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Meningococcal meningitis vaccine?

Which Meningococcal meningitis vaccine do my sons take there are different ones they are 17 and 18 yrs old?

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There's the regular meningitis vaccine (Menactra) at 16 or 17 and the meningitis B vaccine for college at 18 years.
They will receive the Men-B vaccine (there are two types). In my office, I use Bexsero, two doses one month apart, and will protect them against a very deadly and serious type of meningitis.