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meningococcal

American  
[muh-ning-goh-kahk-uhl] / məˌnɪŋ goʊˈkɑk əl /

adjective

  1. relating to or caused by the meningococcus, a bacterium.


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Six immunizations — for hepatitis A and B, rotavirus, meningococcal disease, flu and COVID-19 — are knocked down from “recommended” to “shared clinical decision-making.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

Cases happen every year - in 2024-2025, there were 378 cases of invasive meningococcal disease, according to official data.

From BBC ● May 15, 2026

Smout urged everyone to be alert to the signs and symptoms of meningococcal meningitis and septicaemia, which can include a fever, headache, rapid breathing, drowsiness, shivering, vomiting and cold hands and feet.

From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026

There were about 300 to 400 cases of meningococcal disease diagnosed in England every year, it added.

From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026

We had lobar pneumonia, meningococcal meningitis, streptococcal infections, diphtheria, endocarditis, enteric fevers, various septicemias, syphilis, and, always, everywhere, tuberculosis.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

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