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ArticleEuro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin2025

Outbreak of autochthonous West Nile virus infection in Lazio region, Italy, July to August 2025: preliminary investigation.

Ilaria Mussetto, Andrea Bongiovanni, Francesca Colavita, Cristina Giambi, Marcello Giovanni Sala, Cosmo Del Borgo, Fabrizio Carletti, Maria Teresa Scicluna, Alessandro Zerbetto, Angela Corpolongo and 18 more

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Article in Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Endemic progression of autochthonous West Nile virus infections in Europe.European journal of microbiology & immunology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

28 authors.

Ilaria MussettoNational Institute for Infectious Diseases "Lazzaro Spallanzani" IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Andrea BongiovanniNational Institute for Infectious Diseases "Lazzaro Spallanzani" IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Francesca ColavitaNational Institute for Infectious Diseases "Lazzaro Spallanzani" IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Cristina GiambiDepartment of Prevention, Local Health Authority Latina, Latina, Italy.
Marcello Giovanni SalaIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Lazio e della Toscana "M. Aleandri", Rome, Italy.
Cosmo Del BorgoInfectious Diseases Unit, Santa Maria (SM) Goretti Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Latina, Italy.
Fabrizio CarlettiNational Institute for Infectious Diseases "Lazzaro Spallanzani" IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Maria Teresa SciclunaIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Lazio e della Toscana "M. Aleandri", Rome, Italy.
Alessandro ZerbettoDepartment of Prevention, Local Health Authority Latina, Latina, Italy.
Angela CorpolongoNational Institute for Infectious Diseases "Lazzaro Spallanzani" IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Federico RomitiIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Lazio e della Toscana "M. Aleandri", Rome, Italy.
Maria Beatrice ValliNational Institute for Infectious Diseases "Lazzaro Spallanzani" IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Stefania VaglioLazio Regional Blood Center, Italy; and Department of Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.
Roberto GiammatteiDepartment of Prevention, Local Health Authority Roma 6, Ariccia (Rome), Italy.
Paola ScognamiglioNational Institute for Infectious Diseases "Lazzaro Spallanzani" IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Gabriella De CarliNational Institute for Infectious Diseases "Lazzaro Spallanzani" IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Alessandro AgrestaNational Institute for Infectious Diseases "Lazzaro Spallanzani" IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Claudio De LiberatoIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Lazio e della Toscana "M. Aleandri", Rome, Italy.
Giuseppe Di LuzioDepartment of Prevention, Local Health Authority Frosinone, Frosinone, Italy.
Florindo MicarelliDepartment of Prevention, Local Health Authority Latina, Latina, Italy.
Emanuele NicastriNational Institute for Infectious Diseases "Lazzaro Spallanzani" IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Andrea SidduDirectorate for Health and Social Policy, Lazio Region, Rome, Italy.
Valeria FicarelliDirectorate for Health and Social Policy, Lazio Region, Rome, Italy.
Enrico GirardiNational Institute for Infectious Diseases "Lazzaro Spallanzani" IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Fabrizio MaggiNational Institute for Infectious Diseases "Lazzaro Spallanzani" IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Francesco VairoNational Institute for Infectious Diseases "Lazzaro Spallanzani" IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Lazio WNV Outbreak GroupThe members of the group are listed under Collaborators.
Lazio WNV outbreak group

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In July-18 August 2025, 171 autochthonous cases with West Nile virus (WNV) infection were confirmed in Lazio, Italy: four asymptomatic blood donors, 110 with WNV fever, 57 with neuroinvasive syndrome and nine deaths. WNV lineage 2 was detected in two neuroinvasive cases. Infection with WNV was confirmed in 28 horses, five crows and a

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Disease OutbreaksWest Nile FeverWest Nile virusAdolescentAdultAgedAnimalsBlood DonorsCulexFemaleHorse DiseasesHorsesHumansItalyMaleMiddle AgedArbovirosisAutochthonousItalyOne HealthOutbreakWest Nile virus

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PMID40910225
PMCPMC12413602

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