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ArticleEuro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin2024

Pertussis outbreak in neonates and young infants across Italy, January to May 2024: implications for vaccination strategies.

Marco Poeta, Cristina Moracas, Chiara Albano, Laura Petrarca, Marco Maglione, Luca Pierri, Maurizio Carta, Paolo Montaldo, Elisabetta Venturini, Maia De Luca and 8 more

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Article in Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors.

Marco PoetaDepartment of Translational Medical Science, University of Naples "Federico II", Naples, Italy.
Cristina MoracasPediatric Infectious Disease Unit, Department of Maternal and Child health, University Hospital "Federico II", Naples, Italy.
Chiara AlbanoDepartment of Health Promotion, Maternal and Infant Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
Laura PetrarcaDepartment of Maternal, Infantile and Urological Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Marco MaglionePediatric Emergency Department, Santobono-Pausilipon Children's Hospital, Naples, Italy.
Luca PierriNeonatal Intensive Care Unit and Neonatology, Emergency Department, Santobono-Pausilipon Children's Hospital, Naples, Italy.
Maurizio CartaNeonatology and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital Policlinico "Paolo Giaccone", Palermo, Italy.
Paolo MontaldoDepartment of Woman, Child, and General and Specialized Surgery, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli," Naples, Italy.
Elisabetta VenturiniInfectious Diseases Unit, Meyer Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Florence, Italy.
Maia De LucaInfectious Disease Unit, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Danilo BuonsensoPediatric Infectious Diseases and Clinical Pediatric Ultrasound, Department of Woman and Child Health and Public Health, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Ilaria BrambillaDepartment of Clinical, Surgical, Diagnostic and Pediatric Sciences, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy.
Vania GiacometDepartment of Pediatrics, Pediatric Infectious Disease Unit, L. Sacco Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
Andrea Lo VecchioDepartment of Translational Medical Science, University of Naples "Federico II", Naples, Italy.
Eugenia BruzzeseDepartment of Translational Medical Science, University of Naples "Federico II", Naples, Italy.
Fabio MidullaDepartment of Maternal, Infantile and Urological Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Claudia ColombaDivision of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, "G. Di Cristina" Hospital, ARNAS Civico Di Cristina Benfratelli, Palermo, Italy.
Alfredo GuarinoDepartment of Translational Medical Science, University of Naples "Federico II", Naples, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Since January 2024, Italy experiences a pertussis outbreak, primarily affecting neonates and unvaccinated infants at high risk of severe complications and mortality; 11 major paediatric centres noted 108 hospitalisations and three deaths by 10 May. The outbreak reflects increased circulation of

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Bordetella pertussisDisease OutbreaksPertussis VaccineVaccinationWhooping CoughFemaleHospitalizationHumansInfantInfant, NewbornItalyMalePregnancyPertussis VaccineBordetella pertussisepidemicinfantsmaternal immunizationnewbornsoutbreakpost-exposure prophylaxisvaccinationWhooping cough

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