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Can you contract meningitis from a meningitis vaccine?
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No: No, both brands, Menveo and Menactra for Meningococcal disease as well as prevnr and pedvax/acthib for other types of disease are all dead vaccines. There is zero risk of getting the infection from these vaccines. Period...
Answered 10/12/2019
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No: There are no live bacteria in the vaccine, so you cannot get the disease from the vaccine.
Answered 10/12/2019
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