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France reports upsurge in invasive meningococcal infections

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 After more than two years of low incidence during the COVID-19 pandemic, an upsurge in invasive meningococcal infections (IMIs) has been observed in the 2022/23 season, Santé publique...

South Australia reports 5 invasive meningococcal disease year to date

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Two cases of invasive meningococcal disease have been notified in a 10-year-old girl from rural South Australia and a 31-year-old female from metropolitan Adelaide, according to SA...

Meningococcal Disease in Eastern Virginia: 3 dead in outbreak

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) reports twelve cases of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) type Y have been reported since June 2022; the outbreak was declared in September...

Toronto: Meningococcal disease outbreak affects three, one fatality

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Three confirmed cases of invasive bacterial meningococcal disease have been reported in Toronto, according to Toronto Public Health (TPH). The three affected individuals, who are...

New South Wales: Two cases of meningococcal disease in people who attended the 2022 Splendour in the Grass festival

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 NSW Health reports two cases of meningococcal disease in people who attended the 2022 Splendour in the Grass festival at the North Byron Parklands in Yelgun. One of these cases was...

Florida follow-up on meningococcal disease outbreak

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the outbreak of meningococcal disease in Florida this year, The Florida Department of Health reports since December 2021, Department epidemiologists have investigated...

Meningococcal group B (MenB) disease in university students in England see sharp rise

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews New data and analysis, published by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), shows a recent, sharp increase in cases of meningococcal group B (MenB) disease in university...

New Zealand: Meningococcal disease death reported in University of Canterbury student

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By NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Canterbury District Health Board reported Friday a fatal case of meningococcal disease. Canterbury DHB Medical Officer of Health, Dr Cheryl Brunton, confirmed today that a...

Australia: Meningococcal disease reported in Adelaide infant

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews South Australia Health reports a case of invasive meningococcal disease in a six-month-old baby girl from metropolitan Adelaide. The child has been admitted to hospital...

Researchers study why some people become seriously ill or die from Neisseria meningitidis

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Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have come one step closer toward understanding why some people become seriously ill or die from a common bacterium that leaves most people unharmed. In a...