| high level of immunity against poliomyelitis in albanian refugees in southern italy. | the apulia region (southern italy) may be considered a "border region" which, due to its position, has to face daily arrivals of refugees, especially from albania. when the exodus of albanians took place in 1991, a seroepidemiologic study revealed a low seroimmunity to poliomyelitis. in 1996, a large outbreak of paralytic poliomyelitis occurred in albania. the aim of the study was to evaluate the poliomyelitis immunization level in a sample of albanian refugees who arrived in the apulia region b ... | 2000 | 11179938 |
| [evaluation of the surveillance system of acute flaccid paralysis in puglia: 5 years of work]. | surveillance of acute flaccid paralysis (afp) is the milestone to monitor the progress toward poliomyelitis eradication aim, fixed by wha in 1988. active afp surveillance started in apulia in 1997; this work evaluates five-year period activities. in this period, the total number of cases notified was 48, 7 of which were resident out of apulia. twenty-five were males and 23 females; the age ranged between 1 month and 15 years. any collected serum specimens showed protective antibody levels agains ... | 2002 | 12638352 |
| migrant health: the apulian model. | since the 1990s puglia has been totally involved in the reception and assistance of refugees. the prevention of infectious diseases among migrants, especially those residing in communities, is an important concern for public health authorities, since infectious diseases eliminated in europe may still be widespread in the migrants' countries of origin, and other diseases may have a higher incidence than in european countries. thus immigrants may contribute to the burden and spread of infectious d ... | 2015 | 26499420 |
| serological survey on immunity status against polioviruses in children and adolescents living in a border region, apulia (southern italy). | in 1988 the world health assembly adopted the goal to eradicate poliomyelitis by routine immunization using oral polio vaccine (opv). on 21 june 2002 the who european region was declared polio-free. in 2008 poliomyelitis is still endemic in 4 countries (nigeria, india, pakistan, and afghanistan), where 1201 new cases were registered in 2007; 107 sporadic cases were also notified in countries where poliovirus is not endemic. the aim of this work was to verify the level of antipoliomyelitis immuni ... | 2008 | 18973678 |