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Roberto Romi
Researcher at Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Publications - 111
Citations - 5085
Roberto Romi is an academic researcher from Istituto Superiore di Sanità. The author has contributed to research in topics: Malaria & Aedes albopictus. The author has an hindex of 34, co-authored 111 publications receiving 4653 citations.
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Infection with chikungunya virus in Italy: an outbreak in a temperate region
Giovanni Rezza,Loredana Nicoletti,R Angelini,Roberto Romi,A C Finarelli,M. Panning,Paolo Cordioli,Claudia Fortuna,S. Boros,Fabio Magurano,G. Silvi,Paola Angelini,Michele Dottori,Maria Grazia Ciufolini,Giancarlo Majori,Antonio Cassone +15 more
TL;DR: In this article, an outbreak of chikungunya virus (CHIKV) was reported in Italy, where the primary source of infection and modes of transmission were identified and an active surveillance system was also implemented.
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An outbreak of chikungunya fever in the province of Ravenna, Italy.
R Angelini,A C Finarelli,Paola Angelini,C Po,K Petropulacos,P Macini,Cristiano Fiorentini,Claudia Fortuna,Giulietta Venturi,Roberto Romi,Giancarlo Majori,Loredana Nicoletti,Giovanni Rezza,Antonio Cassone +13 more
TL;DR: A mosquito-borne virus that causes chikungunya fever is transmitted by Aedes spp mosquitoes and is endemic in parts of Africa, South-east Asia and on the Indian sub-continent.
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Detection of a chikungunya outbreak in Central Italy, August to September 2017.
Giulietta Venturi,Marco Di Luca,Claudia Fortuna,Maria Elena Remoli,Flavia Riccardo,Francesco Severini,Luciano Toma,Martina Del Manso,Eleonora Benedetti,Maria Grazia Caporali,Antonello Amendola,Cristiano Fiorentini,Claudio De Liberato,Roberto Giammattei,Roberto Romi,Patrizio Pezzotti,Giovanni Rezza,Caterina Rizzo +17 more
TL;DR: An outbreak of chikungunya is ongoing near Anzio, a coastal town in the province of Rome as mentioned in this paper, where 86 cases are laboratory-confirmed and vector control, enhanced surveillance and restricted blood donations are being implemented in affected areas.
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Malaria in Maremma, Italy
Marco Baldari,Angelo Tamburro,Guido Sabatinelli,Roberto Romi,Carlo Severini,Giampiero Cuccagna,Gabriella Fiorilli,Maria Pia Allegri,Cristina Buriani,Mario Toti +9 more
TL;DR: These investigations suggest that the index case of malaria was caused by local anopheline mosquitoes infected with exogenous P. vivax.
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Experimental studies of susceptibility of Italian Aedes albopictus to Zika virus.
Marco Di Luca,Francesco Severini,Luciano Toma,Daniela Boccolini,Roberto Romi,Maria Elena Remoli,Michela Sabbatucci,Caterina Rizzo,Giulietta Venturi,Giovanni Rezza,Claudia Fortuna +10 more
TL;DR: The observed vector competence of an Italian population of Aedes albopictus for Zika virus (ZIKV) was lower than that of an Ae.