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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 78(2), 2008, pp. 318-320
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Socio-demographic and Climatic Factors as Correlates of Mediterranean Spotted Fever (MSF) in Northern Sardinia

Maria Fenicia Vescio, Maria Adriana Piras, Massimo Ciccozzi, Antonina Carai, Francesca Farchi, Michele Maroli, Maria S. Mura, Giovanni Rezza* the MSF Study Group{dagger}
Department of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma, Italy; Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy; Infectious Diseases Division, San Francesco Hospital, Nuoro, Italy

 

ABSTRACT

Mediterranean spotted fever (MSF) is endemic in the Mediterranean area. We carried out a retrospective study to investigate the association between socio-demographic and climatic factors and MSF incidence in northern Sardinia. We found that maximum temperature levels during the previous summer were associated with increases in MSF incidence.

Received December 22, 2006. Accepted for publication April 20, 2007.

* Address correspondence to Giovanni Rezza, Epidemiology Division, Dipartimento di Malattie Infettive, Istituto Superiore di Sanità viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Roma, Italy. E-mail: g.rezza{at}iss.it

{dagger} The MSF Study Group includes Claudia Rais, Federica Cambosu, Catello Panu Napodano, Giovanni Satta, Anna Laura Porcu, Marco Cilliano, Maria Laura Pettinato, and Stefano Boros.

Authors’ addresses: Giovanni Rezza, Maria Fenicia Vescio, Massimo Ciccozzi, and Francesca Farchi, Epidemiology Division, Department of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Roma, Italy. E-mail: g.rezza{at}iss.it. Maroli Michele, Vector-Borne Diseases and International Health, Department of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Roma, Italy. Antonina Carai, San Francesco Hospital, via Mannironi, 08100 Nuoro, Italy. Maria Adriana Piras and Maria S. Mura, Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Sassari, viale San Pietro 43/b, 07100 Sassari, Italy.






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