Twenty years of surveillance of Invasive Meningococcal Diseases in Puglia, Italy

• Main Authors: Paola Stefanelli (Author), Cecilia Fazio (Author), Arianna Neri (Author), Anna Di Taranto (Author), Maria Labonia (Author), Anna Lisa De Robertis (Author), Daniela Loconsole (Author), Domenico Martinelli (Author), Maria Chironna (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 2015-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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INTRODUCTION: The study aims to investigate the change in the burden of disease and the microbiological characteristics of Invasive Meningococcal Disease (IMD) in Puglia in comparison with overall incidence from 1994 through 2014. METHODS: Data are gathered in the frame of the National Surveillance...