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Respiratory syncytial virus in pediatric influenza-like illness cases in Lombardy, Northern Italy, during seven consecutive winter seasons (from 2014-2015 to 2020-2021). [PDF]

Influenza Other Respir Viruses, 2022
Introduction: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the major cause of lower respiratory tract illness in young children and can also cause influenza-like illness (ILI).
Pellegrinelli L, Galli C, Bubba L, Seiti A, Anselmi G, Primache V, Signorini L, Delbue S, Binda S, Pariani E.   +9 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

Infodemiology of RSV in Italy (2017–2022): An Alternative Option for the Surveillance of Incident Cases in Pediatric Age? [PDF]

Children, 2022
The aim of this study was to evaluate whether or not online queries for Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) retrieved by means of Google Trends™ and the Italian Wikipedia analysis program mirror the occurrence of influenza-like illnesses (ILI), as reported
Matteo Riccò, Antonio Baldassarre, Sandro Provenzano, Silvia Corrado, Milena Pia Cerviere, Salvatore Parisi, Federico Marchesi, Marco Bottazzoli   +7 more
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Epidemiology and prevention of respiratory syncytial virus infections in children in Italy. [PDF]

Ital J Pediatr, 2021
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the leading global cause of respiratory infections in infants and the second most frequent cause of death during the first year of life. This highly contagious seasonal virus is responsible for approximately 3 million
Azzari C, Baraldi E, Bonanni P, Bozzola E, Coscia A, Lanari M, Manzoni P, Mazzone T, Sandri F, Checcucci Lisi G, Parisi S, Piacentini G, Mosca F.   +12 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

National assessment of Canadian pandemic preparedness: Employing InFluNet to identify high-risk areas for inter-wave vaccine distribution

Infectious Disease Modelling, 2017
Background: Influenza pandemics emerge at irregular and unpredictable intervals to cause substantial health, economic and social burdens. Optimizing health-system response is vital to mitigating the consequences of future pandemics. Methods: We developed
Patrick Saunders-Hastings, Bryson Quinn Hayes, Robert Smith？, Daniel Krewski   +3 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Reconstructing the impact of COVID-19 on the immunity gap and transmission of respiratory syncytial virus in Lombardy, Italy. [PDF]

EBioMedicine, 2023
Background: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a leading cause of hospitalisation and mortality in young children globally. The social distancing measures implemented against COVID-19 in Lombardy (Italy) disrupted the typically seasonal RSV circulation
Ang HJ, Menegale F, Preziosi G, Pariani E, Migliari M, Pellegrinelli L, Sechi GM, Buoro S, Merler S, Cereda D, Tirani M, Poletti P, Dorigatti I.   +12 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Respiratory Syncytial Virus: New Challenges for Molecular Epidemiology Surveillance and Vaccination Strategy in Patients with ILI/SARI. [PDF]

Vaccines (Basel), 2021
: Several respiratory pathogens are responsible for influenza-like illness (ILI) and severe respiratory infections (SARI), among which human respiratory syncytial virus (hRSV) represents one of the most common aetiologies. We analysed the hRSV prevalence
Tramuto F, Maida CM, Di Naro D, Randazzo G, Vitale F, Restivo V, Costantino C, Amodio E, Casuccio A, Graziano G, Immordino P, Mazzucco W.   +11 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Detection of influenza virus in urban wastewater during the season 2022/2023 in Sicily, Italy. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Introduction: Seasonal influenza generally represents an underestimated public health problem with significant socioeconomic implications. Monitoring and detecting influenza epidemics are important tasks that require integrated strategies.
Maida CM, Mazzucco W, Priano W, Palermo R, Graziano G, Costantino C, Russo A, Andolina G, Restivo I, Giangreco V, Iaia FR, Santino A, Li Muli R, Guzzetta V, Vitale F, Tramuto F.   +15 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Influenza molecular diagnostic testing in a 1000-bed academic Italian hospital during the 2018-19 influenza season. [PDF]

J Public Health (Berl), 2022
Aim: The aims of this study were to examine the requests for influenza molecular tests processed by the Virology Laboratory of the University Hospital of Udine during the 2018\u201319 influenza season and to assess the test results and to estimate costs.
Valent F, Malacarne F, Licata S, Pipan C.   +3 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

A comparative study between the incidence and epidemiological features of Influenza-Like Illness and laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Italian epicenter (Lombardy). [PDF]

J Infect Public Health, 2021
Introduction: In Lombardy, the influenza surveillance system relies on sentinel physicians that weekly report data on the number of Influenza-Like Illness (ILI) and a part of them also collect nasopharyngeal samples for virologic analyses.
Grosso F, Castrofino A, Del Castillo G, Galli C, Binda S, Pellegrinelli L, Bubba L, Cereda D, Tirani M, Gramegna M, Bella A, Castaldi S, Pariani E.   +12 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

The effects of COVID-19 pandemic on the trend of measles and influenza in Europe. [PDF]

Acta Biomed, 2021
Gianfredi V, Santangelo OE, Provenzano S.   +2 more
europepmc   +3 more sources