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24. Dengue Alert: important to vaccinate!

...Europe with imported cases of disease, others are indigenous even in Mediterranean countries, including Italy. In particular, in Italy there are both autochthonous arboviruses, including West Nile disease...

25. Vaccination coverage in Italy

...22 February 2012 and published in the Ordinary Supplement of the Official Journal of 12 March). In Italy, the PNPV represents the reference document in the field of vaccination. Currently, the data relating...

27. Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib)

...and Control) data, in 2010 2,044 cases of invasive Haemophilus influenzae disease were reported. In Italy, given the seriousness of these diseases, a national meningitis surveillance system has been...

28. Conjugate meningococcal vaccine

In Italy there are two types of anti-meningococcal vaccine that can be used in children: the conjugate vaccine against serotype C (MenC): this is the most frequently used, and it can be administered from...

29. Four-component, meningococcal serogroup B vaccine

...the disease is more common in children under one year of age and youths aged between 12 and 21. In Italy, about 150-200 meningococcal meningitis cases are ascertained each year (although the real number...

30. Vaccines are not dangerous

...effectively among the most controlled of all drugs available. The reporting of adverse events, managed in Italy by the Italian Drug Agency, allows us to know and precisely describe the harmfulness of...