Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu khoa học ngành y học tạp chí Medical Sciences dành cho các bạn sinh viên ngành y tham khảo đề tài: Incidence of Ocular Zoonoses referred to the Inflammatory and Autoimmune Ocular Diseases Service of the University of Parma - Italy. | Int. J. Med. Sci. 2009 6 118 International Journal of Medical Sciences 2009 6 3 118-119 Ivyspring International Publisher. All rights reserved Short Communication Incidence of Ocular Zoonoses referred to the Inflammatory and Autoimmune Ocular Diseases Service of the University of Parma - Italy Stefania Gonzales Alessandro Giannone Pierangela Rubino Francesca Manzotti Isabella Pellistri Paolo Mora Jelka G. Orsoni Institute of Ophthalmology University of Parma - Parma Italy Published Parma is a city located in the western part of the region Emilia Romagna Figure 1 about 100 km far from Milan. The province of Parma is approximately km2 wide. The mountains of the Appennine range divide Parma Province from Tuscany and from Ligury and Po river flows through its territory. The territory of Parma Province presents two types of environment mountains with woods in the South and floody plains in the North. The Po river runs through a fertile plain where world famous food and wines are produced. Green is undoubtedly one of the dominant colours in the territory of Parma and a series of Nature Reserves in the province of Parma as well as parks wildlife sanctuaries state forests are all protected areas. The total population is about residents. The principal activities include the raising of farm animals and the transformation of raw products into food cheese meat cured meats etc . Indeed the province of Parma is known also as the food valley . The characteristics of the environment the presence of woods and the habit of consuming sausages and raw meat make Parma Province an endemic area for both arthropod- and food-borne zoonoses. Approximately 20 of cases of zoonotic disease in Italy are reported from the Emilia Romagna Region. In Europe there is no obligation to register Lyme cases and therefore the real incidence of Lyme disease is unknown. In Italy Lyme disease has been subject to mandatory notification since 1990 but there is likely an .