Integrated human surveillance systems of West Nile virus infections in Italy: the 2012 experience.

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Published in Int J Environ Res Public Health on December 13, 2013

Authors

Christian Napoli, Antonino Bella, Silvia Declich, Giuliano Grazzini, Letizia Lombardini, Alessandro Nanni Costa, Loredana Nicoletti, Maria Grazia Pompa, Simonetta Pupella, Francesca Russo, Caterina Rizzo1

Author Affiliations

1: National Centre for Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion, National Institute of Health (Istituto Superiore di Sanità, ISS), viale Regina Elena, 299-00161 Rome, Italy. caterina.rizzo@iss.it.

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