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Maria Elena Tosti

Researcher at Istituto Superiore di Sanità

Publications -  150
Citations -  4775

Maria Elena Tosti is an academic researcher from Istituto Superiore di Sanità. The author has contributed to research in topics: Hepatitis B & Viral hepatitis. The author has an hindex of 38, co-authored 131 publications receiving 4258 citations. Previous affiliations of Maria Elena Tosti include Catholic University of the Sacred Heart & University of Turin.

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Efficacy of hepatitis A vaccine in prevention of secondary hepatitis A infection: a randomised trial.

TL;DR: Hepatitis A vaccine is effective in the prevention of secondary infection of HAV and should be recommended for household contacts of primary cases of Hav infection.
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Hepatitis C virus infection and alanine transaminase levels in the general population: a survey in a southern Italian town.

TL;DR: These findings confirm that HCV infection is endemic in southern Italy, particularly among the elderly and that percutaneous exposure, such as injections with nondisposable, multiple-use, glass syringes used in the past for medical purposes may have played a major role in the spread of HCV infections.