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Meningococcal

This guidance is for health professionals who deal with adults or children with no functioning spleen or splenic dysfunction and includes a suggested schedule of immunisation.

This factsheet offers advice on giving infant paracetamol after  the meningitis B vaccination that is offered to infants aged two months and four months.

This factsheet explains about the new Meningitis ACWY vaccination that is to be offered to teenagers aged 14-18 and young people starting university.

The new Meningitis ACWY vaccination will be offered from August 2015.

This booklet provides information on the routine immunisations that are given to babies up to a year old to protect them from serious childhood diseases.

Translations are of the 2017 leaflet, some details may vary.

This booklet provides guidance for professionals on the childhood immunisation schedule.

This booklet provides the facts about the vaccines babies will receive just after their first birthday: the first MMR vaccine and the PCV, Hib/Men C and Men B booster vaccines.

Meningococcal disease

The commonest form of bacterial meningitis is caused by infection with Neisseria Meningitidis.

Meningococcal disease may present as meningitis (inflammation of the brain meninges) and/or septicaemia (blood poisoning) and is most common during the winter months.

Case definitions

Confirmed case: Clinical diagnosis of meningitis, septicaemia or other invasive disease AND at least one of:

This booklet explains about the routine immunisations that are offered to all young people before they leave school.