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Risk factors for meningococcal disease
| College freshman living in dormitories |
| Microbiologists routinely exposed to Neisseria meningitidis |
| Military recruits |
| Persons who travel to or reside in countries where Neisseria meningitidis is hyper-endemic or epidemic particularly if contact with the local population will be prolonged |
| Persons with persistent complement component deficiency |
| Persons with anatomic or functional asplenia |
| Persons with human immunodeficiency virus infection |
