Inflammatory Cytokine Expression Is Associated with Chikungunya Virus Resolution and Symptom Severity

Alyson A. Kelvin, David W. Banner, Giuliano Silvi, +16

PLoS neglected tropical diseases

InflammationAutoimmune DiseaseMedicineImmunodeficienciesPathogenesis +13

Single-Reaction, Multiplex, Real-Time RT-PCR for the Detection, Quantitation, and Serotyping of Dengue Viruses

Jesse J. Waggoner, Janaki Abeynayake, Malaya K. Sahoo, +12

PLoS neglected tropical diseases

Chikungunya Virus in North-Eastern Italy: A Seroprevalence Survey

Maria Luisa Moro, Carlo Gagliotti, Giuliano Silvi, +10

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Vector-borne PathogenEpidemiologyVirus EpidemiologyMedicineMalaria +11

A rapid and specific real-time RT-PCR assay to identify Usutu virus in human plasma, serum, and cerebrospinal fluid

Francesca Cavrini, Maria Elena Della Pepa, Paolo Gaibani, +4

Journal of Clinical Virology

Diagnostic VirologyViral PersistenceViral DiagnosticsNeurovirologyDiagnostic Test +6

Mosquito, Bird and Human Surveillance of West Nile and Usutu Viruses in Emilia-Romagna Region (Italy) in 2010

Mattia Calzolari, Paolo Gaibani, Romeo Bellini, +18

PLoS ONE

Detection of Usutu-Virus-Specific IgG in Blood Donors from Northern Italy

Paolo Gaibani, Anna Pierro, Rosa Alicino, +4

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

VaccinationDiagnostic VirologyViral PersistenceVirus EpidemiologyViral Diagnostics +12

Absence of Neuroinvasive Disease in a Liver Transplant Recipient Who Acquired West Nile Virus (WNV) Infection from the Organ Donor and Who Received WNV Antibodies Prophylactically

Maria Cristina Morelli, Vittorio Sambri, Gian Luca Grazi, +14

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Transplantation MedicineImmunologyViral PathogenesisVirus TransmissionArbovirus +14

Phylogenetic Analysis of West Nile Virus Isolates, Italy, 2008–2009

Giada Rossini, Fabrizio Carletti, Licia Bordi, +7

Emerging infectious diseases

Comparative Genomic and Phylogenetic Analysis of the First Usutu Virus Isolate from a Human Patient Presenting with Neurological Symptoms

Paolo Gaibani, Francesca Cavrini, Ernest A. Gould, +4

PLoS ONE

ImmunologyPathologyArbovirusComparative GenomicPhylogenetic Analysis +15

False-Positive Transcription-Mediated Amplification Assay Detection of West Nile Virus in Blood from a Patient with Viremia Caused by an Usutu Virus Infection

Paolo Gaibani, Anna Pierro, Francesca Cavrini, +3

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Diagnostic VirologyUsutu Virus InfectionViral DiagnosticsPathogenesisImmunology +12