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PRO/EDR> Meningitis, meningococcal – Australia (03): (NT) sg W, Aboriginal children
Meningitis - Neisseria -- AustraliaMore meningococcal diagnoses have been recorded amid an unprecedented outbreak in Central Australia that has so far affected mainly indigenous children.There have been 25 confirmed cases of the W strain of the deadly disease so far this year [2017], with one awaiting final laboratory testing. There were only 3 cases last year, according to the NT [Northern Territory] Centre for Disease Control.All of those affected are indigenous people from the Central Australian, Read more [...]
