Who should be vaccinated pre-exposure?
• Entering college students, particularly those living in dormitories or residence halls, who elect to decrease their risk for meningococcal disease. • Undergraduate students 25 years of age or under who request vaccination in order to decrease their risk for disease and are not pregnant. • Students with medical conditions that compromise immunity (e.g., HIV, absent spleen, antibody deficiency). • Students traveling to areas of the world with endemic meningococcal disease.
