Meningitis

Indications: The meningococcal vaccine provides immunity against meningitis caused by meningococcal bacteria.

Vaccination: For children aged 12 months and over, adolescents and adults, only one dose is needed.

Protection: Good protection obtained for about three years.

Side effects include:

• Headache
• Fever
• Redness around injection site
• Pain and swelling at site of injection

Meningitis Vaccination Resource:

Teenagers' understandings of and attitudes towards vaccines and vaccine-preventable diseases: A qualitative study.
Hilton S, Patterson C, Smith E, Bedford H, Hunt K.
Vaccine. 2013 Apr 17. doi:pii: S0264-410X(13)00462-3. 10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.04.023. [Epub ahead of print
An overview of meningococcal disease in India: Knowledge gaps and potential solutions.
John TJ, Gupta S, Chitkara AJ, Dutta AK, Borrow R.
Vaccine. 2013 Apr 12. doi:pii: S0264-410X(13)00422-2. 10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.04.003. [Epub ahead of print
Pentavalent DTP vaccine: Need to be incorporated in the vaccination program of India.
Verma R, Khanna P, Chawla S.
Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2013 Apr 9;9(7). [Epub ahead of print
[Haemophilus meningitis in properly vaccinated children: Report of three cases.]
Metreau Z, Le Bars H, Desgranges-Federico M, Monnier M, Ryckewaert A, Chasle V, Pierre M, Farges C, Guitteny MA.
Arch Pediatr. 2013 Apr 5. doi:pii: S0929-693X(13)00197-8. 10.1016/j.arcped.2013.02.075. [Epub ahead of print] French.
Determination of pneumococcal serotypes in meningitis cases in niger, 2003-2011.
Collard JM, Alio Sanda AK, Jusot JF.
PLoS One. 2013;8(3):e60432. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060432. Epub 2013 Mar 28
Meningococcal disease in countries of the African meningitis belt, 2012 - emerging needs and future perspectives.
[No authors listed]
Wkly Epidemiol Rec. 2013 Mar 22;88(12):129-36. English, French. No abstract available.
Long-Term Sequelae of Childhood Bacterial Meningitis.
Hudson LD, Viner RM, Christie D.
Curr Infect Dis Rep. 2013 Mar 29. [Epub ahead of print
Vaccinal status of healthcare students in Lille.
Faure E, Cortot C, Gosset D, Cordonnier A, Deruelle P, Guery B.
Med Mal Infect. 2013 Mar 13. doi:pii: S0399-077X(13)00048-6. 10.1016/j.medmal.2013.02.002. [Epub ahead of print
Update on bacterial meningitis: epidemiology, trials and genetic association studies.
Kasanmoentalib ES, Brouwer MC, van de Beek D.
Curr Opin Neurol. 2013 Mar 13. [Epub ahead of print
Modulation of angiogenic factor VEGF by DNA-hsp65 vaccination in a murine CNS tuberculosis model.
Zucchi FC, Tsanaclis AM, Moura-Dias Q Jr, Silva CL, Pelegrini-da-Silva A, Neder L, Takayanagui OM.
Tuberculosis (Edinb). 2013 May;93(3):373-80. doi: 10.1016/j.tube.2013.02.002. Epub 2013 Mar 13
Opportunistic parasites in children with pneumococcal infection in greater Cairo, Egypt.
Geneidy MR, El-Dahshan TA, Metwally KM.
J Egypt Soc Parasitol. 2012 Dec;42(3):753-60
[Tourism, imported parasitic diseases, and their prevention].
Tumol'skaia NI, Zavoĭkin VD, Mazmanian MV, Plakhotnaia GA, Kurbatova IV, Zelia OP, Gutova VP.
Med Parazitol (Mosk). 2012 Oct-Dec;(4):3-7. Russian.
A vaccine to prevent epidemic meningitis in Africa.
Viviani S.
Lancet Infect Dis. 2013 Mar;13(3):195-6. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(13)70010-0. No abstract available.
Impact of Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccination on the incidence of invasive Haemophilus influenzae disease in France, 15 years after its introduction.
Georges S, Lepoutre A, Dabernat H, Levy-Bruhl D.
Epidemiol Infect. 2013 Feb 21:1-10. [Epub ahead of print
[Best practice in risk management of Neisseria meningitidis bacterial meningitis at nurseries].
Santoro A, Vinci MR, Menichella A, Montaldi V, Camisa V, Di Felice C, Musolino AM, Zaffina S.
G Ital Med Lav Ergon. 2012 Jul-Sep;34(3 Suppl):769-71. Italian.
The impact of 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on invasive pneumococcal disease: a literature review.
Myint TT, Madhava H, Balmer P, Christopoulou D, Attal S, Menegas D, Sprenger R, Bonnet E.
Adv Ther. 2013 Feb;30(2):127-51. doi: 10.1007/s12325-013-0007-6. Epub 2013 Feb 7
Treated follicular lymphoma, recurrent invasive pneumococcal disease, nonresponsiveness to vaccination, and a unique pneumococcus.
Murphy C, Inverarity D, McGoldrick C, Mitchell L, Paterson P, Thom L, Edwards G.
Case Rep Hematol. 2012;2012:386372. doi: 10.1155/2012/386372. Epub 2012 Dec 30
Meningococcal vaccine evolution.
Bona G, Guidi C.
J Prev Med Hyg. 2012 Sep;53(3):131-5
[Impact of vaccination on admissions for Haemophilus influenzae b meningitis from 2004 to 2008 in Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso].
Kaboré NF, Poda GE, Barro M, Cessouma R, Héma A, Ouedraogo AS, Sawadogo AB, Nacro B.
Med Sante Trop. 2012 Oct-Dec;22(4):425-9. doi: 10.1684/mst.2012.0122. French.
Don't forget how severe varicella can be-complications of varicella in children in a defined Polish population.
Gowin E, Wysocki J, Michalak M.
Int J Infect Dis. 2013 Jan 23. doi:pii: S1201-9712(12)01317-3. 10.1016/j.ijid.2012.11.024. [Epub ahead of print
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