Disease Outbreaks

Due fratellini inseparabili con la sindrome emolitica uremica (SEU)

Delcaro G, Dall'Amico R, Tubaro M

2026/1 — pag. 16-16 — DOI

This report describes a familial cluster of typical Haemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) caused by Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (EHEC). An 18-month-old girl initially presented with haemorrhagic diarrhoea, which rapidly progressed to acute renal failure...

Un… due… tre… SBEGA!

Barbato L, Cavicchioli P, Vallongo C

2023/9 — pag. 185-187 — DOI

Two clinical cases of invasive Group A Streptococcus infection (iGAS) are reported, with very different and rapid evolution. The two clinical cases described reflect the increasing trend in the pediatric population between 2022 and 2023 of the incide...

La recrudescenza delle infezioni (anche) da streptococco beta-emolitico di gruppo A?

Marchetti F.

2023/1 — pag. 45-47 — DOI

Since the beginning of December 2022, unusually high number of Group A Streptococcus (GAS) infections among children have been reported across at least five Member States in the European Region (France, Ireland, Sweden, Holland and the United Kingdom...

Cluster familiare di infezione da Listeria monocytogenes

Cinquatti R, Acucella G, Emmig U, Rossi C, Canale C, Folgori G, Guala A

2022/5 — pag. 102-105 — DOI

Listeria monocytogenes is a Gram-positive facultative intracellular bacterium; it is transmitted to humans through the ingestion of contaminated food. Patients are typically immunosuppressed individuals, pregnant women, newborns and elderly people. I...

Gli interventi di salute nelle collettività: un modello di comportamento integrato nella gestione di un focolaio di epatite A in una scuola

Ghini T, Daniloiu AG, Sintoni F, Bertozzi N, Brunelli A

2021/1 — pag. 22-24 — DOI

The paper describes 2 cases of hepatitis A related to each other and occurring in the context of the same school. We illustrate the sequence of actions taken towards individuals and the community in order to contain the spread of the epidemic outbrea...

Perché la Lombardia è un outlier: un’anomalia evidenziata da Covid-19

M. Bonati

2020/5 — pag. 279-282

Da: Il Pensiero Scientifico Editore, Ricerca e Pratica 2020;36:51-6...

Il virus Zyka è davvero la causa dell’epidemia di microcefalia congenita?

M.P. Ronchetti, F. Ronchetti, P.M. Bianco, R. Ronchetti

2018/1

Over a 12-month-period from July 2015 to June 2016, in Brazil thousands of cases of congenital microcephaly ap-peared simultaneously with the spread of an epidemic of Zyka virus infections. In the early 2016, this temporal co-incidence was basically ...

Morbillo in Italia: bollettino settimanale

2017/5 — pag. 289

Meningite: l’epidemia è solo mediatica

R. Cavallo

2017/1 — pag. 17-19

Torniamo a parlare di vaccinazioni

S. Salmaso

2015/5 — pag. 279-280

Ebola: se il panico ruba il posto della verità

2014/9 — pag. 559-561

A ognuno il suo Ebola

2014/9 — pag. 555

L’epidemia degli ultimi inverni: bambini senza unghie dopo malattia mani-piedi-bocca

I. Berti, M. Cutrone, E. Bonifazi

2011/4 — pag. 247-249

Influenza 2010-2011: le raccomandazioni del Ministero della Salute

R. Cavallo

2010/8 — pag. 483-484

Focolai di morbillo nell'area pisana

F. Vierucci, T. Vanacore, R. De Tata, G. Palla, F. Massei, S. Stabilini, Giampiero I. Baroncelli

2010/1

Focolai di morbillo nell’area pisana

F. Vierucci, T. Vanacore, R. De Tata, G. Palla, F. Massei, S. Stabilini, G.I. Baroncelli

2010/1 — pag. 55-56

The incidence of measles strongly decreased following the introduction of vaccination. However, new cases are steadily reported in Italy as well as in other European countries. By contrast, World Health Organization has targeted, by an extension ...

Chikungunya: primo focolaio epidemico italiano di una malattia tropicale

E. Giacomoni, M. Pocecco, M. Palazzi

2007/10 — pag. 667-668

We report the first Italian paediatric case of Chikungunya fever observed in the province of Cesena and caused by a virus transmitted by a tropical mosquito, “tiger mosquito” which was unknown in Italy up to a few years ago....

Chikungunya: primo focolaio epidemico italiano di una malattia tropicale

E. Giacomoni, M. Pocecco, M. Palazzi

2007/10

Focolai di morbillo nella popolazione nomade in italia: giugno-settembre 2006

A. Filia, F. Curtale, P. Kreidl, G. Morosetti, L. Nicoletti, F. Perrelli, J. Mantovani, D. Campus, G. Rossi, M.C. Sanna, A. Zanetti, F. Magurano4, C. Fortuna, S. Iannazzo7, M.G. Pompa, M. Ciofi degli Atti

2007/4 — pag. 257-259

Three clusters of measles cases occurred between June and September 2006, in three different Italian regions: the Autonomous Province of Bolzano-South Tyrol (17 cases); Lazio (161 cases); and the island of Sardinia (9 cases). The clusters affected ma...

Focolai di morbillo nella popolazione nomade in Italia

A. Filia, F. Curtale, P. Kreidl, G. Morosetti, L. Nicoletti, F. Perrelli, J. Mantovani, D. Campus, G. Rossi, M.C. Sanna, A. Zanetti, F. Magurano, C. Fortuna, S. Iannazzo, MG. Pompa, M. Ciofi degli Atti

2007/4

Vaccinazione contro la varicella: due dosi a qualunque età?

G. Bartolozzi

2006/6

Una piccola epidemia di morbillo in una collegio ad alta copertura vaccinale

G. Bartolozzi

2006/1

Influenza aviaria: proviamo a fare chiarezza

L. Grandori

2005/9 — pag. 601-603

The virus of influenza type A has as reservoir birds and it is a modified bird flu virus. There is an ongoing pandemic of avian flu among birds. The spread from birds to man has occurred and led in a few cases to death. Inter-human transmission of ...

Efficacia della vaccinazione in un'epidemia di varicella in una scuola elementare.

G. Bartolozzi

2005/7

Epidemia di pertosse in provincia di Catania (2002)

2004/5 — pag. 325-326

In the year 2002 a pertussis outbreak was reported in the province of Catania. The sources on incident cases were pertussis notification and number of hospitalisation extracted from administrative database. Seventy-two cases of pertussis in patien...

Epidemia di pertosse - provincia di Catania, 2002

M. Cuccia, D. Cutuli

2004/4

SARS, morbillo, meningite

F. Panizon

2003/5 — pag. 280

Nuove malattie: la SARS

M. Lazzerini

2003/5 — pag. 319-322

Il morbillo in Calabria

M. Candusso

2003/5 — pag. 315-317

In spite of early warnings from epidemics in nearby geographical areas (Campania and Puglia), the coverage for measles vaccination in Calabria remained unacceptably low (25.5% although coverage rates are quite variable across the region). An epidem...

Medici italiani contro la guerraPANDAS, tic, OCD, ADHD, coreaSulla febbre da dentiAncora sull’epidemia di morbillo in CampaniaUna questione di stileLa guerra degli specializzandi

2003/2 — pag. 81-83

Quo vadis influenza?

G. Bartolozzi

2002/10 — pag. 661-667

The Author provides an overview of the paediatric implications of influenza epidemics, starting with the considerable public health burden: influenza strikes the youngest at least as much as the elderly, with a sharp increase in consultations, drug...

Gli struzzi e l’epidemia di morbillo in Campania

2002/9 — pag. 568-569

Rash e artrite: una piccola epidemia familiare

2002/9 — pag. 606-606

Report of 3 family cases of atypical rash with polyarthritis. The disease first appeared in a female child and then, after about a week, in her parents. Documented aetiology: Parvovirus B19....

Un’epidemia di mal di testa...ovvero, la storia di daniel

F. Fusco

2002/8 — pag. 530-531

L’epidemia di morbillo in Campania: che cosa possiamo imparare

M. Ciofi degli Atti, E.S. Salmaso, Et Al.

2002/6 — pag. 365-368

The Authors analyse the current measles epidemic in the Region of Campania, Italy, where the immunisation coverage for measles is 60%. The epidemic shows the typical pattern of intermediate immunisation coverage, with a shift of cases towards older...

Controllo dell'epatite A con la vaccinazione routinaria dei bambini

G. Bartolozzi

2002/2

Malattia da graffio di gatto: una piccola epidemia

E. Mazzoleni, B. Loru, E. Prandi, E. Pelizzari

2001/10 — pag. 697-697

Report of a small epidemic (4 cases of typical, but clinically severe lymphadenopathy, one case associated with hepatic granuloma; all of them appeared in a 2-month period). It might suggest a feline epidemic caused by a particularly virulent stra...

Efficacia dei vaccini antiparotite

1998/3 — pag. 161-164

An outbreak of epidemic parotitis occurred in an area of Northeastern Italy from September 1995 to July 1996. To investigate the possible causes, and particularly to test the hypothesis of a primary failure due to one or more mumps vaccines, the...

La cena delle beffe : un’epidemia streptococcica sui generis

I. Merisi

1998/2 — pag. 108

VACCINARE - LETTERE SMARRITE Esperienza di gestione di un outbreak di morbilloAncora morbilloVaccino anti-HibVaccinazioni obbligatorie e parto in casaTerbinafina e cura breve della tignaUn’altra dimensione della riabilitazione precoce

1998/2 — pag. 82-87