translation.en: When in August 2007 the Italian authorities notified an outbreak of Chikungunya virus in the northern region of Emilia-Romagna, this event represented the first documented autochthonous transmission of the virus on the European continent.
translation.mt: Meta f’Awwissu 2007 l-awtoritajiet Taljani nnotifikaw tifqigħa tal-vajrus Chikungunya fir-reġjun tat-tramuntana ta’ Emilia-Romagna, dan l-avveniment irrappreżenta l-ewwel trasmissjoni awtoktona ddokumentata tal-vajrus fil-kontinent Ewropew.