Meningitis - Neisseria -- Australia
A young child in Western Australia [WA] is dead after contracting a virulent strain of meningococcal disease and another is also infected. The 2 children, both aged under 3, had contracted the serogroup W infection and one had since died, the state's health department said on [Mon 20 Nov 2017]. An adult from interstate [the same state? - Mod.SH] was also infected with another strain of the bacteria.
"There have now been 4 deaths from meningococcal disease in WA in 2017, all infected with
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