Abstract
Invasive disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis raise concern in the population and Public Health Authority is called to propose and test strategies for optimizing resources available for its prevention. Polysaccharide vaccines started the approach to immune prophylaxis, the introduction of conjugate vaccines brought to major advances for the prevention of this disease and the future availability of a vaccine against serogroup B will provide an additional tool to protect the population.
MeSH terms
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Adolescent
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Child
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Child, Preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Incidence
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Infant
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Italy / epidemiology
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Male
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Meningitis, Meningococcal / epidemiology
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Meningitis, Meningococcal / immunology
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Meningitis, Meningococcal / prevention & control*
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Meningococcal Vaccines / administration & dosage*
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Meningococcal Vaccines / immunology
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Neisseria meningitidis* / classification
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Neisseria meningitidis* / immunology
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Vaccines, Conjugate / administration & dosage
Substances
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Meningococcal Vaccines
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Vaccines, Conjugate