Meningococcal disease is a serious bacterial infection that can cause septicaemia (a severe infection of the bloodstream) and meningitis (swelling of the membranes and fluid that covers the brain and spinal cord).
It can lead to gangrene, requiring limbs to be amputated, and permanent disability such as deafness and brain damage.
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