Savasta, Salvatore
Rovida, Francesca
Foiadelli, Thomas http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0961-428X
Campana, Anna Maria
Percivalle, Elena
Marseglia, Gian Luigi
Baldanti, Fausto
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministero della Salute (80206)
Article History
Received: 22 October 2018
Accepted: 25 October 2018
First Online: 20 November 2018
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: The local Ethics Committee consent was not required because according to a Regional Surveillance and Preparedness Plan (DGR 12591, December 27, 2012), diagnostic detection of WNV infections in the Lombardy Region was centralized at the Regional Reference Laboratory (Molecular Virology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia).
: Patients with suspected WNV infections are automatically included in a Regional diagnostic protocol. The patient’s parents signed an informed consent upon admission to the University Hospital.
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