FactSheet: Meningococcal disease
New South Wales Public Health Bulletin
11(6) 107 - 107
Published: 2000
Abstract
Meningococcal disease is an infection caused by a bacterial germ known as meningococcus. Up to 20 per cent of healthy people carry the bacteria in their throat or nose without the bacteria causing illness. There are 13 different types of meningococcal bacteria.https://doi.org/10.1071/NB00050
© NSW Department of Health 2000
