Marco Massari

Social Contacts and Mixing Patterns Relevant to the Spread of Infectious Diseases (2008)

Joël Mossong, Niel Hens, Mark Jit, Philippe Beutels, Kari Auranen, Rafael Mikolajczyk, ...

BackgroundMathematical modelling of infectious diseases transmitted by the respiratory or close-contact route (e.g., pandemic influenza) is increasingly being used to determine the impact of possible...

Health burden and economic impact of measles-related hospitalizations in Italy in 2002–2003 (2007)

Filia, Antonietta, Brenna, Antonio, Panà, Augusto, Maggio Cavallaro, Gianluca, Massari, Marco, Ciofi Degli Atti, Marta L

Abstract Background A large measles outbreak occurred in Italy in 2002–2003. This study evaluates the health burden and economic impact of measles-related hospitalizations in Italy during the...

Risk factors and outcome among a large patient cohort with community-acquired acute hepatitis C in Italy (2006)

Santantonio, Teresa, Medda, Emanuela, Ferrari, Carlo, Fabris, Paolo, Cariti, Giuseppe, Massari, Marco, ...

BACKGROUND: The epidemiology of acute hepatitis C has changed during the past decade in Western countries. Acute HCV infection has a high rate of chronicity, but it is unclear when patients with...

Transmission of Hepatitis C Virus in a Gynecological Surgery Setting

Massari, Marco, Petrosillo, Nicola, Ippolito, Giuseppe, Solforosi, Laura, Bonazzi, Lucio, Clementi, Massimo, ...

A cluster of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections among gynecological patients who underwent surgical intervention in the same setting is described. An epidemiological investigation was conducted to...

Virus-Specific CD8+ Lymphocytes Share the Same Effector-Memory Phenotype but Exhibit Functional Differences in Acute Hepatitis B and C

Urbani, Simona, Boni, Carolina, Missale, Gabriele, Elia, Gianfranco, Cavallo, Cristina, Massari, Marco, ...

Hepatitis B and hepatitis C viruses (HBV and HCV) are both noncytopathic and can cause acute and chronic infections of the liver. Although they share tropism for the same organ, development of...

Transmission of Hepatitis C Virus in a Gynecological Surgery Setting

Massari, Marco, Petrosillo, Nicola, Ippolito, Giuseppe, Solforosi, Laura, Bonazzi, Lucio, Clementi, Massimo, ...

A cluster of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections among gynecological patients who underwent surgical intervention in the same setting is described. An epidemiological investigation was conducted to...

Virus-Specific CD8+ Lymphocytes Share the Same Effector-Memory Phenotype but Exhibit Functional Differences in Acute Hepatitis B and C

Urbani, Simona, Boni, Carolina, Missale, Gabriele, Elia, Gianfranco, Cavallo, Cristina, Massari, Marco, ...

Hepatitis B and hepatitis C viruses (HBV and HCV) are both noncytopathic and can cause acute and chronic infections of the liver. Although they share tropism for the same organ, development of...

PD-1 Expression in Acute Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Infection Is Associated with HCV-Specific CD8 Exhaustion▿

Urbani, Simona, Amadei, Barbara, Tola, Daniela, Massari, Marco, Schivazappa, Simona, Missale, Gabriele, ...

Hepatitis C virus (HCV)-specific CD8 cell exhaustion may represent a mechanism of HCV persistence. The inhibitory receptor PD-1 has been reported to be up-regulated in exhausted CD8 cells. Therefore,...

Social Contacts and Mixing Patterns Relevant to the Spread of Infectious Diseases

Mossong, Joël, Hens, Niel, Jit, Mark, Beutels, Philippe, Auranen, Kari, Mikolajczyk, Rafael, ...

Surveying 7,290 participants in eight European countries, Joël Mossong and colleagues determine patterns of person-to-person contact relevant to controlling pathogens spread by respiratory or...

Use of Whole-Blood Samples in In-House Bulk and Single-Cell Antigen-Specific Gamma Interferon Assays for Surveillance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infections▿

Palazzo, Raffaella, Spensieri, Fabiana, Massari, Marco, Fedele, Giorgio, Frasca, Loredana, Carrara, Stefania, ...

Tests based on the gamma interferon (IFN-γ) assay (IGA) are used as adjunctive tools for the diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Here we compared in-house and commercial whole-blood...