Publications by authors named "Vincenzo Navobi Porrello"
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- A significant rise in enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) cases has been observed in northern Italy since July 2024, leading to an outbreak of acute respiratory infections that now represents about 90% of enterovirus infections in the region.
- Surveillance efforts, both community-based and hospital-based, have identified EV-D68 in patients with varying severity of respiratory symptoms, linking it to two specific strains, B3 and a unique A2 lineage.
- There has also been a noticeable increase in cases among adults, highlighting the need for improved surveillance and molecular analysis of EV-D68 throughout Europe.
The World Health Organization has identified urbanization as one of the most important public health challenges of our century. Nowadays, about half of the world's population live in urban areas, thus municipal authorities can influence multiple determinants of health through Urban Health strategies. However, the health policies and welfare systems are usually managed by multi-level political governments.
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