About this episode

This episode explores meningitis, its symptoms, and the role of vaccination in prevention.

Today, we put meningitis under the microscope. Robin May at the UK Health Security Agency explains this group of conditions and how his team might respond to an incident; Kat Sharrocks at Addenbrooke's Hospital details a range of symptoms associated with meningitis; and the Oxford Vaccine Group's Andrew Pollard on the protection that inoculation offers... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

People in this episode

Guests: Robin May, Kat Sharrocks, Andrew Pollard

Topics covered

• meningitis
• health
• vaccination
• symptoms
• public health

Keywords

• meningitis
• symptoms
• vaccination
• public health
• UK Health Security Agency
• Addenbrooke's Hospital
• Oxford Vaccine Group

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: UK Health Security Agency, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Oxford Vaccine Group

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