Journal of travel medicine
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Identifying sexually transmitted infections is a public health task. Screening at the time of migration detected asymptomatic infections over a range of ages. Reporting infection rates may serve to establish a benchmark for risk assessments. All sexually active people who have never had sexually transmitted infection tests should be offered sexually transmitted infection tests.
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A new strain of WNV lineage 1 (WNV - 1) emerged in the Veneto Region, northern Italy, in 2021, eight years after the last outbreak of WNV - 1 in Italy. The virus, which co-circulates with WNV-2, has become endemic in the Region, where, in 2022, most human cases of neuroinvasive disease (WNND) reported in Europe have occurred. ⋯ Comparative analysis of WNV-1 vs WNV-2 infection in humans, wild birds, and mosquitos showed a rapid expansion of WNV-1 and suggested that WNV-1 infected patients might have an increased risk to develop severe disease.