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References used for this fact sheet
- The Meningitis Trust (United Kingdom) Homepage. More information here.
- Meningitis Research Foundation (United Kingdom) Homepage.More information here.
- Surveillance of notifiable infectious diseases in Victoria, 2006 (2008) [online], Public Health, Department of Health Victoria. More information here.
- Orr, H. J., Gray, S. J., Macdonald, M. & Stuart, J. M. (2003), ‘Saliva and meningococcal transmission’, in Emerging Infectious Diseases, vol. 9, pp. 1314–15. More information here.
- Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme annual reports [online], Australian Government, Department of Health and Ageing. More information here.
- Common reactions to vaccines [online], Department of Health Victoria, Victorian Government. More information here.
- Australian Immunisation Handbook – 9th Edition 2008, [online], Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing. More information here.
- Pre-Immunisation Checklist [online], Department of Health Victoria. More information here.
- Meningococcal disease [online], World Health Organization. More information here.
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