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Students and staff queue to receive antibiotics at the UK University of Kent after an outbreak of meningitis caused the deaths of two people. Carl Court/Getty Images

Recent outbreaks highlight the risks of bacterial meningitis – and the need to vaccinate

Una Ren, New Zealand Institute for Public Health and Forensic Science; Nigel French, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University, and Sarah Hannah, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University

Teens and young adults are more likely to be asymptomatic carriers of the bacterium that cause meningococcal disease, making university students a high-risk group.

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