Giuseppe
Emeritus
[Source: Eurosurveillance, full page: (LINK). Abstract, edited.]
C Rizzo <SUP>1</SUP>, V Alfonsi<SUP>1</SUP>, R Bruni<SUP>2</SUP>, L Busani<SUP>3</SUP>, A R Ciccaglione<SUP>2</SUP>, D De Medici<SUP>3</SUP>, S Di Pasquale<SUP>3</SUP>, M Equestre<SUP>2</SUP>, M Escher<SUP>3</SUP>, M C Monta?o-Remacha<SUP>1</SUP><SUP>,4</SUP>, G Scavia<SUP>3</SUP>, S Taffon<SUP>2</SUP>, V Carraro<SUP>5</SUP>, S Franchini<SUP>5</SUP>, B Natter<SUP>6</SUP>, M Augschiller<SUP>6</SUP>, M E Tosti<SUP>1</SUP>, the Central Task Force on Hepatitis A<SUP>7</SUP>
Citation style for this article: Rizzo C, Alfonsi V, Bruni R, Busani L, Ciccaglione AR, De Medici D, Di Pasquale S, Equestre M, Escher M, Monta?o-Remacha MC, Scavia G, Taffon S, Carraro V, Franchini S, Natter B, Augschiller M, Tosti ME, the Central Task Force on Hepatitis A. Ongoing outbreak of hepatitis A in Italy: preliminary report as of 31 May 2013. Euro Surveill. 2013;18(27)
ii=20518. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=2051 Date of submission: 17 June 2013
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Since January 2013, an unusual increase in hepatitis A cases has been detected in northern Italy. A total number of 352 cases were reported to the integrated surveillance system between January and the end of May 2013 and this represents a 70% increase compared to the same period of the previous year. The outbreak is ongoing and the public health authorities are continuing their investigations to establish the transmission vehicle and to control the outbreak.
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Eurosurveillance, Volume 18, Issue 27, 04 July 2013
Rapid communications
Ongoing outbreak of hepatitis A in Italy: preliminary report as of 31 May 2013
Rapid communications
Ongoing outbreak of hepatitis A in Italy: preliminary report as of 31 May 2013
C Rizzo <SUP>1</SUP>, V Alfonsi<SUP>1</SUP>, R Bruni<SUP>2</SUP>, L Busani<SUP>3</SUP>, A R Ciccaglione<SUP>2</SUP>, D De Medici<SUP>3</SUP>, S Di Pasquale<SUP>3</SUP>, M Equestre<SUP>2</SUP>, M Escher<SUP>3</SUP>, M C Monta?o-Remacha<SUP>1</SUP><SUP>,4</SUP>, G Scavia<SUP>3</SUP>, S Taffon<SUP>2</SUP>, V Carraro<SUP>5</SUP>, S Franchini<SUP>5</SUP>, B Natter<SUP>6</SUP>, M Augschiller<SUP>6</SUP>, M E Tosti<SUP>1</SUP>, the Central Task Force on Hepatitis A<SUP>7</SUP>
- Istituto Superiore di Sanit? (ISS), National Centre for Epidemiology Surveillance and Health Promotion, Rome, Italy
- Istituto Superiore di Sanit? (ISS), Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune-mediated Diseases
- Istituto Superiore di Sanit? (ISS), Department of Veterinary Public Health and Food Safety
- European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET), European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Health, Province of Trento, Italy
- Department of Health, Province of Bolzano, Italy
- The members of the Central Task Force on Hepatitis A are listed at the end of the article
Citation style for this article: Rizzo C, Alfonsi V, Bruni R, Busani L, Ciccaglione AR, De Medici D, Di Pasquale S, Equestre M, Escher M, Monta?o-Remacha MC, Scavia G, Taffon S, Carraro V, Franchini S, Natter B, Augschiller M, Tosti ME, the Central Task Force on Hepatitis A. Ongoing outbreak of hepatitis A in Italy: preliminary report as of 31 May 2013. Euro Surveill. 2013;18(27)
ii=20518. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=2051 Date of submission: 17 June 2013_________
Since January 2013, an unusual increase in hepatitis A cases has been detected in northern Italy. A total number of 352 cases were reported to the integrated surveillance system between January and the end of May 2013 and this represents a 70% increase compared to the same period of the previous year. The outbreak is ongoing and the public health authorities are continuing their investigations to establish the transmission vehicle and to control the outbreak.
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