Thursday, 31 May 2018

PRO/EDR> Meningitis, meningococcal - Netherlands: emergence of hypervirulent sg. W

Meningitis - Neisseria -- Netherlands
The Netherlands is heading for a record number of infections with the meningococcal bacterium type [serogroup] W, also known as meningitis. So far this year [2018], 57 people ended up in intensive care, and 11 people died because of this bacterium, according to figures AD [Algemeen Dagblad, a Dutch daily newspaper based in Rotterdam] received from the national institute for public health RIVM [Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment].
The number of meningitis deaths

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5829475&promed&0

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