A 44-year-old member asked:
How often can you need to receive the meningitis vaccine?
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A Verified Doctoranswered
30 years experience
Depends on age..: For adolescents who receive the first dose at age 13-15 years, a one-time booster dose should be administered, preferably at age 16 through 18 years. Adolescents who receive their first dose of mcv4 at or after age 16 years do not need a booster dose. Certain high risk adults should be vaccinated and receive a booster, see:
http://www.Cdc.Gov/vaccines/vpd-vac/mening/who-vaccinate-hcp.Htm.
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A 37-year-old member asked:
How often can you need the meningitis vaccine?
1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in
Dr. Marybeth Lambeanswered
Travel Medicine 46 years experience
If Ongoing Risk: If ongoing risk, booste dose is repeated in 5 years.
Who should get vaccine?
-live in a dorm
-traveling to meningitis belt in africa or to mecca
-those in military
-those with weak immune system (terminal complement deficiency) or immunosuppressant drugs
- those whose spleens have been removed surgically
- those exposed in a meningitis outbreak
-adolescents & teens between 11 - 18 years of age.
5.1k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
Dr. Robert Killian commented
General Practice 29 years experience
This can also be a problem in the sexually active gay community. There are occasional warnings in some communities that all sexually active gay men in a certain community get this vaccine as well.
Jul 1, 2013
Last updated Apr 16, 2013
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