CDC Encourages Meningococcal Vaccine For At-Risk Florida Visitors
Florida to get a meningococcal vaccine.Florida is currently experiencing what the CDC described as “one of the worst outbreaks of meningococcal disease among gay and bisexual men in U.S.
history.” The CDC reports that nearly half of the cases in this current outbreak are among Hispanic men. There is an additional outbreak of the disease in the state, but authorities say it is of a different serogroup and isolated to college and university students in Leon County.“Meningococcal disease is serious and can be deadly.
But we have a powerful tool to help save lives -- we encourage all gay and bisexual men who live in Florida to get vaccinated, and those traveling to Florida should talk with their healthcare provider about getting a MenACWY vaccine,” Dr.
Sam Crowe, PhD, MPH, an epidemiologist, said in a statement.There are at least 13 different groupings of the bacteria that cause meningococcal disease.
