📚 BIBLIOGRAFIA COMPLETA
🔬 Fisiopatologia della tossina difterica
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Murphy JR. Corynebacterium diphtheriae and diphtheria toxin. Microbiol Spectr. 2017;5(4).
Rappuoli R. The toxoid vaccines: a critical review. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2019;25(12):1464–1470.
🧠 Vaccino, immunizzazione e assenza di immunità di gregge
CDC Pink Book – Diphtheria: “Protection correlates with antitoxin levels. Vaccination does not prevent carriage or transmission.”
WHO – Diphtheria Factsheet.
ECDC – Diphtheria Risk Assessment.
📊 Gravità maggiore nei non immunizzati
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📊 Aumento della mortalità dopo DTP (studi Mogensen, Aaby, Benn)
Mogensen SW, Aaby P, Benn CS. Survival of children following oral polio vaccination and diphtheria–tetanus–pertussis vaccination: A reanalysis of a randomized trial from Guinea-Bissau. Clinical Therapeutics. 2021;43(1):1–12.
Aaby P, Mogensen SW, Rodrigues A, Benn CS. Evidence of increase in mortality after the introduction of DTP vaccine to children aged 6–35 months in Guinea-Bissau: A time for reflection? Frontiers in Public Health. 2018;6:79.
Aaby P, Ravn H, Fisker AB, Rodrigues A, Benn CS. Early DTP vaccination associated with higher female mortality in low-birthweight infants. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 2012;97(8):646–652.
Benn CS, Aaby P, Fisker AB. Testing the hypothesis that diphtheria–tetanus–pertussis vaccine has negative non-specific and sex-differential effects on child survival. BMJ Open. 2012;2:e000707.
🧪 Diagnosi microbiologica e tossigenicità
Efstratiou A, George RC. Laboratory diagnosis of diphtheria. J Infect. 1999;39(2):113–118.
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🏥 DAT (Diphtheria Antitoxin) e disponibilità
ECDC. Diphtheria Antitoxin Availability and Preparedness Report.
HERA (Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority). Framework Contract for DAT Supply, 2024.
ECDC. Cross-border procurement recommendations for DAT, 2025.
⚖️ Aspetti giuridici e obbligo vaccinale
Legge 119/2017 (Lorenzin) – Obbligo vaccinale pediatrico.
Ministero della Salute – Vaccinazioni Obbligatorie FAQ.
AIFA – Comunicazioni ufficiali su Imovax Tetano e DIFTETALL (2026).
🇮🇹 Epidemiologia italiana
Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS). Sorveglianza delle malattie batteriche invasive – Difterite (2000–2025).
ECDC. Annual Epidemiological Report – Diphtheria (2023–2025).
📰 Caso Palermo – Fonti istituzionali e giornalistiche
ANSA – Cronaca Palermo, agosto 2026.
Procura dei Minorenni di Palermo – comunicazioni ufficiali.
Repubblica, Corriere della Sera, Open – ricostruzione clinica del caso.
🧩 Politica sanitaria e disponibilità vaccinale
AIFA – Comunicazione su cessazione Imovax Tetano (2026).
AIFA – Autorizzazione importazione diTeBooster (2026).
ECDC – Use of monovalent and reduced-antigen formulations in immunization strategies.
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