Meningitis vaccine when do you get it

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Syndicate. Minus Related Pages. CDC recommends routine MenACWY vaccination for: All preteens and teens at 11 to 12 years old with a booster dose at 16 years old Children and adults at increased risk for meningococcal disease CDC recommends routine MenB vaccination for: People 10 years or older at increased risk for meningococcal disease.

Information for Healthcare Professionals. Tell the person who is giving you or your child a meningococcal vaccine if:. This immune response suggests the vaccines provide protection, but data are limited on how well they work. Since meningococcal disease is uncommon, many people need to get these vaccines in order to measure their effectiveness.

Getting the year-old MenACWY booster dose is critical so teens have protection when they are most at risk for meningococcal disease. Available data on MenB vaccines suggest that protective antibodies also decrease quickly within 1 to 2 years after vaccination. Rates of meningococcal disease have declined in the United States since the s and remain low today. In addition, serogroup B meningococcal disease declined even though MenB vaccines were not available until the end of These data suggest MenACWY vaccines have provided protection to those vaccinated, but probably not to the larger, unvaccinated community population or herd immunity.

Experts also believe MenB vaccines do not provide protection to unvaccinated people through population immunity. Most people who get a meningococcal vaccine do not have any serious problems with it. With any medicine, including vaccines, there is a chance of side effects.

These are usually mild and go away on their own within a few days, but serious reactions are possible. Vaccines which protect against MenC are routinely given to children in the UK at months of age with a booster dose for teenagers at 14 years. The UK MenC vaccination programme has been a huge success.

Before the MenC vaccine was introduced in there were over cases of disease every year. Nowadays we only see around 40 of cases of MenC each year. It is also recommended as a travel vaccine for certain destinations. Find out more Vaccines against other bacterial meningitis types Pneumococcal vaccine and its use in the UK Pneumococcal vaccines are routinely given in childhood in many countries across the world. Before the childhood vaccine was introduced in the UK serious pneumococcal infections killed approximately 50 children under the age of 2 every year.

About one third of these deaths were as a result of meningitis. The UK introduced the vaccine in in and prior to its introduction Hib was the most common cause of bacterial meningitis in children, causing about cases each year. Since introduction of the vaccine Hib meningitis and septicaemia has almost been eliminated in the UK and Ireland.

A complete list of all the vaccines that are routinely offered in the UK free of charge on the NHS and the ages at which they should ideally be given is available here. Ireland has a slightly different vaccination schedule which is available here. The MRF Membership and Support team are here for you for any questions you might have about meningitis and septicaemia and their effects on you, or your family and friends.

Vaccine information The most effective thing you can do to protect you and your children from meningitis is to get immunised. Hib is much less common today due to vaccinations.

Doctors usually administer the Hib vaccine at 2, 4, and 6 months of age. They will administer it again between the ages of 12 and 15 months. Pneumococcus bacteria can cause meningitis and other serious infections, such as pneumonia. Initial vaccination occurs at 2, 4, and 6 months of age, and an infant will receive another dose between the ages of 12 and 15 months. This vaccine series usually starts at the age of 11 years.

However, children with certain conditions may receive it earlier. The recommendation is that teenagers and young adults aged 16—23 years also receive the serogroup B meningococcal vaccine, especially if they fit into a high risk category. This vaccine protects against measles , mumps , and rubella. Before this vaccine was available, mumps was a common cause of viral meningitis. Measles is also a cause of meningitis.

Doctors typically administer this vaccine when an infant is 12—15 months of age and again when they are 4—6 years of age. Meningitis rates are at an all-time low in the U. Experts believe that MenACWY and MenB vaccines provide protection to people who have been vaccinated but do not protect the larger, unvaccinated community through herd immunity. There are numerous types of meningitis. The sections below will look at some of these types in more detail.

This is the most dangerous form of meningitis. The bacteria that cause it are contagious and can be fatal. Bacterial meningitis requires immediate medical attention, and vaccines can protect against some types.