Strep -- Canada
Health officials have issued an alert, saying 9 people have died in an ongoing invasive group A _Streptococcus_ outbreak in the London, Ontario [Canada] area.
The outbreak was declared more than 18 months ago and the Middlesex-London Health Unit says more than 132 cases of infection have been reported since [1 Apr 2016].
Of the cases, 22 percent required treatment in intensive care, 15 percent had streptococcal toxic shock syndrome, and 15 percent had necrotizing fasciitis -- also called
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/2BjTETa
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