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[quote=Anonymous]There are many different types of meningitis. The H.influenzae (HIB) and Strep Pneumonia (Prevnar) vaccines protect against the more common bacterial meningitis seen in infants/young kids. Neonates commonly get Group B Strep (hence the testing done at ~35 weeks of pregnancy and antibiotic treatment for those mom's who are carriers). Neisseria meningitis is the one you hear about in teenagers and college students. There's a vaccine (MCV4) that is given at ages 11/12 and again pre college. Then there are a ton of viral infections that cause meningitis as well but there are no vaccines to prevent the majority of them. [/quote]
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