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protect against meningitis B

For your kids, you’re a guardian, a hero, a warrior. And with historical inequities in disease treatment, it’s often up to you to help guard your kids from threats like meningitis B—a rare but serious bacterial infection that can strike without warning.1,4,5 You can help prevent meningitis B. Ask your child’s doctor how.

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References

  • 1. Meningococcal disease. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Updated February 7, 2022. Accessed February 24, 2022. http://www.cdc.gov/meningococcal/index.html
  • 2. Borg J, Christie D, Coen PG, et al. Outcomes of meningococcal disease in adolescence: prospective, matched-cohort study. Pediatrics. 2009;123(3):e502-e509.
  • 3. Bettinger JA, Scheifele DW, Le Saux N, et al. The disease burden of invasive meningococcal serogroup B disease in Canada. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2013;32(1):e20-e25.
  • 4. Thompson MJ, Ninis N, Perera R, et al. Clinical recognition of meningococcal disease in children and adolescents. Lancet. 2006;367(9508):397-403.
  • 5. Soeters HM, McNamara LA, Whaley M, et al. Serogroup B meningococcal disease outbreak and carriage evaluation at a college—Rhode Island, 2015. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015;64(22):606-607.
  • 6. Recommended child and adolescent immunization schedule for ages 18 years or younger: United States, 2022. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Updated February 17, 2022. Accessed February 24, 2022. https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/downloads/child/0-18yrs-child-combined-schedule.pdf
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