Secular trend on congenital infections: insights from Campania region register for perinatal infection, southern Italy

There is increasing pressure for prevention of vertically transmitted congenital infection and prenatal screening is recommended for main locally prevalent infections. Furthermore, systematic monitoring of their impact and effectiveness of practices is quite rare at National level. As a consequence...

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Published in:The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine 2011-10, Vol.24 (S1), p.94-96
Main Authors: Buffolano, Wilma, Agnese, Maura, Pizzuti, Renato
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
congenital rubella
congenital syphilis
congenital toxoplasmosis
Female
Geography
HIV Infections - diagnosis
HIV Infections - epidemiology
HIV Infections - transmission
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Newborn, Diseases - diagnosis
Infant, Newborn, Diseases - epidemiology
Infection - congenital
Infection - diagnosis
Infection - epidemiology
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical - statistics & numerical data
Italy - epidemiology
perinatal HIV prevalence
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - diagnosis
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - epidemiology
Prevalence
Registries
Rubella - diagnosis
Rubella - epidemiology
Rubella - transmission
Syphilis - diagnosis
Syphilis - epidemiology
Syphilis - transmission
temporal trend on Italy
Toxoplasmosis - diagnosis
Toxoplasmosis - epidemiology
Toxoplasmosis - transmission
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Summary:There is increasing pressure for prevention of vertically transmitted congenital infection and prenatal screening is recommended for main locally prevalent infections. Furthermore, systematic monitoring of their impact and effectiveness of practices is quite rare at National level. As a consequence of favorable conditions on Campania region of Southern Italy a monitoring system based on post- delivery surveillance on congenital infection has been longtime piloted and seems ready to be exported at national level. Temporal trend analysis is showing change on focus and impact of prevalent congenital infection such as toxoplasmosis, rubella, syphilis and HIV. Moreover, the effect of recent massive immigration from Eastern EU and Africa requires further focus.
ISSN:1476-7058
1476-4954
DOI:10.3109/14767058.2011.607562