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Autochthonous dengue outbreak in Marche Region, Central Italy, August to October 2024
- Chiara Sacco1,2,* , Augusto Liverani3,* , Giulietta Venturi1 , Stefano Gavaudan4 , Flavia Riccardo1 , Giovanna Salvoni5 , Claudia Fortuna1 , Katia Marinelli6 , Giulia Marsili1 , Alessia Pesaresi3 , Carla Molina Grané7 , Irene Mercuri3 , Mattia Manica7 , Sara Caucci6 , Daniela Morelli8 , Lolita Sebastianelli9 , Maurilia Marcacci8 , Federica Ferraro10 , Marco Di Luca1 , Ilaria Pascucci4 , Christina Merakou1 , Anna Duranti4 , Ilaria Pati11 , Letizia Lombardini12 , Daniel Fiacchini13 , Giorgio Filipponi9 , Francesco Maraglino10 , Anna Teresa Palamara1 , Piero Poletti7 , Patrizio Pezzotti1 , Fabio Filippetti9 , Stefano Merler7,** , Martina Del Manso1,** , Stefano Menzo6,** , Marche dengue outbreak group14
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View Affiliations Hide AffiliationsAffiliations: 1 Department of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy 2 ECDC Fellowship Programme, Field Epidemiology path (EPIET), European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden 3 Pesaro Urbino Local Health Unit, Pesaro and Urbino, Pesaro, Italy 4 Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Umbria e Marche “T. Rosati”, Ancona, Italy 5 Centro Regionale Sangue-Regione Marche, AOU delle Marche, Ancona, Italy 6 Department of Biomedical Sciences and Public Health, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy 7 Center for Health Emergencies, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Trento, Italy 8 Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise “G. Caporale”, Teramo, Italy 9 ARS Marche, Ancona, Italy 10 Italian Ministry of Health, Rome, Italy 11 National Blood Centre, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy 12 Italian National Transplant Centre, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy 13 Regione Marche – GORES Ancona, Ancona, Italy 14 The members of the Marche dengue outbreak group are listed under Collaborators* These authors contributed equally to the work and share first authorship.** These authors contributed equally to the work and share last authorship.Correspondence:Chiara Saccochiara.sacco iss.it
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Marche dengue outbreak group: Antonello Amendola, Elisa Antognini, Claudio Argentini, Antonino Bella, Cristina Canonico, Valentina Curini, Valeria Di Lollo, Francesca Diotallevi, Raffaele Donadio, Cristiano Fiorentini, Alessandra Galluzzi, Elisa Mancuso, Luana Fiorella Mincarelli, Lucia Mosca, Miruna E. Rosu, Barbara Secondini, Francesco Severini, Simonetta Pupella, Angela Taraschi, Federica Tontarelli, Luciano Toma, Anna ValenzaView Citation Hide Citation
Citation style for this article: Sacco Chiara, Liverani Augusto, Venturi Giulietta, Gavaudan Stefano, Riccardo Flavia, Salvoni Giovanna, Fortuna Claudia, Marinelli Katia, Marsili Giulia, Pesaresi Alessia, Grané Carla Molina, Mercuri Irene, Manica Mattia, Caucci Sara, Morelli Daniela, Sebastianelli Lolita, Marcacci Maurilia, Ferraro Federica, Di Luca Marco, Pascucci Ilaria, Merakou Christina, Duranti Anna, Pati Ilaria, Lombardini Letizia, Fiacchini Daniel, Filipponi Giorgio, Maraglino Francesco, Palamara Anna Teresa, Poletti Piero, Pezzotti Patrizio, Filippetti Fabio, Merler Stefano, Del Manso Martina, Menzo Stefano, Marche dengue outbreak group. Autochthonous dengue outbreak in Marche Region, Central Italy, August to October 2024. Euro Surveill. 2024;29(47):pii=2400713. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2024.29.47.2400713 Received: 30 Oct 2024; Accepted: 21 Nov 2024
Abstract
Between August and 28 October 2024, 199 autochthonous cases of dengue virus serotype 2 were notified in the city of Fano, central Italy. We describe the ongoing epidemiological and microbiological investigation and public health measures implemented to contain the outbreak. The high transmissibility and the extension of the outbreak suggest that dengue should be expected in temperate regions during favourable seasons, highlighting the need for heightened awareness among healthcare providers and the public to ensure timely detection and response.
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