Vincenzo Puro
National Institutes of Health
256 Papers
1.7K Citations
Vincenzo Puro is an academic researcher from National Institutes of Health. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Health care. The author has an hindex of 38, co-authored 232 publications.
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Papers
Epidemiology of HEV in the Mediterranean basin: 10-year prevalence in Italy
Simone Lanini,Anna Rosa Garbuglia,Daniele Lapa,Vincenzo Puro,Assunta Navarra,Catia Pergola,Giuseppe Ippolito,Maria Rosaria Capobianchi +7 more
TL;DR: This study provides new evidence that besides the orofecal and zoonotic routes, intimate contacts between males may be a significant mode of HEV transmission.
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Hepatitis C virus infection in intravenous drug users: prevalence and risk factors.
TL;DR: Investigation of the relation of drug use and sexual behaviour to hepatitis C virus infection among 80 intravenous drug users attending a methadone treatment program in Rome found no association was found between sexual behaviour and anti-HCV prevalence.
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Zidovudine toxicity in uninfected healthcare workers
Giuseppe Ippolito,Vincenzo Puro +1 more
TL;DR: The short-term toxicity of ZDV prophylaxis is frequent, mild, dose related, and reversible, and further studies are needed to assess the risk of long-term sequelae of this treatment as well as of proPHylaxis with combinations of antiretroviral drugs.
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Molecular epidemiology of a hepatitis C virus epidemic in a haemodialysis unit: outbreak investigation and infection outcome
Simone Lanini,Isabella Abbate,Vincenzo Puro,Fabrizio Soscia,Franceso Albertoni,Walter Battisti,Amilacare Ruta,Maria Rosaria Capobianchi,Giuseppe Ippolito +8 more
TL;DR: The outbreak described should serve as a reminder to HD providers that patients undergoing dialysis are at risk for HCV infection and that HCV may be easily transmitted whenever standard precautions are not strictly applied.
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Persistent Spike-specific T cell immunity despite antibody reduction after 3 months from SARS-CoV-2 BNT162b2-mRNA vaccine
Chiara Agrati,Concetta Castilletti,Delia Goletti,Alessandra Sacchi,Veronica Bordoni,Davide Mariotti,Stefania Notari,Giulia Matusali,Silvia Meschi,Linda Petrone,Alessandra Aiello,Saeid Najafi Fard,Chiara Farroni,Francesca Colavita,Daniele Lapa,S. Leone,Alessandro Agresta,Maria Rosaria Capobianchi,Giuseppe Ippolito,Francesco Vaia,Vincenzo Puro,Eleonora Cimini,Eleonora Tartaglia,Rita Casetti,Germana Grassi,Flavia Cristofanelli,Andrea Capri,Annapaola Santoro,Nicoletta Orchi,Aurora Bettini,Massimo Francalancia,Eliana Specchiarello +31 more
TL;DR: The long lasting cell-mediated immune response after 3 months from vaccination highlight its importance in the maintaining of specific immunity able to expand again to fight eventual new antigen encountering.
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