Annali di igiene : medicina preventiva e di comunità
Volume 26, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 176-180

Action against vaccine-preventable infectious diseases and tuberculosis in Nomad Camps: the experience of a Local Health Unit in Rome. (Article)

Spadea A.* , Semyonov L. , Unim B. , Giraldi G. , Corda B. , D'Amici A.M. , Ercole A. , Boccia A. , La Torre G.
  • a Eleonora Lorillard Spencer Cenci Foundation, Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, Italy
  • b Eleonora Lorillard Spencer Cenci Foundation, Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, Italy
  • c Eleonora Lorillard Spencer Cenci Foundation, Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, Italy
  • d Eleonora Lorillard Spencer Cenci Foundation, Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, Italy
  • e Eleonora Lorillard Spencer Cenci Foundation, Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, Italy
  • f Eleonora Lorillard Spencer Cenci Foundation, Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, Italy
  • g Eleonora Lorillard Spencer Cenci Foundation, Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, Italy
  • h Eleonora Lorillard Spencer Cenci Foundation, Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, Italy
  • i Eleonora Lorillard Spencer Cenci Foundation, Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, Italy

Abstract

In Italy the highest incidence of Tuberculosis (TB) cases is in young adult migrants. In 2011, the sanitarystaff of the Local Health Unit (ASL) Roma A promoted a vaccination campaign conducting several public health interventions in Nomad Camps. After notification of a case of TB in the Camp of Via Salaria, out of 357 Mantoux skin tests performed, 93 were positive (26%); subsequently, 5 subjects with radiographic positivity were hospitalized. The vaccination campaign was carried out to prevent the spread of infectious diseases in immigrant communities at high risk of contagion and to avoid the consequent transmission in the host country. As a result, vaccinations coverage among the residents of the Camps increased: 367 vaccinated subjects (30% more than previous year) and 612 administered vaccinations.

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mass screening methodology immunological adjuvant Rome Adjuvants, Immunologic Population Surveillance human middle aged statistics Aged BCG vaccine Humans lung tuberculosis male Tuberculosis, Pulmonary preschool child female tuberculosis preventive health service Child, Preschool Incidence Article tuberculin test adult migration Italy Immunization Programs Transients and Migrants vaccination Child health survey
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ISSN: 11209135
Cited by: 2
Original Language: English