Publications by authors named "Simonetta Crateri"
Kenya is home to one of the worst HIV/AIDS epidemics, with higher prevalence rates in youths in urban slums. We conducted a cross-sectional mixed-methods study in Nairobi informal settlements. The aim was to investigate knowledge, attitudes and behaviours of this marginalized community, and to identify, with a bottom-up approach, the most appropriate interventions to increase the utilization of HIV/STIs services.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground & Aims: Surgical interventions and invasive diagnostic/therapeutic procedures are known routes of transmission of viral hepatitis. Using data from the Italian surveillance system for acute viral hepatitis (SEIEVA), the aim of this study was to investigate the association between specific types of invasive procedures and the risk of acute HBV and HCV infections.
Methods: Data from SEIEVA (period 2000-2021) were used.
Background: In 1991, a mass immunization campaign against the hepatitis B virus (HBV) for children and teenagers was introduced in Italy. This study evaluated the impact of the immunization campaign on the incidence and modes of HBV transmission.
Method: Acute HBV cases of viral hepatitis were reported to the National Surveillance System (SEIEVA).
Updated incidence data of acute Delta virus hepatitis (HDV) are lacking worldwide. Our aim was to evaluate incidence of and risk factors for acute HDV in Italy after the introduction of the compulsory vaccination against hepatitis B virus (HBV) in 1991. Data were obtained from the National Surveillance System of acute viral hepatitis (SEIEVA).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: In European countries, the prevalence of HBV and HCV in refugees and migrants tends to reflect the prevalence in their countries of origin. The aim of this study is to analyse acute viral hepatitis cases diagnosed in Italy among foreign citizens and to compare incidence rates in foreigners and Italians.
Methods: We analysed the cases of each viral hepatitis type among foreigners.
Background: hepatitis A is an infective disease whose global diffusion appears to be variable and strictly related to socioeconomic status, hygiene conditions, and access to potable water. During last twenty years, Italy registered a constant decrease of new cases with recurrent epidemic outbreaks.
Objectives: to outline the hepatitis A epidemiological situation in Italy in the five-year period 2015-2019.
Article Synopsis
- Hepatitis E is a globally distributed disease, with outbreaks typically linked to contaminated water in developing countries, while developed nations see more travel-related cases; however, there has been a rise in local cases in Europe lately.
- This study focuses on the epidemiology of hepatitis E in Italy from 2007 to 2019, utilizing data from a special surveillance system and analyzing risk factors associated with the disease.
- From 2007 to mid-2019, Italy reported 385 cases of hepatitis E, with an increasing trend in notifications, particularly in Northern and Central regions, although testing rates are lower in the South and only 46% of suspected cases were actually tested for underlying infections.