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Help please? i want to know what are preventive measures for meningitis?
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Vaccine: The most important step to preventing bacterial meningitis is to get the vaccine called menactra. Especially if you are in jr high, high school or college, where you are exposed to a large number of people on a daily basis.
Answered 4/15/2014
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