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Title		Type		Level of evidence		Source		Published		Review
Health risk information sheet - Vaccines		Factsheet		Evidence cited		National Travel Health Network and Centre (NaTHNaC)
Health risk information sheet - Meningococcal meningitis		Factsheet		Evidence cited		National Travel Health Network and Centre (NaTHNaC)
Department of Health information on Meningitis C		Web directory		Evidence cited		Department of Health (DH)
The Meningitis Trust		Web directory		N/A		Meningitis Trust
Global Atlas of infectious disease an interactive information and mapping system		Web directory		Evidence cited		World Health Organization (WHO)
Vaccine coverage		Surveillance data		Evidence cited		Health Protection Agency (HPA)
Meningitis C - NHS Immunisation website		Care guideline Web directory		Unspecified		NHS Immunisation website		01/06/2008
Immunisation schedule		Best practice Care guideline Factsheet Policy		Evidence cited Professional opinion		NHS Immunisation Website		01/01/2008
Identification of Neisseria species (BSOP ID 6)		Standard Operating Procedures		Evidence cited Professional opinion		Health Protection Agency (HPA)		11/09/2007
Traveler's Health: Yellow Book Health Information for International Travel 2008		Care guideline Web directory		Evidence cited Professional opinion		Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)		01/07/2007
Preventing Meningitis		Factsheet Public leaflet Web directory		Evidence cited Professional opinion		Department of Health (DH)		09/02/2007
Data on Vaccine uptake		Surveillance data		Evidence cited Professional opinion		Health Protection Agency (HPA)		22/12/2006
Department of Health webpage on Meningitis C		Care guideline		Professional opinion		Department of Health (DH)		28/11/2006
General Information about meningitis - Netdoctor		Factsheet		Professional opinion		Netdoctor		04/09/2006
Guidelines and Advice on Meningitis		Best practice Care guideline		Evidence cited Professional opinion		Health Protection Agency (HPA)		01/09/2006
Guidance for public health management of meningococcal disease in the UK		Best practice		Evidence cited		Health Protection Agency (HPA)		01/08/2006
Guidelines for public health management of meningococcal disease in the UK		Care guideline Review		Case control studies Evidence cited Meta analysis Professional opinion RCT		Health Protection Agency (HPA)		01/08/2006
Childhood Immunisation: Guidance notes for professionals		Best practice Care guideline		Evidence cited Professional opinion		Health Promotion Agency (N. Ireland)		01/08/2006
Why our children must be protected		Other		Evidence cited Professional opinion		NHS Immunisation Website		01/07/2006
Processing Swabs For Group B Streptococcal Carriage (BSOP 58)		Best practice Care guideline Standard Operating Procedures		Evidence cited Professional opinion		Health Protection Agency (HPA)		26/06/2006
NHS Direct Online Health Encyclopaedia - Meningitis		Public leaflet Webpage		Professional opinion		NHSDirect Online		15/03/2006
Statutory Notifications of Infectious Diseases (NOIDS)		Web directory		N/A		Health Protection Agency (HPA)		15/11/2005
NHS Direct Online Health Encyclopaedia - Blood poisoning (Septicaemia)		Public leaflet Webpage		Professional opinion		NHSDirect Online		09/11/2005
Factsheet about Drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumonaie disease		Factsheet		Evidence cited		Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)		06/10/2005
National Minimum Standards for Immunisation Training		Best practice Training		Evidence cited Professional opinion		Health Protection Agency (HPA)		01/06/2005
What is an exanthem?		Public leaflet		Professional opinion		DermNet NZ		29/05/2005
Screening for Meninogcocci (BSOP 51)		Standard Operating Procedures		Evidence cited Professional opinion		Health Protection Agency (HPA)		01/05/2005
Antibiotics for preventing meningococcal infections		Systematic review		RCT		Cochrane Library		24/01/2005
Investigation of Viral Encephalitis and Meningitis (QSOP 48)		Standard Operating Procedures		Evidence cited Professional opinion		Health Protection Agency (HPA)		01/12/2004
Polysaccharide vaccines for preventing serogroup A meningococcal meningitis		Systematic review		RCT		Cochrane Library		17/11/2004
Dexamethasone for the treatment of tuberculous meningitis in adolescents and adults		Care guideline Journal article		RCT		New England Journal of Medicine		21/10/2004
General Information about Sepsis		Public leaflet		Evidence cited Professional opinion		National Library of Medicine (NLM)		25/08/2004
PRODIGY Guidance - Immunizations - pneumococcal vaccine		Care guideline		Evidence cited		PRODIGY Knowledge		01/06/2004
Meningococcal septicaemia identification and management for ambulance personnel		Care guideline		Evidence cited Professional opinion		Meningitis Research Foundation		01/05/2004
General Information about Septicemia		Public leaflet		Evidence cited		National Library of Medicine (NLM)		18/11/2003
Meningococcal meningitis and septicaemia guidance notes : diagnosis and treatment in general practice		Care guideline		Evidence cited Professional opinion		Meningitis Research Foundation		01/11/2003
WHO Factsheet on Meningococcal meningitis		Factsheet		Professional opinion		World Health Organization (WHO)		01/05/2003
Background information - Meningitis/Meningoccocal		Webpage		Evidence cited Professional opinion		Health Protection Agency (HPA)		30/04/2003
Guidelines on the management of communicable diseases in schools and nurseries - Enterovirus		Best practice Care guideline		Evidence cited Professional opinion		Health Protection Agency (HPA)		30/04/2003
Guidelines on the management of communicable diseases in schools and nurseries Haemophilus Influenzae Infection (see comments a and b)		Care guideline		Evidence cited Professional opinion		Health Protection Agency (HPA)		30/04/2003
Early management of suspected bacterial meningitis and meningococcal septicaemia in adults		Care guideline		Evidence cited		British Infection Society (BIS)		01/02/2003
Guidelines on the management of, and exposure to rash illness in pregnancy (including consideration of relevant antibody screening programmes in pregnancy)		Care guideline		Evidence cited Professional opinion		Health Protection Agency (HPA)		01/03/2002
Health Information for Overseas travel - The Yellow Book		Best practice Care guideline		Evidence cited		Department of Health (DH)		01/01/2001
Meningococcal infection - Factsheet for Schools – Wired for Health		Factsheet		Professional opinion		Health Protection Agency (HPA)		10/03/99