Meningitis – Neisseria — Australia
Three South Australians have been diagnosed with meningococcal infection in the past week, prompting a public health warning. So far this year [2016], there has been a total of 11 cases of the potentially deadly infection — ranging from a one-year-old to a 94-year-old — up from 7 cases at the same time last year and 30 for all of 2015.
Of the 11 cases this year [2016], 10 have been the meningococcal [serogroup] B strain, which is not covered on the national vaccine register, prompting
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