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National Plan for Preparedness and Response to an Influenza Pandemic
PIANO NAZIONALE DI PREPARAZIONE E RISPOSTA AD UNA
PANDEMIA INFLUENZALE
Influenza aviaria: tutte le misure di prevenzione e controllo del Ministero
Influenza aviaria Le domande più frequenti
L’influenza aviaria. Rischi, informazioni e misure preventive
2,948 cases. 91 people have died:
- Calabria (8)
- Campania (26): a 51 year old man in Naples; a 49 year old man; an 18 year old girl.
- Emilia-Romagna (7)
- Lazio (10)
- Lombardy (7): a 74 year old woman in Cernusco sul Naviglio.
- Piedmont (5)
- Sicily (5)
- Umbria (5)
- Veneto (1): a man.
February 2006; CALABRIA; Mute swans (Cygnus olor)
OIE
February 2006; PUGLIA; Mute swans (Cygnus olor), sultan (Porphyrio porphyrio), buzzard (Buteo buteo), wild duck (Anas platyrhyncos)
OIE
February 2006; SICILIA; birds
OIE
February 2006; UMBRIA; animals
OIE
Rizzo et al. (2009) Enhanced epidemiological surveillance of influenza A(H1N1)v in Italy. Euro Surveill. 14: pii: 19266.
(2009) Virological surveillance of human cases of influenza A(H1N1)v virus in Italy: preliminary resultsEuro Surveill. 14: pii: 19247
Ciofi degli Atti et al. (2008) Mitigation Measures for Pandemic Influenza in Italy: An Individual Based Model Considering Different Scenarios. PLoS ONE 3: e1790.
Terregino, et al. (2006) Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 subtype in mute swans in Italy. Vet Record. 158:491.
Italy: Swine flu kills at least eleven
AdKronos, October 30, 2009
ITALY GETS FIRST VICTIM OF NEW FLU
ANSA.It, September 4, 2009
Italy and Greece find deadly H5N1 bird flu
International Herald Tribune, February 12, 2006
Italy sounds alarm over avian flu
Guardian, February 13, 2006