title: Dedicated to Professor Piero Cappuccinelli: the man for cooperation with developing countries.
authors.affiliation: University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy. srubino@jidc.org.
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rubino
authors.forename: Pier Luigi
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Fiori
mesh_terms: D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000379:methods*; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission*; D003906:Developing Countries; D018562:Disease Transmission, Infectious / Q000517:prevention & control*; D062665:Epidemiological Monitoring; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D009073:Mozambique / Q000453:epidemiology; D014744:Vietnam / Q000453:epidemiology; D015030:Zimbabwe / Q000453:epidemiology