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PRO/EDR> Meningitis, meningococcal – Australia (04): (SA) sg B and W

Meningitis - Neisseria -- AustraliaMore meningococcal cases are being reported in Australia nowadays following which the South Australian [SA] Health Ministry has requested for a new vaccine to fight the disease. SA Health confirmed 3 meningococcal cases on Tuesday [15 Nov 2016]. Two men, aged 18 and 29, were admitted to an Adelaide hospital along with a 71-year-old woman as they were diagnosed with rare W-strain. The unrelated trio is stable now but it alarmed the SA government and incited it to Read more [...]