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Meningitis
Meningitis
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Rifampicin 10 mg/ kg twice daily for 2 days. Vaccinate those at high risk 2 - 20 years and household contacts of cases. An incidence of 15 cases per 100,000 in a well-defined population for 2 consecutive weeks heralds the beginning of an epidemic and the need to start mass vaccination including children under 2 years of age.