Journal article

Changing epidemiology of Infant Meningococcal Disease after the introduction of meningococcal serogroup C vaccine in Italy, 2006–2014

In Italy, the incidence of Invasive Meningococcal Disease (IMD) was around 0.28 per 100,000 over the last years. Since the risk IMD is usually high among infants aged less than 1 year, the researchers decided to evaluate the trend of IMD cases reported between 2006 and 2014 in this age group. In particular, the study aim was to describe the main characteristics of IMD cases in infants following the introduction of MCC vaccine (2005) and to estimate the number of cases which are potentially preventable through early vaccination.

Languages

  • English

Publication year

2015

Journal

Vaccine

Volume

31

Type

Journal article

Categories

  • Service delivery

Diseases

  • Meningococcal meningitis

Countries

  • Italy

Tags

  • Coverage monitoring
  • New vaccine introduction
  • Performance monitoring

WHO Regions

  • European Region

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