Deianira Pedoto, Riccardo Troncone, Margherita Massitti, Luigi Greco, Renata Auricchio
Adherence to Gluten-Free Diet in Coeliac Paediatric Patients Assessed through a Questionnaire Positively Influences Growth and Quality of Life
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understanding patterns disease importation international travel paramount effective public health interventions global disease surveillance global airline network data used assist outbreak prevention effective preparedness accurately estimating imported cases disseminate locally receiving countries remains challenge study aimed describe understand regional distribution imported cases dengue malaria upon arrival spain via air travel proposed method describe regional distribution imported cases dengue malaria based computation travelers index readily available socioeconomic data combined indicators representing main drivers international travel including tourism economy visits friends relatives measure relative appeal region importing country travelers validated resulting estimates comparing reported cases malaria dengue spain 2015 2019 also assessed motivation provided accurate estimates imported cases diseases estimates provided best fitted model showed high correlation notified cases malaria 094 dengue 087 economic motivation relevant imported cases malaria visits friends relatives relevant imported cases dengue factual descriptions local movement international travelers may substantially enhance design costeffective prevention policies control strategies essentially contribute decisionsupport systems approach contributes direction providing reliable estimate number imported cases nonendemic diseases could generalized applications realistic risk assessments obtained combining regional predictor observed local distribution vectors