PRO/EDR> Meningitis, meningococcal - UK: emergence of serogroup W, changed vaccine policy

Meningitis - Neisseria -- United Kingdom
There is a warning about a strain of meningitis hitting students returning to university in Surrey and Hampshire [UK]. There is growing concern about Men-W, which is increasingly affecting young adults. Meningitis has serious consequences and can prove fatal. Charity Meningitis Now is urging all students returning to university after the Christmas and New Year break to make themselves aware of the signs and symptoms of meningitis and to take up a free vaccine. Cases of the killer disease peak

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