Guidance

Meningococcal disease: guidance on public health management

Advice for health protection professionals on the management of meningococcal disease in the UK.

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Guidance for public health management of meningococcal disease

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GP template chemoprophalaxis letter

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Template GP vaccination letter for close contacts of MenA, C, W or Y disease

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Template letter for GP following a local case of IMD at nursery, school or university

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Communication with GP for immunological work-up of a case

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Communication with parents following a nursery case of IMD

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Communication with parents following a school case of IMD

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Communication with students following a university case of IMD

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Details

Management, guidance and control measures from UK Health Security Agency’s Vaccine Preventable Invasive Bacterial Infections Forum.

This guidance on the public health management of individual cases and clusters of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) includes information on:

  • epidemiology of IMD
  • vaccination programmes
  • laboratory investigations of suspected cases
  • public health actions after a case
  • chemoprophylaxis in healthcare settings
  • clusters and management

Updates to this page

Published 1 March 2012
Last updated 17 September 2024 + show all updates
  1. Updated guidance and letter templates.

  2. Added revised guidance document (see change history on page 5) and communication templates document.

  3. Added revised communication templates.

  4. Published new combined guidance on the public health management of meningococcal disease.

  5. First published.

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