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61. Yellow Fever

...Control and Prevention (CDC) the risk of yellow fever is 0.4-4.3 cases per 1,000,000 travellers. In Italy, in recent years, there have been no reported cases and the possibility of getting sick is a...

62. HPV - Human Papilloma Virus

...to be recognised by the WHO (World Health Organization) as totally attributable to an infection. In Italy, about 3,500 new cases of cervical cancer and 1,500 deaths occur every year. It is estimated...

63. Influenza (Flu)

...increases by 56% during the flu season causing the loss of 500,000 working days during peak flu season. In Italy the average duration of absence from work is 4.8 days, and each case of influenza costs...

64. Rabies

...deaths in humans result from a rabid dog bite, which was not followed by adequate prophylaxis. In Italy, the last case of rabies reported in humans was a case imported from Nepal in 1996.Clinical caseIn...

65. Rubella

...80 to 90%, depending on where they live and the time elapsed since the previous epidemic waves.In Italy, there was an epidemic peak in 1997 with 34,612 reported cases and another peak of 6,224 cases...

66. Typhoid

...year and most of these are in travellers who have visited countries with poor sanitary conditions. In Italy, the incidence equals 2 cases per 100,000 inhabitants per year. It is found more often in the...

67. Flu vaccine

...known as herd protection. The vaccine is administered via intramuscular or intradermal injection. In Italy, the following types of vaccines can be used4: • Split virus vaccines contain only those particles...

68. Hepatitis A vaccine

The vaccine consists of inactivated viruses and is administered intramuscularly.In Italy in 1999, following an epidemic between 1995 and 1997, Puglia added the Hepatitis A vaccine to its schedule, with...

69. Tick-borne encephalitis vaccine

...Russia to Albania. Russia has the highest prevalence, and western Siberia the highest incidence. In Italy the largest number of cases have been recorded in recent years in Friuli and Trentino Alto-Adige...

70. The scientific and social value of vaccination

...globalisation tends to expand and the borders between EU countries will become less and less relevant. In Italy the National Vaccination Plan (PNV) 2012-20145 is the document of reference in the field...