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PRO/EDR> Meningitis, meningococcal – Australia: (WA) sg Y
Meningitis - Neisseria -- AustraliaMeningococcal disease appears to be on the rise in WA [Western Australia] again after a 5th case was notified to authorities in a month [July 2017]. The Health Department said an elderly person was recovering in hospital after being diagnosed with serogroup Y meningococcal disease.The incidence had been decreasing dramatically in WA over time, from a peak of 86 cases in 2000, down to 16 in 2013. But last year [2016] 23 cases were reported in WA, and there have been Read more [...]
