Giovanni Gabutti

TL;DR: Most VZV infection occurred in childhood, but there was a wide variation in transmissibility, with R(0) ranging from 16.9 in the Netherlands to 3.3 in Italy, and herd immunity thresholds varied from 70% in Italy to 94% in the Dutch.

TL;DR: A seroprevalence survey in Belgium, Finland, England & Wales, Italy and Poland indicates substantial epidemiological differences in Europe regarding parvovirus B19 infection.

TL;DR: Along with severe acute respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome (MERS), COVID-19 appears to cause a severe clinical picture in humans, ranging from mild malaise to death by sepsis/acute respiratory distress syndrome, the prognosis is worse in elderly patients with comorbidities.

TL;DR: The ESEN (European Sero-Epidemiology Network) project was established to harmonize the seroepidemiology of five vaccine preventable infections including measles, mumps and rubella in eight European countries finding large differences in unitage between participants.

TL;DR: The last 2019/20 northern hemisphere influenza season overlapped with the first wave of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, which may have positively influenced the propensity of being vaccinated against 2020/21 seasonal influenza.