Giuseppe
Emeritus
[Source: Eurosurveillance, full text: (LINK). Abstract, edited.]
L Mughini-Gras<SUP>1</SUP>, C Graziani<SUP>1</SUP>, F Biorci<SUP>2</SUP>, A Pavan<SUP>3</SUP>, R Magliola<SUP>4</SUP>, A Ricci<SUP>5</SUP>, G Gilli<SUP>2</SUP>, E Carraro<SUP>6</SUP>, L Busani (
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Citation style for this article: Mughini-Gras L, Graziani C, Biorci F, Pavan A, Magliola R, Ricci A, Gilli G, Carraro E, Busani L. Surveillance of acute infectious gastroenteritis (1992?2009) and food-borne disease outbreaks (1996?2009) in Italy, with a focus on the Piedmont and Lombardy regions. Euro Surveill. 2012;17(8)
ii=20098. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20098
Date of submission: 01 August 2011 <HR>We describe trends in the occurrence of acute infectious gastroenteritis (1992 to 2009) and food-borne disease outbreaks (1996 to 2009) in Italy. In 2002, the Piedmont region implemented a surveillance system for early detection and control of food-borne disease outbreaks; in 2004, the Lombardy region implemented a system for surveillance of all notifiable human infectious diseases. Both systems are internet based. We compared the regional figures with the national mean using official notification data provided by the National Infectious Diseases Notification System (SIMI) and the National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT), in order to provide additional information about the epidemiology of these diseases in Italy. When compared with the national mean, data from the two regional systems showed a significant increase in notification rates of non-typhoid salmonellosis and infectious diarrhoea other than non-typhoid salmonellosis, but for food-borne disease outbreaks, the increase was not statistically significant. Although the two regional systems have different objectives and structures, they showed improved sensitivity regarding notification of cases of acute infectious gastroenteritis and, to a lesser extent, food-borne disease outbreaks, and thus provide a more complete picture of the epidemiology of these diseases in Italy.
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Eurosurveillance, Volume 17, Issue 8, 23 February 2012
Surveillance and outbreak reports
Surveillance of acute infectious gastroenteritis (1992?2009) and food-borne disease outbreaks (1996?2009) in Italy, with a focus on the Piedmont and Lombardy regions
Surveillance and outbreak reports
Surveillance of acute infectious gastroenteritis (1992?2009) and food-borne disease outbreaks (1996?2009) in Italy, with a focus on the Piedmont and Lombardy regions
L Mughini-Gras<SUP>1</SUP>, C Graziani<SUP>1</SUP>, F Biorci<SUP>2</SUP>, A Pavan<SUP>3</SUP>, R Magliola<SUP>4</SUP>, A Ricci<SUP>5</SUP>, G Gilli<SUP>2</SUP>, E Carraro<SUP>6</SUP>, L Busani (
- Istituto Superiore di Sanit?, Department of Veterinary Public Health and Food Safety, Rome, Italy
- University of Turin, Department of Public Health and Microbiology, Turin, Italy
- General Public Health Directorate, Unit of Prevention and control of Infectious Diseases, Food Safety and Nutrition, Lombardy region, Milan, Italy
- Regional reference centre for surveillance, prevention and control of food-borne diseases, Piedmont region, Turin, Italy
- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Legnaro, Padua, Italy
- University of Piemonte Orientale ?Amedeo Avogadro?, Department of Life Sciences, Alessandria, Italy
Citation style for this article: Mughini-Gras L, Graziani C, Biorci F, Pavan A, Magliola R, Ricci A, Gilli G, Carraro E, Busani L. Surveillance of acute infectious gastroenteritis (1992?2009) and food-borne disease outbreaks (1996?2009) in Italy, with a focus on the Piedmont and Lombardy regions. Euro Surveill. 2012;17(8)
ii=20098. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20098 Date of submission: 01 August 2011 <HR>We describe trends in the occurrence of acute infectious gastroenteritis (1992 to 2009) and food-borne disease outbreaks (1996 to 2009) in Italy. In 2002, the Piedmont region implemented a surveillance system for early detection and control of food-borne disease outbreaks; in 2004, the Lombardy region implemented a system for surveillance of all notifiable human infectious diseases. Both systems are internet based. We compared the regional figures with the national mean using official notification data provided by the National Infectious Diseases Notification System (SIMI) and the National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT), in order to provide additional information about the epidemiology of these diseases in Italy. When compared with the national mean, data from the two regional systems showed a significant increase in notification rates of non-typhoid salmonellosis and infectious diarrhoea other than non-typhoid salmonellosis, but for food-borne disease outbreaks, the increase was not statistically significant. Although the two regional systems have different objectives and structures, they showed improved sensitivity regarding notification of cases of acute infectious gastroenteritis and, to a lesser extent, food-borne disease outbreaks, and thus provide a more complete picture of the epidemiology of these diseases in Italy.