Monday, 5 March 2018

PRO/AH/EDR> Listeriosis - South Africa (09): fatal, health dept. press release

Listeriosis -- South Africa
"The situation now is as follows:
"As of [2 mar 2018], the total of laboratory-confirmed cases has risen to 948, still counting from January 2017. Of these 948, a total 659 patients have been traced and 180 of them have unfortunately died. This constitutes a 27 percent case fatality rate.
In our constant search for the source of the outbreak and the treatment of people who are affected, a team from the NICD [National Institute for Communicable Diseases] has interviewed 109 ill people to

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5666617&promed&0

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