Previous ACIP guidelines have recommended a meningococcal tetravalent polysaccharide vaccine for high-risk patients. |
This left both the students and those with whom they came into contact at higher risk of meningococcal infection. |
At first it was believed she had meningococcal meningitis or leptospirosis, but tests ruled those out. |
Advice from the Department of Health is for all pilgrims to obtain the quadrivalent meningococcal vaccine. |
Most people who get the disease have some symptoms of both meningococcal meningitis and meningococcal septicaemia. |
The three cases are all believed to be bacterial, caused by the meningococcal bacteria, but the strains involved have not been confirmed. |