Underestimation of Invasive Meningococcal Disease in Italy
Chiara Azzari
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, Francesco Nieddu
1, Maria Moriondo
1, Giuseppe Indolfi, Clementina Canessa, Silvia Ricci, Leila Bianchi, Daniele Serranti, Giovanni Maria Poggi, and Massimo Resti
Author affiliations: Anna Meyer Children’s University Hospital, Florence (C. Azzari, F. Nieddu, M. Moriondo, G. Indolfi, C. Canessa, S. Ricci, L. Bianchi, D. Serranti, G.M. Poggi, M. Resti); University of Florence Department of Health Sciences, Florence, Italy (C. Azzari, F. Nieddu, M. Moriondo, S. Ricci, D. Serranti, G.M. Poggi)
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Figure 2. Age distribution of 222 patients diagnosed with invasive meningococcal disease, from a national register for molecular surveillance of invasive bacterial disease, Italy, 2007–2014.
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