Emerging viruses

Monkeypox: Early Estimation of Basic Reproduction Number R0 in Europe

This world outbreak of Monkeypox (MPX) infections outside Africa emerged on May 2022 in Europe and spread worldwide with unique characteristics: inter-human contagion and infection in men without specific previous immunization, prevalently …

Monkeypox: EpiMPX Surveillance System and Open-Data with a Special Focus on European and Italian Epidemic

The current out-of-Africa 2022 outbreak of Monkeypox requires a coordinated, international response through the rapid sharing of real-world data and research results, as seen with COVID-19 and the previous Ebola and Zika. To support global response …

Hepatitis of unknown origin in children: why and how to create an open access database

During the early stages of an epidemic, obtaining reliable data is a challenge, especially on a global scale. The COVID-19 pandemic has underlined the importance of having “open data” (i.e., data which are made accessible and available in a …