Prevention of viral hepatitis in Italy

The overall situation on viral hepatitis prevention and control in Italy was reviewed and evaluated at a Viral Hepatitis Prevention Board (VHPB) meeting in Catania, Sicily, on 7–8 November 2002. Several specific conclusions, drawn from the presentations and discussions, were considered to constitute...

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Published inVaccine Vol. 22; no. 29; pp. 4092 - 4096
Main Authors FitzSimons, David, François, Guido, Bonanni, Paolo, Mele, Alfonso, Zanetti, Alessandro, Stroffolini, Tommaso, Crovari, Pietro, Van Damme, Pierre
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Elsevier Ltd 28.09.2004
Elsevier
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Applied microbiology
Biological and medical sciences
Blood safety
Disease Notification
Epidemiology
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Guidelines as Topic
Health system
Hepatitis
Hepatitis A - epidemiology
Hepatitis A - prevention & control
Hepatitis B - epidemiology
Hepatitis B - prevention & control
Hepatitis C - epidemiology
Hepatitis C - prevention & control
Hepatitis D - epidemiology
Hepatitis D - prevention & control
Hepatitis E - epidemiology
Hepatitis E - prevention & control
Hepatitis, Viral, Human - epidemiology
Hepatitis, Viral, Human - prevention & control
Human viral diseases
Humans
Immunization
Immunization Programs
Infectious diseases
Italy
Italy - epidemiology
Lessons learnt
Medical sciences
Microbiology
Population Surveillance
Prevention
Surveillance
Vaccines
Vaccines, antisera, therapeutical immunoglobulins and monoclonal antibodies (general aspects)
VHPB
Viral diseases
Viral hepatitis
Viral Hepatitis Vaccines
Italy
Europe
Prevention
Health system
Viral hepatitis
Surveillance
Blood safety
Italy
VHPB
Lessons learnt
Epidemiology
Toxicity
Hepatic disease
Blood
Infection
Viral disease
Digestive diseases
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Summary:The overall situation on viral hepatitis prevention and control in Italy was reviewed and evaluated at a Viral Hepatitis Prevention Board (VHPB) meeting in Catania, Sicily, on 7–8 November 2002. Several specific conclusions, drawn from the presentations and discussions, were considered to constitute an example of how to handle these issues in other European and industrialized countries.
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ISSN:0264-410X
1873-2518
DOI:10.1016/j.vaccine.2004.03.051