KAMPALA, 8 December 2009 (IRIN) - An outbreak of meningitis that killed more than a dozen students from the same school last week has spread throughout the ...
Meningitis outbreaks occur yearly in 25 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, primarily in the 'Meningitis Belt', which stretches from Senegal to Ethiopia. ...
Dealing with such a crush of people needing vaccinations urgently is uncommon for public health except during rare outbreaks, like the rash of meningitis...
His estimate of a six-month delay is based on the time it took to vaccinate all Quebec school children in 2001 when there was a meningitis outbreak, ...
[2] It is often assumed that the sources of foodborne illness outbreaks are typically identified, given the extensive coverage of national outbreaks such as ...
Bacterial meningitis is capable of causing an outbreak. Episodes of bacterial meningitis are seen in barracks, schools, college dorms, camps and ships. ...
Children who contract measles, chickenpox, or whooping cough can develop encephalitis or meningitis—infections of the central nervous system—which can cause ...
'The NPFS asks questions designed to detect cases, like meningitis, which need immediate 999 calls, and the leaflet which comes with the flu medicines ...
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