Prevention of viral hepatitis in Italy

David FitzSimons; Guido François; Paolo Bonanni; Alfonso Mele; Alessandro Zanetti; Tommaso Stroffolini; Pietro Crovari; Pierre Van Damme

doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2004.03.051

Prevention of viral hepatitis in Italy

Vaccine. 2004 Sep 28;22(29-30):4092-6. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2004.03.051.

Authors

David FitzSimons¹, Guido François, Paolo Bonanni, Alfonso Mele, Alessandro Zanetti, Tommaso Stroffolini, Pietro Crovari, Pierre Van Damme

Affiliation

¹ World Health Organization, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland.

PMID: 15364461
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2004.03.051

Abstract

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.

MeSH terms

Disease Notification
Guidelines as Topic
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*
Humans
Immunization Programs
Italy / epidemiology
Population Surveillance
Viral Hepatitis Vaccines

Substances

Viral Hepatitis Vaccines