Syndromic surveillance of epidemic-prone diseases in response to an influx of migrants from North Africa to Italy, May to October 2011

F Riccardo; C Napoli; A Bella; C Rizzo; M C Rota; M G Dente; S De Santis; S Declich

doi:10.2807/ese.16.46.20016-en

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Syndromic surveillance of epidemic-prone diseases in response to an influx of migrants from North Africa to Italy, May to October 2011
F Riccardo¹ , C Napoli^1,2 , A Bella¹ , C Rizzo¹ , M C Rota¹ , M G Dente ¹ , S De Santis¹ , S Declich¹
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Affiliations: ¹ National Institute of Health (Istituto Superiore di Sanità), Centre for Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion, Rome, Italy ² University of Bari, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, Bari, Italy

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Citation style for this article: Riccardo F, Napoli C, Bella A, Rizzo C, Rota M C, Dente M G, De Santis S, Declich S. Syndromic surveillance of epidemic-prone diseases in response to an influx of migrants from North Africa to Italy, May to October 2011. Euro Surveill. 2011;16(46):pii=20016. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.16.46.20016-en Received: 10 Nov 2011

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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.