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  1. Article ; Online: What happens to people’s lungs when they get coronavirus disease 2019?

    Frizzelli, A. / Tuttolomondo, D. / Aiello, M. / Majori, M. / Bertorelli, G. / Chetta, A.

    2020  

    Abstract: Summary. The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 was first identified in Wuhan in December 2019 as cause of the consequent novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The virus has since spread worldwide. The clinical presentation following human infection ... ...

    Abstract Summary. The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 was first identified in Wuhan in December 2019 as cause of the consequent novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The virus has since spread worldwide. The clinical presentation following human infection ranges from a mild upper respiratory tract infection to severe acute respiratory distress syndrome and sepsis. We reviewed literature using Pubmed to identify relevant English-language articles published until April 15, 2020. Search terms include novel coronavirus pneumonia, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, coronavirus and ventilation. We summarized what SARS-CoV-2 infection means for the lungs. (www.actabiomedica.it).
    Keywords ARDS ; Pneumonia ; Respiratory failure ; SARS-CoV-2 ; Animals ; Coronavirus Infections ; Humans ; Lung ; Pandemics ; Viral ; Respiration ; Respiratory Distress Syndrome ; Adult ; Betacoronavirus ; covid19
    Language English
    Publishing country it
    Document type Article ; Online
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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  2. Article: National Pathfinder Survey on Children’s Oral Health in Italy: Pattern and Severity of Caries Disease in 4-Year-Olds

    Campus, G. / Solinas, G. / Strohmenger, L. / Cagetti, M.G. / Senna, A. / Minelli, L. / Majori, S. / Montagna, M.T. / Reali, D. / Castiglia, P.

    Caries Research

    2009  Volume 43, Issue 2, Page(s) 155–162

    Abstract: ... s and their parents’ social, behavioral, ethnic and demographic status was obtained through a series ...

    Institution Dental Institute and Department of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, University of Sassari, Sassari WHO Collaborating Centre of Milan for Epidemiology and Community Dentistry, University of Milan, S. Paolo Hospital, Milan; Department of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine University of Perugia, Perugia University of Verona, Verona University of Bari, Bari, and University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
    Abstract This paper describes the dental health status of Italian 4-year-olds in 2004/2005 and analyzes the association between caries in preschool children and some background characteristics in children and parents. Caries was recorded according to WHO criteria. 5,538 subjects were examined. Information on the children’s and their parents’ social, behavioral, ethnic and demographic status was obtained through a series of closed questions. Bivariate analysis was performed to investigate the association between caries and background characteristics. The probability of being an extra zero for the dmfs index was estimated via the zero-inflated negative binomial regression model (ZINB). 78.4% (95% CI = 77.2–79.6) of the children were caries-free. The national mean dmfs index was 1.36 (95% CI = 1.15–1.57), ranging from 1.22 (95% CI = 1.03–1.42) in the Italian North-East to 1.73 (95% CI = 0.83–2.63) in the South section. Significant bivariate associations between caries experience and risk factors were observed for parents’ nationality (not Italian vs. Italian: p < 0.001), parents’ educational levels (low vs. high: p < 0.001), preterm birth (yes vs. no: p = 0.011), prolonged breastfeeding (≤13 months vs. >13 months: p = 0.038) and early tooth eruption (<6 months as reference: p = 0.004). Multivariable analysis (ZINB) showed that children with a low caries risk level had a higher probability of being an extra zero; in particular, children from fathers with a high educational level showed a probability of being an extra zero of 0.22. The results suggest a need to plan preventive programs to reduce oral health disparities among Italian preschool children, based on educational intervention with parents and children concerning oral health and caries prevention.
    Keywords dmfs index ; Early childhood caries ; Preschool children, caries disease ; Primary dentition
    Language English
    Publishing date 2009-04-08
    Publisher S. Karger AG
    Publishing place Basel, Switzerland
    Document type Article
    Note Original Paper
    ZDB-ID 390575-5
    ISSN 1421-976X ; 0008-6568
    ISSN (online) 1421-976X
    ISSN 0008-6568
    DOI 10.1159/000211719
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  3. Article: National Pathfinder Survey of 12-Year-Old Children’s Oral Health in Italy

    Campus, G. / Solinas, G. / Cagetti, M.G. / Senna, A. / Minelli, L. / Majori, S. / Montagna, M.T. / Reali, D. / Castiglia, P. / Strohmenger, L.

    Caries Research

    2007  Volume 41, Issue 6, Page(s) 512–517

    Abstract: ... an epidemiological survey called ‘National Pathfinder among Children’s Oral Health in Italy’ was promoted and carried out ...

    Institution Dental Institute and Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, University of Sassari, Sassari WHO Collaborating Centre of Milan for Epidemiology and Community Dentistry, University of Milan, S. Paolo Hospital, Milan; Hygiene and Preventive Medicine University of Perugia, Perugia University of Verona, Verona University of Bari, Bari, and University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
    Abstract No recent data on the experience of caries among Italian 12-year-olds are available. In 2004, an epidemiological survey called ‘National Pathfinder among Children’s Oral Health in Italy’ was promoted and carried out. This study reports the actual oral health status of Italian 12-year-olds according to gender, residence area and geographical distribution. Clinical examinations were carried out from March 2004 to April 2005, according to WHO criteria, and included dental caries (decay at the dentinal lesion level) and Community Periodontal Index (CPI). 5,342 children (2,670 males, 2,672 females) were examined by 7 ad hoc calibrated raters. Dental caries experience was found in 43.1% (95% CI 41.8–44.4%) of the study population. The mean DMFT score was 1.09 (95% CI 0.98–1.21). Significant differences (p < 0.05) were observed among geographical sections for DT, FT and DMFT. An inverse relationship was observed between mean DMFT and gross national product per capita (p < 0.001). Gingival bleeding was observed in 23.8% of children, while 28.7% had calculus. Significant differences in CPI scores among sections were found throughout the sample in both males and females (p < 0.001). Over the past two decades, mean DMFT fell from over 5 to its present level, halving every decade; consequently, the recorded level of dental caries has become aligned with that in other Western European countries. Nevertheless, differences in DMFT values remain between children from different socioeconomic backgrounds.
    Keywords Dental caries, 12-year-olds ; Epidemiological study ; National survey, Italy
    Language English
    Publishing date 2007-11-08
    Publisher S. Karger AG
    Publishing place Basel, Switzerland
    Document type Article
    Note Original Paper
    ZDB-ID 390575-5
    ISSN 1421-976X ; 0008-6568
    ISSN (online) 1421-976X
    ISSN 0008-6568
    DOI 10.1159/000110884
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  4. Article ; Online: Short history of malaria and its eradication in Italy with short notes on the fight against the infection in the mediterranean basin.

    Majori, Giancarlo

    Mediterranean journal of hematology and infectious diseases

    2012  Volume 4, Issue 1, Page(s) e2012016

    Abstract: ... Giuseppe Bastianelli) to the discovery of the transmission's mechanism of malaria was fundamental ...

    Abstract In Italy at the end of 19(th) Century, malaria cases amounted to 2 million with 15,000-20,000 deaths per year. Malignant tertian malaria was present in Central-Southern areas and in the islands. Early in the 20(th) Century, the most important act of the Italian Parliament was the approval of laws regulating the production and free distribution of quinine and the promotion of measures aiming at the reduction of the larval breeding places of Anopheline vectors. The contribution from the Italian School of Malariology (Camillo Golgi, Ettore Marchiafava, Angelo Celli, Giovanni Battista Grassi, Amico Bignami, Giuseppe Bastianelli) to the discovery of the transmission's mechanism of malaria was fundamental in fostering the initiatives of the Parliament of the Italian Kingdom. A program of cooperation for malaria control in Italy, supported by the Rockefeller Foundation started in 1924, with the establishment of the Experimental Station in Rome, transformed in 1934 into the National Institute of Public Health. Alberto Missiroli, Director of the Laboratory of Malariology, conducted laboratory and field research, that with the advent of DDT brought to Italy by the Allies at the end of the World War II, allowed him to plan a national campaign victorious against the secular scourge.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2012-03-10
    Publishing country Italy
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2674750-9
    ISSN 2035-3006 ; 2035-3006
    ISSN (online) 2035-3006
    ISSN 2035-3006
    DOI 10.4084/MJHID.2012.016
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  5. Article: Severe acute respiratory failure due to a multifactorial diffuse alveolar haemorrhage.

    Crisafulli, Ernesto / Burgazzi, Barbara / Majori, Maria / Serra, Walter / Chetta, Alfredo

    Respirology case reports

    2020  Volume 8, Issue 3, Page(s) e00531

    Abstract: ... of patient's clinical conditions was observed only after clopidogrel and warfarin discontinuation. ...

    Abstract Diffuse alveolar haemorrhage (DAH) is a life-threatening syndrome caused by infection, coagulation disorders or autoimmune diseases. We here report the case of an 81-year-old male subject affected by a multifactorial DAH, in which the bleeding was related to the administration of clopidogrel and warfarin, both implicated in the context of a polycythaemia. He developed a severe acute respiratory failure treated with a ventilatory support by means of a continuous positive airway pressure (C-PAP) therapy. An improvement of patient's clinical conditions was observed only after clopidogrel and warfarin discontinuation.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-03-08
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Case Reports
    ZDB-ID 2750180-2
    ISSN 2051-3380
    ISSN 2051-3380
    DOI 10.1002/rcr2.531
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  6. Article ; Online: Latent Tuberculosis Infection Cascade of Care among Asylum Seekers in Verona, Italy.

    Bordin, Paola / Gazzani, Diana / Postiglione, Chiara / Conti, Emma / Colucci, Laura / Napoletano, Giuseppina / Bosco, Oliviero / Moretti, Francesca / Majori, Silvia

    Journal of health care for the poor and underserved

    2022  Volume 33, Issue 2, Page(s) 934–949

    Abstract: ... We retrospectively analysed data of migrants screened in 2015-2017 at the Migrant's Service in Verona, Italy ...

    Abstract Our study aimed to assess latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) prevalence, screening uptake, adherence to preventive treatment, and their predictors in a large cohort of asylum seekers. We retrospectively analysed data of migrants screened in 2015-2017 at the Migrant's Service in Verona, Italy. Sequential interferon-gamma-release-assay (IGRA) was performed to confirm only tuberculin-skin-test (TST) results ranking from 5 to 14 mm. Among 2,486 asylum seekers, screening adherence was 89.74% and LTBI prevalence was 28.8% (CI95% 27.0;30.5). Predictors of LTBI diagnosis were: male gender (OR 1.62), age 24 years or older (OR 1.47) and African origin (OR 1.78). Therapy completion rate was 69.6% and resulted associated with African origin (OR 1.75) and being older than 24 years (OR 2.89). Sequential IGRA testing, given its expensiveness, could be used to confirm only intermediate TST results, thus enabling further LTBI cases to be detected and avoiding unnecessary preventive treatments.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Humans ; Interferon-gamma Release Tests/methods ; Latent Tuberculosis/diagnosis ; Latent Tuberculosis/epidemiology ; Male ; Mass Screening ; Refugees ; Retrospective Studies ; Tuberculin Test/methods ; Young Adult
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-05-27
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1142637-8
    ISSN 1548-6869 ; 1049-2089
    ISSN (online) 1548-6869
    ISSN 1049-2089
    DOI 10.1353/hpu.2022.0073
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  7. Article ; Online: SHORT HISTORY OF MALARIA AND ITS ERADICATION IN ITALY

    Giancarlo Majori

    Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases, Vol 4, Iss 1, Pp e2012016-e

    2012  Volume 2012016

    Abstract: ... Bastianelli) to the discovery of the transmission’s mechanism of malaria was fundamental in fostering ...

    Abstract In Italy at the end of 19 th Century, malaria cases amounted to 2 million with 15,000-20,000 deaths per year. Malignant tertian malaria was present in Central-Southern areas and in the islands. Early in the 20 th Century, the most important act of the Italian Parliament was the approval of laws regulating the production and free distribution of quinine and the promotion of measures aiming at the reduction of the larval breeding places of Anopheline vectors. The contribution from the Italian School of Malariology (Camillo Golgi, Ettore Marchiafava, Angelo Celli, Giovanni Battista Grassi, Amico Bignami, Giuseppe Bastianelli) to the discovery of the transmission’s mechanism of malaria was fundamental in fostering the initiatives of the Parliament of the Italian Kingdom. A program of cooperation for malaria control in Italy, supported by the Rockefeller Foundation started in 1924, with the establishment of the Experimental Station in Rome, transformed in 1934 into the National Institute of Public Health. Alberto Missiroli, Director of the Laboratory of Malariology, conducted laboratory and field research, that with the advent of DDT brought to Italy by the Allies at the end of the World War II, allowed him to plan a national campaign victorious against the secular scourge.
    Keywords Malaria ; History ; Italy ; Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs ; RC633-647.5 ; Specialties of internal medicine ; RC581-951 ; Internal medicine ; RC31-1245 ; Medicine ; R ; DOAJ:Internal medicine ; DOAJ:Medicine (General) ; DOAJ:Health Sciences
    Subject code 940
    Language English
    Publishing date 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Università Cattolica Sacro Cuore
    Document type Article ; Online
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  8. Article ; Online: SHORT HISTORY OF MALARIA AND ITS ERADICATION IN ITALY

    Giancarlo Majori

    Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases, Vol 4, Iss 1, Pp e2012016-e

    2012  Volume 2012016

    Abstract: ... Bastianelli) to the discovery of the transmission’s mechanism of malaria was fundamental in fostering ...

    Abstract In Italy at the end of 19th Century, malaria cases amounted to 2 million with 15,000-20,000 deaths per year. Malignant tertian malaria was present in Central-Southern areas and in the islands. Early in the 20th Century, the most important act of the Italian Parliament was the approval of laws regulating the production and free distribution of quinine and the promotion of measures aiming at the reduction of the larval breeding places of Anopheline vectors. The contribution from the Italian School of Malariology (Camillo Golgi, Ettore Marchiafava, Angelo Celli, Giovanni Battista Grassi, Amico Bignami, Giuseppe Bastianelli) to the discovery of the transmission’s mechanism of malaria was fundamental in fostering the initiatives of the Parliament of the Italian Kingdom. A program of cooperation for malaria control in Italy, supported by the Rockefeller Foundation started in 1924, with the establishment of the Experimental Station in Rome, transformed in 1934 into the National Institute of Public Health. Alberto Missiroli, Director of the Laboratory of Malariology, conducted laboratory and field research, that with the advent of DDT brought to Italy by the Allies at the end of the World War II, allowed him to plan a national campaign victorious against the secular scourge.
    Keywords Malaria ; History ; Italy ; Medicine ; R ; Internal medicine ; RC31-1245 ; Specialties of internal medicine ; RC581-951 ; Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs ; RC633-647.5
    Subject code 940
    Language English
    Publishing date 2012-03-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher PAGEPress Publications
    Document type Article ; Online
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  9. Article: Active TB screening among homeless people attending soup kitchens in Verona (Italy).

    Tralli, V / Bertoni, C / Colucci, L / Postiglione, C / Valsecchi, M / Tocco-Tussardi, I / Tardivo, S / Majori, S / Moretti, F

    Annali di igiene : medicina preventiva e di comunita

    2021  Volume 33, Issue 4, Page(s) 332–336

    Abstract: ... on thoracic radiographs, was offered to the homeless guests of two Verona's soup kitchens.: Results: The studied ...

    Abstract Background: The hard-to-reach populations, including the homeless, are particularly vulnerable to the development of active tuberculosis. According to the World Health Organization, tuberculosis rates among the homeless in industrialized Countries are up to 20 times higher if compared with the general popula-tion, representing a relevant public health problem. The aim of our study was to describe the results of an active tuberculosis screening applied in order to find out suspected active TB cases among the homeless in Verona.
    Methods: As part of a partnership between the non-profit association Medici per la Pace and one of the Local Health Units of Veneto Region (ULSS 9 Scaligera) in 2018, a tuberculosis screening, based on thoracic radiographs, was offered to the homeless guests of two Verona's soup kitchens.
    Results: The studied population included 139 people, and three cases of suspected active tuberculosis, all in males, were observed. Among these, two received a diagnostic confirmation of active tuberculosis (a prevalence of 1.44% - CI: 0,17 - 5,1). Moreover, radiographic patterns of tuberculosis aftermaths were found in six additional subjects.
    Conclusions: Interventions specifically dedicated to hard-to-reach populations, can be useful in identifying tuberculosis active cases and controlling the disease in low tuberculosis burden countries. In particular, the active research of subjects, the screening carried out with mobile X-ray, and also the constant caring of the patients with active disease, could be the right method to keep under control this relevant public health problem.
    MeSH term(s) Homeless Persons ; Humans ; Italy/epidemiology ; Male ; Mass Screening ; Prevalence ; Tuberculosis/diagnosis ; Tuberculosis/epidemiology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-02-11
    Publishing country Italy
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1018045-x
    ISSN 1120-9135 ; 0029-6287
    ISSN 1120-9135 ; 0029-6287
    DOI 10.7416/ai.2021.2416
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  10. Article: Screening for hepatitis B virus infection among refugees diagnosed with latent tuberculosis in an Italian community.

    Tocco-Tussardi, I / Fila, A / Tralli, V / Bordin, P / Gazzani, D / Majori, S / Postiglione, C / Tardivo, S / Moretti, F

    Annali di igiene : medicina preventiva e di comunita

    2021  Volume 33, Issue 6, Page(s) 602–614

    Abstract: Background: Refugees are a growing population in the EU-27 area with specific health needs that are to be addressed in the most rapid and effective way at their arrival in the host country. Screening for Hepatitis B Virus infection is offered to ... ...

    Abstract Background: Refugees are a growing population in the EU-27 area with specific health needs that are to be addressed in the most rapid and effective way at their arrival in the host country. Screening for Hepatitis B Virus infection is offered to specific categories and it could be useful and effective to extend its indications. The aim of this study was to define the epidemiological profile regarding Hepatitis B Virus infection in re-fugees hosted in the Asylum Seekers Centers of Verona (Italy), diagnosed with latent tuberculosis infection and eligible for chemoprophylaxis.
    Methods: We conducted a retrospective study in 715 refugees diagnosed with latent tuberculosis infection from January 1st, 2015 to December 31st, 2017. Screening for Hepatitis B Virus infection was offered to la-tent tuberculosis infection patients who were due to commence treatment. Subjects were tested for Hepatitis B surface Antigen and Hepatitis B core antigen total antibodies. None of the screened patients reported previous vaccination for hepatitis B.
    Results: Among the 715 refugees diagnosed with latent tuberculosis infection, 593 were eligible for treatment for latent tuberculosis infection. Of these, 211 (35.6%) accepted to be screened for Hepatitis B Virus infection. One hundred and ninety-five of the 211 (92.4%) came from African countries, and 16 (7.6%) from Asia; the majority (80.9%) were males. Median age was 23 years (95% CI 22-24). Of the 211, 58 individuals (27.5%) were Hepatitis B surface Antigen and Hepatitis B core antigen total antibodies positive; 74 (35.1%) were Hepatitis B surface Antigen negative and Hepatitis B core antigen total antibodies positive; and 79 (37.4%) were Hepatitis B surface Antigen and Hepatitis B core antigen total antibodies negative. Male gender and African origin were associated with a lower probability of being Hepatitis B surface Antigen- and Hepatitis B core antigen total antibodies-negative.
    Conclusions: Screening for Hepatitis B Virus is of paramount importance not only for the control and prevention of infection, but also in terms of long-term healthcare issues. Making screening more systematic can have an important impact on public health, while always considering cost-effectiveness and promotion of awareness among ethnic groups in order to gain their compliance to treatment/vaccination.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Hepatitis B/diagnosis ; Hepatitis B/epidemiology ; Hepatitis B/prevention & control ; Hepatitis B virus ; Humans ; Italy/epidemiology ; Latent Tuberculosis/diagnosis ; Latent Tuberculosis/epidemiology ; Male ; Mass Screening ; Refugees ; Retrospective Studies ; Young Adult
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-07-06
    Publishing country Italy
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1018045-x
    ISSN 1120-9135 ; 0029-6287
    ISSN 1120-9135 ; 0029-6287
    DOI 10.7416/ai.2021.2452
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