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The Epidemiology of Hepatitis in the Marche Region (Italy): Notification System in a Decade, 2012–2021

Cosimo Damiano Giorgio Mangino
,
Corinna Fortunato
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Love Chibuzor Ilochonwu
,
Andrea Mazzacchera
,
Davide Mengarelli detto Rinaldini
,
Giulia Mercante
,
Andrea Paladini
,
Fabio Filippetti
Version 1 : Received: 6 October 2023 / Approved: 9 October 2023 / Online: 10 October 2023 (02:53:29 CEST)

How to cite: Mangino, C.D.G.; Fortunato, C.; Ilochonwu, L.C.; Mazzacchera, A.; Mengarelli detto Rinaldini, D.; Mercante, G.; Paladini, A.; Filippetti, F. The Epidemiology of Hepatitis in the Marche Region (Italy): Notification System in a Decade, 2012–2021. Preprints 2023, 2023100496. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202310.0496.v1 Mangino, C.D.G.; Fortunato, C.; Ilochonwu, L.C.; Mazzacchera, A.; Mengarelli detto Rinaldini, D.; Mercante, G.; Paladini, A.; Filippetti, F. The Epidemiology of Hepatitis in the Marche Region (Italy): Notification System in a Decade, 2012–2021. Preprints 2023, 2023100496. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202310.0496.v1

Abstract

The World Health Organization has highlighted the substantial impact of viral hepatitis on individuals, healthcare systems, and economies worldwide. This study's objective is to monitor disease notifications to assess their trend. Data were analyzed from infectious disease notifications detected in the Marche Region (Italy) and entered on the Nuovo Sistema Informativo Sanitario portal between 01/01/2012 and 31/12/2021. In this period there were 399 confirmed reports, of which 47,9% were for hepatitis A, 26,8% for B, 7% for C, 18,3% for E; 67.4% were male and the average age was 43.5 years old. The year with the highest peak was 2017, with 18% of reports, while the year with the lowest number was 2020 followed by 2021, with 3.8% and 4.5% respectively. Effective surveillance systems are key to combating the spread of hepatitis and reducing its impact, although they have been affected by the Sars-CoV-2 pandemic, with many cases remaining undetected.

Keywords

viral hepatitis; infectious diseases; notification system

Subject

Medicine and Pharmacology, Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases

Copyright: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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