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Volume 14, Number 5—May 2008
Letter

Chikungunya Virus in Aedes albopictus, Italy

Paolo Bonilauri*Comments to Author , Romeo Bellini†, Mattia Calzolari*, Raffaella Angelini‡, Luciano Venturi‡, Francesca Fallacara*, Paolo Cordioli*, Paola Angelini§, Claudio Venturelli¶, Giuseppe Merialdi*, and Michele Dottori*
Author affiliations: *Istituto Zooprofilattico della Lombardia e dell’Emilia Romagna “B. Umbertini” Brescia, Italy; †Centro Agricoltura Ambiente "G.Nicoli," Crevalcore, Italy; ‡Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale, Ravenna, Italy; §Servizio di Sanità Pubblica Regione, Emilia Romagna, Italy; ¶Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale, Cesena, Italy;

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Table

Pooled mosquito samples analyzed for chikungunya virus, Italy

Pool No. mosquitoes Sex Species Site of collection PCR results
1 125 F Aedes albopictus Castiglione Ravenna Positive
2 90 F Ae. albopictus Castiglione Cervia Positive
3 214 F Culex pipiens Castiglione Ravenna Negative
4 155 F Cx. pipiens Castiglione Cervia Negative
5 5 F A. caspius Castiglione Ravenna and Castiglione Cervia Negative
6 2 F Anopheles spp. Castiglione Ravenna and Castiglione Cervia Negative
7 57 M Ae. albopictus Castiglione Ravenna and Castiglione Cervia Negative
8 15 M Cx. pipiens Castiglione Ravenna and Castiglione Cervia Negative

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