Virological surveillance of human cases of influenza A(H1N1)v virus in Italy: preliminary results

Surveillance Group for New Influenza A(H1N1) Virus Investigation in Italy

doi:10.2807/ese.14.24.19247-en

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Virological surveillance of human cases of influenza A(H1N1)v virus in Italy: preliminary results

Surveillance Group for New Influenza A(H1N1) Virus Investigation in Italy^1,2,3,4
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Affiliations: ¹ Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune-mediated Diseases, National Institute of Health (Istituto Superiore di Sanità - ISS), Rome, Italy ² Department of Veterinary Public Health and Food Safety, National Institute of Health (Istituto Superiore di Sanità - ISS), Rome, Italy ³ Regional laboratories with confirmed cases ⁴ Ministry of Health, Rome, Italy

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Citation style for this article: Surveillance Group for New Influenza A(H1N1) Virus Investigation in Italy. Virological surveillance of human cases of influenza A(H1N1)v virus in Italy: preliminary results. Euro Surveill. 2009;14(24):pii=19247. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.14.24.19247-en Received: 15 Jun 2009; Accepted:

Abstract

In this report we describe the findings of laboratory-based surveillance of human cases of influenza A(H1N1)v virus infection in Italy, following the recent worldwide detection of this new virus among human population and the decision of the World Health Organization (WHO) to raise the level of pandemic alert.