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PRO/EDR> Meningitis, meningococcal – Australia (02): (SA) sg. B
Meningitis - Neisseria -- AustraliaThree 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 Read more [...]
