1. Migratory flow and hepatitis delta infection in Italy: A new challenge at the beginning of the third millennium
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Tommaso Stroffolini, Alessia Ciancio, Caterina Furlan, Maria Vinci, Rosanna Fontana, Maurizio Russello, Guido Colloredo, Filomena Morisco, Nicola Coppola, Sergio Babudieri, Luigina Ferrigno, Caterina Sagnelli, Evangelista Sagnelli, Giulia Verzon, Arianna Latanza, Viviana Picciotto, Grazia Anna Niro, Rosa Grazia Benigno, Giuseppina Pontillo, Vincenzo Messina, Vito Fiore, Stroffolini, T., Ciancio, A., Furlan, C., Vinci, M., Fontana, R., Russello, M., Colloredo, G., Morisco, F., Coppola, N., Babudieri, S., Ferrigno, L., Sagnelli, C., and Sagnelli, E.
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Male ,HBsAg carriers ,Cirrhosis ,Multivariate analysis ,viruses ,Emigrants and Immigrants ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Virology ,Prevalence ,Advanced disease ,Humans ,Medicine ,Multiple logistic regression analysis ,Hepatitis Antibodies ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Hepatology ,HDV infection ,HDV infection endemicity ,business.industry ,HEPATITIS DELTA ,virus diseases ,Mean age ,Middle Aged ,biochemical phenomena, metabolism, and nutrition ,medicine.disease ,Hepatitis D ,HBsAg carrier ,Infectious Diseases ,Italy ,Female ,030211 gastroenterology & hepatology ,Hbsag carrier ,Hepatitis Delta Virus ,business ,Demography - Abstract
In Italy, HDV infection endemicity has greatly decreased overtime. Migratory flow may change this scenario as migrants often come from high HDV endemicity areas. Here, we studied characteristics of HDV infection in Italy, particularly addressed to the birth area of subjects. Chronic HBsAg carriers consecutively referring to 9 units in Italy prospectively enrolled for a six-month period in 2019 were tested for anti-HDV by ELISA. Multiple logistic regression analysis was performed to identify anti-HDV positivity independent predictors. A total of 894 HBsAg-positive subjects were enrolled. Of them, 786 (87.9%) were tested for anti-HDV. Anti-HDV overall prevalence was 9.9% (6.4% in Italian natives and 26.4% in non-natives; P 
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- 2020
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