Meningitis -- DR Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has declared an outbreak of meningitis in the north-eastern Tshopo Province where 261 suspected cases and 129 deaths--a high case fatality ratio of 50% -- have been reported.
Confirmatory tests carried out by the Institut Pasteur in Paris detected _Neisseria meningitidis_ -- one of the most frequent types of bacterial meningitis with the potential to cause large epidemics.
The health authorities have deployed an initial emergency team, and with the
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?8656884&promed&0
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