NDLI: West Nile Virus Surveillance in 2013 via Mosquito Screening in Northern Italy and the Influence of Weather on Virus Circulation

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Author	Calzolari, Mattia Pautasso, Alessandra Fabrizio, Montarsi Alessandro, Albieri Bellini, Romeo Paolo, Bonilauri Defilippo, Francesco Lelli, Davide Moreno, Ana Chiari, Mario Tamba, Marco Zanoni, Mariagrazia Varisco, Giorgio Bertolini, Silvia Modesto, Paola Radaelli, Maria Cristina Barbara, Iulini Marino, Prearo Silvia, Ravagnan Cazzin, Stefania Paolo, Mulatti Monne, Isabella Bonfanti, Lebana Marangon, Stefano Goffredo, Maria Savini, Giovanni Martini, Simone Mosca, Andrea Marco, Farioli Gemma, Brenzoni Laura Palei, Manlio Russo, Francesca Natalini, Silvano Angelini, Paola Cristina, Casalone Dottori, Michele Capelli, Gioia
Editor	Coffey, Lark L.
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	West Nile virus (WNV) is a recently re-emerged health problem in Europe. In Italy, an increasing number of outbreaks of West Nile disease, with occurrences of human cases, have been reported since 2008. This is particularly true in northern Italy, where entomological surveillance systems have been implemented at a regional level. The aim of this study was to use, for the first time, all the entomological data collected in the five regions undergoing surveillance for WNV in northern Italy to characterize the viral circulation (at a spatial and temporal scale), identify potential mosquito vectors, and specify relationships between virus circulation and meteorological conditions. In 2013, 286 sites covering the entire Pianura Padana area were monitored. A total of 757,461 mosquitoes were sampled. Of these, 562,079 were tested by real-time PCR in 9,268 pools, of which 180 (1.9%) were positive for WNV. The largest part of the detected WNV sequences belonged to lineage II, demonstrating that, unlike those in the past, the 2013 outbreak was mainly sustained by this WNV lineage. This surveillance also detected the Usutu virus, a WNV-related flavivirus, in 241 (2.6%) pools. The WNV surveillance systems precisely identified the area affected by the virus and detected the viral circulation approximately two weeks before the occurrence of onset of human cases. Ninety percent of the sampled mosquitoes were Culex pipiens, and 178/180 WNV-positive pools were composed of only this species, suggesting this mosquito is the main WNV vector in northern Italy. A significantly higher abundance of the vector was recorded in the WNV circulation area, which was characterized by warmer and less rainy conditions and greater evapotranspiration compared to the rest of the Pianura Padana, suggesting that areas exposed to these conditions are more suitable for WNV circulation. This observation highlights warmer and less rainy conditions as factors able to enhance WNV circulation and cause virus spillover outside the sylvatic cycle.
Related Links	http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0140915
Starting Page	140915
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ISSN	19326203
e-ISSN	19326203
Journal	PLoS ONE
Issue Number	10
Volume Number	10
Language	English
Publisher	Public Library of Science
Publisher Date	2015-10-21
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	Public Library of Science
Subject Keyword	Research in Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Multidisciplinary

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