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MeSH Heading: Meningococcal Infections
Tree Number(s): C01.150.252.400.625.549
Unique ID: D008589
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008589
Annotation: MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL is also available; coord IM with specific Neisseria meningitidis serogroup (IM) if given
Scope Note: Infections with bacteria of the species NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS.
Entry Version: MENINGOCOCCAL INFECT
Entry Term(s): Infections, Meningococcal; Meningococcal Disease; Meningococcal Septicemia
NLM Classification #: WC 245
Date Introduced: 1966/01/01
Last Updated: 2023/04/05

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

transmission (TM)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Meningococcal Infections MeSH Descriptor Data 2026