Publications by authors named "Ruggero Geppini"
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic posed significant challenges worldwide, with SARS-CoV-2 vaccines critical in reducing morbidity and mortality. This study evaluates the immunogenicity and antibody persistence of the BNT162b2 vaccine in people living with HIV (PLWH).
Methods: We monitored anti-SARS-CoV-2 Spike IgG concentration in a cohort of PLWH at five time points (T0-T4) using chemiluminescent microparticle immunoassays (CMIAs) at the baselined both during and after vaccination.
Article Synopsis
- The study explores the rising costs of care for melanoma patients, driven by increased disease incidence and new treatments, using data from 2,647 cases registered in the Veneto Cancer Registry.
- Average direct costs per patient peak in the first year post-diagnosis (€2,903), primarily due to high hospitalization costs, which are significantly reduced in subsequent years; outpatient and drug costs also decrease over time.
- Findings suggest that understanding costs by tumor characteristics can help in managing expenses related to melanoma care, highlighting the need for policy makers to consider stage-specific costs for resource allocation.
Background: During the first pandemic phase of COVID-19, an epidemiological study, named First survey, was conducted on the population of a small rural area in northern Italy. In spring 2020, the results showed how a prolonged lockdown slowed down the spread of the virus.
Methods: After contacting positive First Survey subjects and their families, those who decided to join voluntarily underwent a blood test to assess the presence of qualitative lgG about 2 months after the previous one.
Since the 1970s, human monkeypox (Mpox) has been referred to as a zoonotic endemic disease of specific regions of Africa until early 2022, when a worldwide epidemic outbreak developed. There are many hypotheses on how Mpox could spread to non-endemic regions; the dominant theory is that it spread from the UK and Spain among men who have sex with men (MSM). Therefore, the first clinical case in the Veneto region (Northeast of Italy) was analyzed-which represented a typical case report of the ongoing outbreak-with lesions located mainly in the areas associated with sexual behaviors (genital and oral).
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