Friday, 22 January 2021

PRO/EDR> Meningitis, meningococcal - Australia: (WA) RFI

Meningitis - Neisseria -- Australia
The Department of Health today [21 Jan 2021] reported that an adult and a child are currently recovering after being diagnosed with meningococcal serogroup B disease. The 2 cases are not linked. These are the 1st reported cases of invasive meningococcal disease in 2021.
In 2020, 11 meningococcal cases were reported in WA; 5 were serogroup W, 3 were serogroup Y, 2 were serogroup B, and 1 was a serogroup C. There was also one death related to meningococcal disease in 2020.
Meningococcal

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?8125564&promed&0

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