Publications by authors named "I Fusco-Moffa"

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  • A study focused on a 2022 outbreak of Opisthorchis felineus infection in Central Italy, tracing 67 individuals with 47 diagnosed cases linked to a lakeshore restaurant, highlighting patterns from previous outbreaks between 2003-2011.* -
  • Symptoms included fever in most patients, with 16 needing hospitalization; diagnostic tests revealed a high percentage of parasitic eggs in feces and significant lab abnormalities, such as eosinophilia.* -
  • The study emphasizes the difficulty in diagnosing asymptomatic cases and raises concerns about the ineffectiveness of albendazole as a treatment option, advocating for better control measures in endemic regions.*
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Can a patient diagnosed with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) be infected again? This question is still unsolved. We tried to analyze local and literature cases with a positive respiratory swab after recovery. We collected data from symptomatic patients diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 infection in the Italian Umbria Region that, after recovery, were again positive for SARS-CoV-2 in respiratory tract specimens.

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Background And Aim: The low measles vaccination coverage contributes to the re-emerging of measles in Italy. This study aimed to estimate the measles burden, expressed in Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs), in Umbria, for the period 2013-2018.

Methods: Data on measles cases in Umbria were obtained from the MoRoNet.

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Background And Aim Of The Work: Since several years, Italy is facing an important flow of immigration. Umbria is not a region of disembarkation of refugees, nevertheless is one of the Italian regions with the highest rate of foreign population compared to the total resident population. Aim of this paper is to collect data on migrants and refugees' health care services access, focusing on migrants' characteristics arrived and living in Umbria.

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A travel medicine clinic is the proper medical centre aimed to provide updated recommendations before any journey. The study aim was to assess the number of accesses during 2016 at the Travel Medicine Clinic of the Local Health Unit in the Umbria Region. An electronic ad hoc database was developed.

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