Laura Pellegrinelli, Cristina Galli, Federica Giardina, Guglielmo Ferrari, Sara Colonia Uceda Renteria, Ferruccio Ceriotti, Arlinda Seiti, Sandro Binda, Antonino Maria Guglielmo Pitrolo, Roberta Schiavo, Sergio Maria Ivano Malandrin, Annalisa Cavallero, Marco Arosio, Claudio Farina, Massimo Oggioni, Pierluigi Congedo, Danilo Cereda, Francesca Rovida, Antonio Piralla, Elena Pariani, Fausto Baldanti
OBJECTIVES: Following the alert of echovirus 11 (E-11) infection in neonates in EU/EEA Member States, we conducted an investigation of E-11 circulation by gathering data from community and hospital surveillance of enterovirus (EV) in northern Italy from August 1st , 2021 to June 30th , 2023. METHODS: Virological results of EVs were obtained from the regional sentinel surveillance database for influenza-like illness (ILI) in outpatients, and from the laboratory database of ten hospitals for inpatients with either respiratory or neurological symptoms...
March 6, 2024: International Journal of Infectious Diseases: IJID