Figures & data
Figure 1. Recommended age at MenACWY vaccination. * In Italy, vaccination in toddlers is strongly recommended by the national medical associations in the 2019 Calendario Vaccinale per la Vita; the recommendations have already been adopted in at least 8 of the 21 regions/autonomous provinces. Recently, the Italian authorities have also considered the introduction of an additional vaccination for children at 6 years of age. $ In Spain, toddler vaccination is present in only two regions, Castilla y León and Andalucía.
![Figure 1. Recommended age at MenACWY vaccination. * In Italy, vaccination in toddlers is strongly recommended by the national medical associations in the 2019 Calendario Vaccinale per la Vita; the recommendations have already been adopted in at least 8 of the 21 regions/autonomous provinces. Recently, the Italian authorities have also considered the introduction of an additional vaccination for children at 6 years of age. $ In Spain, toddler vaccination is present in only two regions, Castilla y León and Andalucía.](/cms/asset/e94a2726-3b84-44e1-a1ef-388dd1bd234f/ierv_a_2128771_f0001_oc.jpg)
Figure 2. Standardized incidence (cases per 100,000) of IMD (all serogroups) by country [Citation21,Citation25,Citation44].
![Figure 2. Standardized incidence (cases per 100,000) of IMD (all serogroups) by country [Citation21,Citation25,Citation44].](/cms/asset/efcf3e43-f425-4fe3-b632-8c1b3c4fd860/ierv_a_2128771_f0002_oc.jpg)
Figure 3. Standardized incidence (cases per 100,000) of IMD cases due to serogroup W by country [Citation21,Citation25,Citation44].
![Figure 3. Standardized incidence (cases per 100,000) of IMD cases due to serogroup W by country [Citation21,Citation25,Citation44].](/cms/asset/d88b3717-e7f3-4f4b-885a-6252f40ebcd6/ierv_a_2128771_f0003_oc.jpg)
Table 1. Summary of reasons for the introduction of MenACWY vaccine in toddlers.