| invasive bacterial diseases: national surveillance in italy and vaccination coverage in the local health agency 4 "chiavarese", liguria region (italy). | in 2007 in italy, the national institute of health published a new protocol for the national surveillance of invasive bacterial diseases, in order to enhance the notification system of these diseases and to improve immunization strategies. available vaccines to prevent these diseases were introduced for the first time into the 1999-2000 national immunization plan (nip) (vaccination against haemophilus influenzae type b) and the 2005-2007 nip (vaccination against streptococcus pneumoniae and neis ... | 2012 | 23240174 |