Originally published by our sister publication Infectious Disease Special Edition
By Ethan Covey
Twelve cases of meningococcal disease have been identified in travelers or their household contacts who went to Saudi Arabia for the Umrah pilgrimage.
The cases, experts said, highlight the need for increased quadrivalent meningococcal vaccination (MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2024;73[22]:514-516).