virus surveillance

A One Health Platform for Future Epidemic Preparedness

Here, we introduce the EpiConnect Intelligence Platform (ECIP), a platform facilitating rapid, transparent data sharing and analysis to support researchers and public health officials in Europe, with a focus on Italy. ECIP provides reliable, concise, …

Trends and Spatiotemporal Patterns of Avian Influenza Outbreaks in Italy: A Data-Driven Approach

In recent years, the unprecedented spread of the Avian Influenza Viruses (AIVs) among birds and mammals has caused devastation in animal populations, including poultry, wild birds, and some mammals, damaging farmers’ livelihoods and the food trade. …

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 …