<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fortuna, Claudia</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Remoli, Maria Elena</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rizzo, Caterina</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Benedetti, Eleonora</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fiorentini, Cristiano</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bella, Antonino</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Argentini, Claudio</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Farchi, Francesca</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Castilletti, Concetta</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Capobianchi, Maria Rosaria</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Zammarchi, Lorenzo</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bartoloni, Alessandro</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Zanchetta, Nadia</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gismondo, Maria Rita</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nelli, Luca Ceccherini</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Vitale, Giustina</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Baldelli, Franco</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">D'Agaro, Pierlanfranco</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sodano, Giuseppe</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rezza, Giovanni</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Venturi, Giulietta</style></author></authors><translated-authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Arbovirus Working Group</style></author></translated-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Imported arboviral infections in Italy, July 2014-October 2015: a National Reference Laboratory report.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">BMC Infect Dis</style></secondary-title><alt-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">BMC Infect. Dis.</style></alt-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chikungunya Fever</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chikungunya virus</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dengue</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dengue Virus</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Disease Outbreaks</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Female</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Genotype</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Humans</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Italy</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Male</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Molecular Diagnostic Techniques</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Population Surveillance</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Public Health</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Travel</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Young Adult</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Zika Virus</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Zika Virus Infection</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2017</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2017 03 16</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">17</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">216</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;BACKGROUND: &lt;/b&gt;Imported cases of infections due to Dengue (DENV) and Chikungunya (CHIKV) viruses and, more recently, Zika virus (ZIKV) are commonly reported among travelers returning from endemic regions. In areas where potentially competent vectors are present, the risk of autochthonous transmission of these vector-borne pathogens is relatively high. Laboratory surveillance is crucial to rapidly detect imported cases in order to reduce the risk of transmission. This study describes the laboratory activity performed by the National Reference Laboratory for Arboviruses (NRLA) at the Italian National Institute of Health in the period from July 2014 to October 2015.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;METHODS: &lt;/b&gt;Samples from 180 patients visited/hospitalized with a suspected DENV/CHIKV/ZIKV infection were sent to the NRLA from several Italian Hospitals and from Regional Reference Laboratories for Arboviruses, in agreement with the National Plan on human surveillance of vector-borne diseases. Both serological (ELISA IgM test and Plaque Reduction Neutralization Test-PRNT) and molecular assays (Real Time PCR tests, RT-PCR plus nested PCR and sequencing of positive samples) were performed.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;RESULTS: &lt;/b&gt;DENV infection was the most frequently diagnosed (80 confirmed/probable cases), and all four genotypes were detected. However, an increase in imported CHIKV cases (41 confirmed/probable cases) was observed, along with the detection of the first ZIKV cases (4 confirmed cases), as a consequence of the recent spread of both CHIKV and ZIKV in the Americas.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;CONCLUSIONS: &lt;/b&gt;Main diagnostic issues highlighted in our study are sensitivity limitations of molecular tests, and the importance of PRNT to confirm serological results for differential diagnosis of Arboviruses. The continuous evaluation of diagnostic strategy, and the implementation of laboratories networks involved in surveillance activities is essential to ensure correct diagnosis, and to improve the preparedness for a rapid and proper identification of viral threats.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></issue><custom1><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28302072?dopt=Abstract</style></custom1></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mazzoni, Elisa</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Corallini, Alfredo</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cristaudo, Alfonso</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Taronna, Angelo</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tassi, Gianfranco</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Manfrini, Marco</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Comar, Manola</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bovenzi, Massimo</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Guaschino, Roberto</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Vaniglia, Francesca</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Magnani, Corrado</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Casali, Ferruccio</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rezza, Giovanni</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Barbanti-Brodano, Giuseppe</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Martini, Fernanda</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tognon, Mauro G</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">High prevalence of serum antibodies reacting with simian virus 40 capsid protein mimotopes in patients affected by malignant pleural mesothelioma.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A</style></secondary-title><alt-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.</style></alt-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Amino Acid Sequence</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Antibodies, Viral</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Capsid Proteins</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Female</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Humans</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Male</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mesothelioma</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Molecular Sequence Data</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pleural Neoplasms</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pregnancy</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Simian virus 40</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2012</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2012 Oct 30</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">109</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">18066-71</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Human malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is considered a rare tumor, but recent estimations indicate that one-quarter million people will die of this neoplasm in Europe in the next three decades. The mineral asbestos is considered the main causative agent of this neoplasm. MPM is largely unresponsive to conventional chemotherapy/radiotherapy. In addition to asbestos exposure, genetic predisposition to asbestos carcinogenesis and to simian virus (SV)40 infection has also been suggested. SV40 is a DNA tumor virus found in some studies to be associated at high prevalence with MPM. SV40 sequences have also been detected, although at a lower prevalence than in MPM, in blood specimens from healthy donors. However, some studies have failed to reveal SV40 footprints in MPM and its association with this neoplasm. These conflicting results indicate the need for further investigations with new approaches. We report on the presence of antibodies in serum samples from patients affected by MPM that specifically react with two different SV40 mimotopes. The two SV40 peptides used in indirect ELISAs correspond to viral capsid proteins. ELISA with the two SV40 mimotopes gave overlapping results. Our data indicate that in serum samples from MPM-affected patients (n = 97), the prevalence of antibodies against SV40 viral capsid protein antigens is significantly higher (26%, P = 0.043) than in the control group (15%) represented by healthy subjects (n = 168) with the same median age (66 y) and sex. Our results suggest that SV40 is associated with a subset of MPM and circulates in humans.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">44</style></issue><custom1><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23071320?dopt=Abstract</style></custom1></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Puzelli, Simona</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Facchini, Marzia</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Spagnolo, Domenico</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">De Marco, Maria A</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Calzoletti, Laura</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Zanetti, Alessandro</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fumagalli, Roberto</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tanzi, Maria L</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cassone, Antonio</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rezza, Giovanni</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Donatelli, Isabella</style></author></authors><translated-authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Surveillance Group for Pandemic A H1N1 2009 Influenza Virus in Italy</style></author></translated-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Transmission of hemagglutinin D222G mutant strain of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Emerg Infect Dis</style></secondary-title><alt-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Emerging Infect. Dis.</style></alt-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Adult</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Amino Acid Substitution</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Disease Outbreaks</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Humans</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Influenza, Human</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Male</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Middle Aged</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mutation, Missense</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Phylogeny</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Retrospective Studies</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">RNA, Viral</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sequence Analysis, RNA</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Severity of Illness Index</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2010</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2010 May</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">16</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">863-5</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;A pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus strain carrying the D222G mutation was identified in a severely ill man and was transmitted to a household contact. Only mild illness developed in the contact, despite his obesity and diabetes. The isolated virus reacted fully with an antiserum against the pandemic vaccine strain.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">5</style></issue><custom1><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20409386?dopt=Abstract</style></custom1></record></records></xml>