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Immunisation against meningococcal meningitis for haj and Umrah

Author(s) -

G Lea,

Susan Hahné

Publication year - 2002

Publication title -

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Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 9999-1233

DOI - 10.2807/esw.06.04.02014-en

Subject(s) - outbreak , meningococcal meningitis , meningitis , medicine , meningococcal disease , meningococcal infections , pediatrics , geography , virology , neisseria meningitidis , biology , bacteria , genetics

This year’s recommendations by the Department of Health (DH) for England for immunisation against meningococcal meningitis for pilgrims planning to travel to Mecca on haj or Umrah were reported in last week’s Communicable Disease Report (1). An outbreak of meningococcal serogroup A infection occurred among pilgrims on the haj pilgrimage of 1987, resulting in outbreaks in other countries including the United Kingdom (UK).

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