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Giovanni Rezza
Researcher at Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Publications - 427
Citations - 19053
Giovanni Rezza is an academic researcher from Istituto Superiore di Sanità. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The author has an hindex of 59, co-authored 381 publications receiving 16576 citations.
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Vaccinations in migrants and refugees: a challenge for European health systems. A systematic review of current scientific evidence.
TL;DR: A systematic review of the scientific literature found that migrants and refugees have lower immunization rates compared to European-born individuals, and possible strategies to overcome these problems include tailoring immunization services on the specific needs of the target population.
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Whole genome and phylogenetic analysis of two SARS-CoV-2 strains isolated in Italy in January and February 2020: additional clues on multiple introductions and further circulation in Europe.
Paola Stefanelli,Giovanni Faggioni,Alessandra Lo Presti,Stefano Fiore,Antonella Marchi,Eleonora Benedetti,Concetta Fabiani,Anna Anselmo,Andrea Ciammaruconi,Antonella Fortunato,Riccardo De Santis,Silvia Fillo,Maria Rosaria Capobianchi,Maria Rita Gismondo,Alessandra Ciervo,Giovanni Rezza,Maria R. Castrucci,Florigio Lista +17 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that multiple SARS-CoV-2 introductions in Europe or virus evolution during circulation may have occurred during circulation.
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Human herpesvirus 8 seropositivity and risk of Kaposi's sarcoma and other acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-related diseases.
Giovanni Rezza,Massimo Andreoni,Maria Dorrucci,Patrizio Pezzotti,Paolo Monini,R. Zerboni,Benardino Salassa,Vincenzo Colangeli,Loredana Sarmati,Emanuele Nicastri,Mauro Barbanera,R. Pristera,Fernando Aiuti,Luigi Ortona,Barbara Ensoli +14 more
TL;DR: Almost one third of individuals co-infected with HIV/HHV8 developed KS within 10 years after HIV seroconversion, and higher antibody titers to HHV8 appear to be related to faster progression to KS but not to other AIDS-defining diseases.
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Dengue and chikungunya: long-distance spread and outbreaks in naïve areas
TL;DR: Attention is focused on outbreaks of dengue and chikungunya occurring in previously disease-free areas and factors associated with the long-distance spread of the vector-borne infections, such as mutations increasing viral fitness, climate change, urbanization, and globalization of humans and vectors.
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Epidemiological characteristics of COVID-19 cases and estimates of the reproductive numbers 1 month into the epidemic, Italy, 28 January to 31 March 2020.
Flavia Riccardo,Marco Ajelli,Xanthi Andrianou,Xanthi Andrianou,Antonino Bella,Martina Del Manso,Martina Del Manso,Massimo Fabiani,Stefania Bellino,Stefano Boros,Alberto Mateo Urdiales,Alberto Mateo Urdiales,Valentina Marziano,Maria Cristina Rota,Antonietta Filia,Fortunato D'Ancona,Andrea Siddu,Ornella Punzo,Filippo Trentini,Giorgio Guzzetta,Piero Poletti,Paola Stefanelli,Maria R. Castrucci,Alessandra Ciervo,Corrado Di Benedetto,Marco Tallon,Andrea Piccioli,Silvio Brusaferro,Giovanni Rezza,Stefano Merler,Patrizio Pezzotti +30 more
TL;DR: The COVID-19 outbreak in Italy showed a clustering onset similar to the one in Wuhan, China, supporting the importance of combined non-pharmacological control measures.