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Meningitis infection

Leon’s story about meningitis

Meningitis Research Foundation member Cat Barker from Milton Keynes whose son Leon contracted meningococcal septicaemia in January 2007, when he was 18 months old, shares her story with us. “Leon was in a coma for a week on life support for nearly 2 weeks and all in all spent just over a month in hospital…

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Meningitis immunisation

New meningococcal group B (MenB) vaccine Bexsero®

Meningitis kills more children under five than any other infectious disease in the UK and meningococcal group B (MenB) is the leading cause. Babies are most at risk; one in ten of those who contract meningitis will die and up to one in five survivors will suffer life-long complications that can be as severe as…

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