[HTML][HTML] Secondary transmission of COVID-19 in preschool and school settings in northern Italy after their reopening in September 2020: a population-based study

E Larosa, O Djuric, M Cassinadri, S Cilloni… - …, 2020 - eurosurveillance.org
We report epidemiological investigations of transmission of the severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in 41 classes of 36 schools in Reggio Emilia …

[HTML][HTML] Intrinsic generation time of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant: an observational study of household transmission

M Manica, A De Bellis, G Guzzetta… - The Lancet Regional …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Starting from the final months of 2021, the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant
expanded globally, swiftly replacing Delta, the variant that was dominant at the time. Many …

[HTML][HTML] Risk of SARS-CoV-2 reinfection by vaccination status, predominant variant and time from prior infection: a cohort study, Reggio Emilia province, Italy, February …

M Vicentini, F Venturelli, P Mancuso… - …, 2023 - eurosurveillance.org
Background Understanding the epidemiology of reinfections is crucial for SARS-CoV-2
control over a long period. Aim To evaluate the risk of SARS-CoV-2 reinfection by …

[HTML][HTML] Association between exposure to influenza vaccination and COVID-19 diagnosis and outcomes

P Ragni, M Marino, D Formisano, E Bisaccia, S Scaltriti… - Vaccines, 2020 - mdpi.com
We explored whether influenza vaccination (IV) affects susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2
infection and clinical outcomes in COVID-19 patients in 17,608 residents of the Italian …

Temporal profile and determinants of viral shedding and of viral clearance confirmation on nasopharyngeal swabs from SARS-CoV-2-positive subjects: a population …

P Mancuso, F Venturelli, M Vicentini, C Perilli… - BMJ open, 2020 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives To determine the timing of viral clearance (first negative RT-PCR on
nasopharyngeal swab) and the probability of viral clearance confirmation (two consecutive …

Estimation of the incubation period and generation time of SARS-CoV-2 Alpha and Delta variants from contact tracing data

M Manica, M Litvinova, A De Bellis… - Epidemiology & …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Quantitative information on epidemiological quantities such as the incubation period and
generation time of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants …

High temperature, COVID-19, and mortality excess in the 2022 summer: a cohort study on data from Italian surveillances

F Venturelli, P Mancuso, M Vicentini, M Ottone… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
We aimed to assess whether the effect of high temperature on mortality differed in COVID-19
survivors and naive. We used data from the summer mortality and COVID-19 surveillances …

[HTML][HTML] Surveillance, contact tracing and characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in educational settings in Northern Italy, September 2020 to April 2021

O Djuric, E Larosa, M Cassinadri, S Cilloni, E Bisaccia… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background The role of school contacts in the spread of the virus and the effectiveness of
school closures in controlling the epidemic is still debated. We aimed to quantify the risk of …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 transmission patterns in educational settings during the Alpha wave in Reggio-Emilia, Italy

CM Grané, P Mancuso, M Vicentini, F Venturelli… - Epidemics, 2023 - Elsevier
Different monitoring and control policies have been implemented in schools to minimize the
spread of SARS-CoV-2. Transmission in schools has been hard to quantify due to the large …

[HTML][HTML] Incidence and characteristics of adverse events after COVID-19 vaccination in a population-based programme

L Bonzano, O Djuric, P Mancuso, L Fares… - Vaccines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Compliance with vaccination is linked to its safety. In Italy, a plan to identify people who
could be at an increased risk of adverse events (AEs) was defined so they could be …