title: Syndromic surveillance of epidemic-prone diseases in response to an influx of migrants from North Africa to Italy, May to October 2011.
abstract: Following civil unrest in North Africa early in 2011, there was a large influx of migrants in Italy. A syndromic surveillance system was set up in April to monitor the health of this migrant population and respond rapidly to any health emergency. In the first six months, the system produced 67 alerts across all syndromes monitored and four alarms. There were no health emergencies, however, indicating that this migration flow was not associated with an increased risk of communicable disease transmission in Italy.
authors: National Institute of Health (Istituto Superiore di Sanita), Centre for Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion, Rome, Italy.
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Riccardo
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Napoli
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Bella
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Rizzo
authors: M C
authors: MC
authors: Rota
authors: M G
authors: MG
authors: Dente
authors: S
authors: S
authors: De Santis
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Declich
mesh_terms: D000352:Africa, Northern / Q000208:ethnology; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission*; D018563:Disease Notification; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*; D012307:Risk Factors