedes albopictus mosquito, now permanently present in most of Europe. Autochthonous cases have recently been identified in France. Since the beginning of 2023, 79 imported cases have been identified in Italy, which do not differ in clinical characteristics and course from the native ones.
https://www.ilmessaggero.it/salute/...ombardia_febbre_ministero_salute-7588513.html