VICENZA – Tick alarm in the province of Vicenza, in particular in the Alto Vicenza area? According to a question by Chiara Luisetto, a member of the Democratic Party, there is no…
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VICENZA – Alarm ticks in province of Vicenza, particularly in the Upper Vicenza area? According to a query by Chiara Luisettoexponent of PDthere is not only cause for concern, but it is necessary to take action by distributing the vaccine against contagion from viral encephalitiscaused precisely by bites Of these insects.
Tbe, tick-borne viral encephalitis infections
«In the Alto Vicentino area, numerous cases of tick-borne viral encephalitis have recently been found, a dangerous pathology because it can have serious neurological consequences», underlined Luisetto in the question, also bringing to attention the data from the latest regional bulletin on the surveillance of the so-called arboviruses, in which cases were recorded in the Municipalities of:
Highly endemic area
«Such a large presence in a sparsely inhabited area would classify that area as high, according to WHO criteria high endemic. It is therefore necessary for the Region to intervene with measures capable of maximizing vaccinations”, underlined Luisetto.
Free vaccine
«To date – explains the representative of the Democratic Party – the free anti-tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) vaccination is available upon request for all people residing in Ulss 1 Dolomiti in the Belluno area and for subjects belonging to some categories at risk, such as the Alpine Rescue volunteers and the Civil Protection volunteers. For residents in the moderate and low endemic areas of the other Local Health Authorities, a discounted price of 25 euros per dose. Given that the territory of the Pedemontana Vicentina, and in particular the high valleys of Leogra, Agno, Astico and Posina are areas of recognized endemicity, and that the infection appears to be under-diagnosed in Valsuganaon the Grappa Massif and at theAsiago plateauit becomes necessary to introduce for these areas a measure capable of encouraging prevention, especially for larger families who are faced with prohibitive costs”.
Luisetto then asks the regional health councilor “if he intends to exempt populations who are resident in areas particularly exposed to the presence of this parasite and outside the territory of Ulss 1 from paying the fee for the anti-tick-borne encephalitis vaccine”.
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