Date printed: 21/02/2019
List. Specified medical conditions associated with increased risk of invasive meningococcal disease
- defects in, or deficiency of, complement components, including factor H, factor D or properdin deficiency
- current or future treatment with eculizumab (a monoclonal antibody directed against complement component C5)
- functional or anatomical asplenia, including sickle cell disease or other haemoglobinopathies, and congenital or acquired asplenia
- HIV, regardless of disease stage or CD4+ cell count
- haematopoietic stem cell transplant
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5 June 2018
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