Argyle Urgent Care offers vaccines to fight illness, even for infections that are not as common as they were in the past. Today, meningococcal disease is at a historic low in the United States. Rates of meningococcal disease have been declining in the United States since the 1990s, with much of the decline seen since the routine use of meningococcal conjugate vaccines. The meningococcal vaccine protects against the meningococcal bacteria which can cause serious infections such as meningitis, a brain fluid infection, and bloodstream infections. The meningococcal vaccines help protect people against the most common types of meningococcal disease that are seen in the United States, including Serogroups B, C, and Y. Ask our medical practitioners about this vaccine and protect yourself from illness and infection.

The vaccine is made up of parts of the meningococcal bacteria that cannot cause infection. When you get the vaccine, your body makes antibodies to fight the meningococcal bacteria. These antibodies then help protect your body from infection if you come in contact with someone who has meningococcal disease.