Table 1.
One Health (OH) planning.
| Task | Match |
|---|---|
| Positioning of the entomological traps (active surveillance) | 1.0 |
| Collecting mosquito traps and transfer to laboratories (active surveillance) | 1.0 |
| Wild birds collection (trap/shoot) and transfer to the laboratories (active surveillance) | 0.5 |
| Passive surveillance on wild birds found dead | 0.8 |
| Passive surveillance in horses: reporting of suspect cases of WND (neurologic symptoms) | 0.5 |
| Passive surveillance in horses: sampling of suspect cases of WND (neurologic symptoms) | 1.0 |
| Active surveillance on horses | 1.0 |
| Laboratory tests on horses, wild birds, and mosquitoes incl. species-ID | 1.0 |
| Surveillance of neoroinvasive disease in humans | 1.0 |
| Laboratory tests on blood and organ donations, and on human suspects (West Nile neuroinvasive disease) samples | 1.0 |
| Data sharing and communication | 1.0 |
| Overall score (mean) for OH planning | 0.89 |
Description of the different tasks of the West Nile virus surveillance in Northern Italy in 2016. Scores were given for the match between necessary skills, possessed skills, and available personnel, material and/or infrastructure. A perfect match was scored as 1.0.