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• Communicable Diseases Network Australia, Guidelines for the early clinical and public health management of meningococcal disease in Australia - Revised Edition 2007, Department of Health and Ageing, Australian Government. More information here.
• Blue book - Guidelines for the control of infectious diseases, (2009), Infectious Diseases Epidemiology and Surveillance (Blue Book), Department of Health, Victorian Government. More information here.
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