Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B causing invasive disease, Italy, 2010–2021

Paola Vacca; Fenicia Vescio; Fortunato D’Ancona; Cecilia Fazio; Arianna Neri; Anna Carannante; Luigina Ambrosio; Florigio Romano Lista; Silvia Fillo; Andrea Ciammaruconi; Antonella Fortunato; Paola Stefanelli

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0337446

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Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B causing invasive disease, Italy, 2010–2021

Paola Vacca,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3076-1604

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Fenicia Vescio,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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Fortunato D’Ancona,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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Cecilia Fazio,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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Arianna Neri,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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Anna Carannante,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Environmental and Social Epidemiology Unit, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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Luigina Ambrosio,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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Florigio Romano Lista,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Scientific Department, Army Medical Centre, Rome, Italy
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Silvia Fillo,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Scientific Department, Army Medical Centre, Rome, Italy

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5100-2573

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Andrea Ciammaruconi,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Scientific Department, Army Medical Centre, Rome, Italy
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Antonella Fortunato,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Scientific Department, Army Medical Centre, Rome, Italy
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Paola Stefanelli

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: paola.vacca@iss.it

Affiliation Department Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B causing invasive disease, Italy, 2010–2021

Paola Vacca,
Fenicia Vescio,
Fortunato D’Ancona,
Cecilia Fazio,
Arianna Neri,
Anna Carannante,
Luigina Ambrosio,
Florigio Romano Lista,
Silvia Fillo,
Andrea Ciammaruconi

Published: December 5, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0337446

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