Manual for the surveillance of vaccine-preventable diseases. Chapter 8: Meningococcal disease

MacNeil, Jessica R.; Cohn, Amanda C.

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Manual for the surveillance of vaccine-preventable diseases. Chapter 8: Meningococcal disease

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Aug 2011

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MacNeil, Jessica R. ; Cohn, Amanda C. ;

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National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (U.S.)

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Manual for the surveillance of vaccine-preventable diseases ; chapter 8

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Chapter 8 of: Manual for the surveillance of vaccine-preventable diseases. 5th Edition, 2011.

Meningococcal disease is a serious and potentially life-threatening infection caused by the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis. Common symptoms of meningococcal disease include high fever, neck stiffness, confusion, nausea, vomiting, lethargy, and/or petechial or purpuric rash. Without appropriate and urgent treatment, the infection can progress rapidly and result in death.

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