Meningococcal Disease
Infectious Agent
Neisseria meningitidis is a gram-negative diplococcus. Meningococci are classified into serogroups on the basis of the composition of the capsular polysaccharide. The 6 major meningococcal serogroups associated with disease are A, B, C, W, X, and Y.
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Citation
Brunette, Gary W., editor. "Meningococcal Disease." CDC Yellow Book, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2018. Relief Central, relief.unboundmedicine.com/relief/view/cdc-yellow-book/204086/all/Meningococcal_Disease.
Meningococcal Disease. In: Brunette GWG, ed. CDC Yellow Book. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2018. https://relief.unboundmedicine.com/relief/view/cdc-yellow-book/204086/all/Meningococcal_Disease. Accessed November 8, 2024.
Meningococcal Disease. (2018). In Brunette, G. W. (Ed.), CDC Yellow Book. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://relief.unboundmedicine.com/relief/view/cdc-yellow-book/204086/all/Meningococcal_Disease
Meningococcal Disease [Internet]. In: Brunette GWG, editors. CDC Yellow Book. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2018. [cited 2024 November 08]. Available from: https://relief.unboundmedicine.com/relief/view/cdc-yellow-book/204086/all/Meningococcal_Disease.
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