A 44-year-old member asked:
can you contract meningitis from a meningitis vaccine?
2 doctor answers
Dr. Marcus Degraw answered
22 years experience Pediatrics
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 on Oct 12, 2019
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Dr. Richard Pollard answered
30 years experience Anesthesiology
No: There are no live bacteria in the vaccine, so you cannot get the disease from the vaccine.
Answered on Oct 12, 2019
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Claude Parola answered
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No: The vaccine is made the with capsule ( polysaccharide) that
surrounds
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Dr. Robert Kwok answered
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A female asked:
Dr. Hunter Handsfield answered
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Not much: Any injection hurts a bit, and some vaccines cause soreness a few days at the injection site. But it never hurts nearly as much as having meningitis o ... Read More
A 37-year-old member asked:
Dr. Marybeth Lambe answered
45 years experience Travel Medicine
If Ongoing Risk: If ongoing risk, booste dose is repeated in 5 years.
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-live in a dorm
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