Meningitis - Neisseria -- Australia
The Northern Territory [NT] has seen a rise in meningococcal infection with 17 cases so far this year [2017].
Meningococcal disease is an uncommon, life-threatening illness due to a bacterial infection of the blood and/or the membranes that line the spinal cord and brain and occasionally infect other sites, such as large joints.
Most of the meningococcal [serogroup] W infections in the NT have occurred in Aboriginal children living in Katherine, central Australia, and Barkly regions.
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/2k4afqp
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