Meningitis - Neisseria -- Niger
At least 179 people, almost half of them children, have died of meningitis since January [2017] in Niger, where some 3000 suspected cases have been reported, the United Nations said [Wed 17 May 2017]. "From [2 Jan to 7 May 2017], a total of 3037 suspected cases of meningitis, including 179 deaths, was reported in the country," said the UN's humanitarian agency, OCHA. "The fatality rate is 5.9 percent."
Meningitis is caused by different types of bacteria, 6 of which can cause epidemics. It
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