Evaluation of immune responses to seasonal influenza vaccination in healthy volunteers in South Apulia, Italy: a pilot study.

Background: The aim of our pilot study is to investigate different components of the immune response to influenza vaccination in a group of healthy volunteers. We evaluated the cellular immune response (CD4(+) T lymphocytes) by flow cytometry. The humoral immune response was assessed by measuring the serum haemagglutination inhibition antibody response.

[Seroepidemiology of Helicobacter pylori in the province of Lecce (Italy)].

A seroepidemiologic study was conducted in the province of Lecce (Italy) to describe the epidemiology of Helicobacter pylori infection in the general population. IgG and IgA Helicobacter pylori antibodies were measured by the Elisa assay. Overall, 21.