infants and teenagers;
travellers who go on pilgrimages or travel to countries where meningococcal infection spreads in outbreaks or vaccination is obligatory (Ireland, Australia, Brazil, Belgium, the UK, Greece, Iceland, Spain, Italy, Canada, Cyprus, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, France, Switzerland, Germany).
servicemen.
Vaccination is not recommended or is allowed only with the doctor’s permission, if:
you have an acute disease with fever. If the infection is mild, e.g. a cold, vaccination does not have to be delayed;
you or your child has trombocytopenia or any other disease impairing coagulation;
you are pregnant, breastfeeding, or think that you may be pregnant or plan on getting pregnant.