Mother to child transmission of hepatitis C virus: prospective study of risk factors and timing of infection in children born to women seronegative for HIV-1

Massimo Resti, Chiara Azzari, Francesco Mannelli, +4

BMJ

Chronic hepatitis B in children after e antigen seroclearance: Final report of a 29-year longitudinal study

Flavia Bortolotti, Maria Guido, S. Bartolacci, +6

Hepatology

ImmunologyHepatitis BPathology29-Year Longitudinal StudyChronic Hepatitis B +18

Realtime PCR Is More Sensitive than Multiplex PCR for Diagnosis and Serotyping in Children with Culture Negative Pneumococcal Invasive Disease

Chiara Azzari, Maria Moriondo, Giuseppe Indolfi, +6

PLoS ONE

Community‐Acquired Bacteremic Pneumococcal Pneumonia in Children: Diagnosis and Serotyping by Real‐Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Using Blood Samples

Massimo Resti, Maria Moriondo, Martina Cortimiglia, +7

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Interferon-Gamma Release Assay Improves the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Children

Leila Bianchi, Luisa Galli, Maria Moriondo, +5

The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Maternal Drug Use Is a Preeminent Risk Factor for Mother‐to‐Child Hepatitis C Virus Transmission: Results from a Multicenter Study of 1372 Mother‐Infant Pairs

Massimo Resti, Chiara Azzari, Luisa Galli, +7

The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Molecular detection methods and serotyping performed directly on clinical samples improve diagnostic sensitivity and reveal increased incidence of invasive disease by Streptococcus pneumoniae in Italian children

Chiara Azzari, Maria Moriondo, Giuseppe Indolfi, +4

Journal of Medical Microbiology

EngineeringKlebsiella PneumoniaeDiagnosisDiagnostic SensitivityReal-time Pcr +17

Vertical transmission of HCV is related to maternal peripheral blood mononuclear cell infection

Chiara Azzari, Massimo Resti, Maria Moriondo, +3

Blood

Viraemia is a common finding in immunocompetent children with rotavirus infection

Elena Chiappini, Chiara Azzari, Maria Moriondo, +2

Journal of Medical Virology

Viral DiagnosticsViral PathogenesisGastroenterologyPathologyImmunology +14

Epidemiology of Respiratory Syncytial Virus-Related Hospitalization Over a 5-Year Period in Italy: Evaluation of Seasonality and Age Distribution Before Vaccine Introduction

Federica Barbati, Maria Moriondo, Laura Pisano, +7

Vaccines

Respiratory Virus ImmunityRsv Vaccine CandidatesVirus EpidemiologyRespiratory Complications5-Year Period +18