Hospital discharges-based search of acute flaccid paralysis cases 2007-2016 in Italy and comparison with the National Surveillance System for monitoring the risk of polio reintroduction

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Paola Stefanelli (Συγγραφέας), Stefania Bellino (Συγγραφέας), Stefano Fiore (Συγγραφέας), Stefano Fontana (Συγγραφέας), Concetta Amato (Συγγραφέας), Gabriele Buttinelli (Συγγραφέας), the Regional Reference Centres of the National Surveillance System for Acute flaccid paralysis (Συγγραφέας)
• Μορφή: Βιβλίο
• Έκδοση: BMC, 2019-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Θέματα: article
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Abstract Background Acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance has been adopted globally as a key strategy for monitoring the progress of the polio eradication initiative. Hereby, to evaluate the completeness of the ascertainment of AFP cases in Italy, a hospital-discharges based search was carried...