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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
Health burden and economic impact of measles-related hospitalizations in Italy in 2002–2003
Filia, Antonietta, Brenna, Antonio, Panà, Augusto, Maggio Cavallaro, Gianluca, Massari, Marco, Ciofi Degli Atti, Marta L
Ciofi Degli Atti, Marta Luisa, Merler, Stefano, Rizzo, Caterina, Ajelli, Marco, Massari, Marco, Manfredi, Piero, ...
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...
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...