Guidance

Meningococcal disease: guidance on public health management

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

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Published: 1 March 2012
• Last updated: 17 September 2024 — See all updates

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Guidance for public health management of meningococcal disease

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GP template chemoprophalaxis letter

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Examples of drug information leaflets

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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

Published 1 March 2012
Last updated 17 September 2024 + show all updates

1. 17 September 2024

   Updated guidance and letter templates.

2. 6 August 2019

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

3. 8 March 2019

   Added revised communication templates.

4. 13 March 2018

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

5. 1 March 2012

   First published.