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    Molecular Characterization of Coxsackievirus B5 Isolates from Sewage, Italy 2016–2017

    Hereby, the partial Viral Protein 1 sequences of Coxsackievirus B5 (CV-B5) from sewage samples, collected in Italy from 2016 to 2017, were compared with those available in GenBank from clinical samples. Phylog...

    Stefano Fontana, Stefano Fiore, Gabriele Buttinelli in Food and Environmental Virology (2019)

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    Hospital discharges-based search of acute flaccid paralysis cases 2007–2016 in Italy and comparison with the National Surveillance System for monitoring the risk of polio reintroduction

    Acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance has been adopted globally as a key strategy for monitoring the progress of the polio eradication initiative. Hereby, to evaluate the completeness of the ascertainment...

    Paola Stefanelli, Stefania Bellino, Stefano Fiore, Stefano Fontana in BMC Public Health (2019)

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    Poliovirus and Other Enteroviruses from Environmental Surveillance in Italy, 2009–2015

    Within the initiatives for poliomyelitis eradication by WHO, Italy activated an environmental surveillance (ES) in 2005. ES complements clinical Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) surveillance for possible polio ca...

    Roberto Delogu, Andrea Battistone, Gabriele Buttinelli in Food and Environmental Virology (2018)

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    Large-Scale Survey of Human Enteroviruses in Wastewater Treatment Plants of a Metropolitan Area of Southern Italy

    Human enteroviruses (HEVs) occur in high concentrations in wastewater and can contaminate receiving environmental waters, constituting a major cause of acute waterborne disease worldwide. In this study, we inv...

    Francesca Pennino, Antonio Nardone, Paolo Montuori in Food and Environmental Virology (2018)

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    Detection of Enteroviruses in Influent and Effluent Flow Samples from Wastewater Treatment Plants in Italy

    This study evaluated the presence and seasonal distribution of polio and other enteroviruses in four wastewater treatment plants in three cities in Italy, using different treatment systems. Detection of entero...

    Andrea Battistone, Gabriele Buttinelli, Paolo Bonomo in Food and Environmental Virology (2014)