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PRO/EDR> Meningitis, meningococcal – Australia (06): (VI) MSM, sg C, vaccine, alert

Meningitis - Neisseria -- AustraliaIntroduction------------The Victoria Department of Health and Human Services is responding to an outbreak of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) due to a closely related strain of serogroup C affecting men who have sex with men (MSM) across Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. All gay and bisexual men and men who have sex with men in the state are being offered free quadrivalent ACWY vaccine against invasive meningococcal disease in order to respond to this outbreak.Risk Read more [...]