Possibility Of A Meningococcal Outbreak In NSW
A baby and man in central-western NSW, both suspected to have contacted meningococcal disease are being treated at the Dubbo Base Hospital //. The man and the baby, who hail from Cobar and Mudgee respectively, are showing signs of improvement following treatment. It has not been possible to relate both the cases, based on the evidence obtained, said Dr.Tony Brown of the Greater Wes...Meningococcal Scare in Queensland
Queensland Health has issued a warning asking parents to be vigilant about meningococcal disease after a two-year-old boy died from it. The boy was taken to the Mareeba Hospital on Saturday with fever-like symptoms, but was sent to the Cairns Base Hospital.// However he died there in the emergency department. Queensland Health spokesman Dr Jeffrey Hanna said that the toddler was seen b...Meningococcal-B Vaccine Greatly Reduces The Risk of The Disease
A new study has shown the children and teenagers who had been immunised against epidemic meningococcal B disease are five times less likely to be infected// than those who haven't been vaccinated. Reports have shown that the biggest mass immunisation campaign that had taken place among the young New Zealanders has resulted in a five-fold reduction in the risk of acquiring Meningococca...Vaccine For Meningococcal Disease Trialled In Western Australia
A vaccine which could protect children from meningococcal disease is being trialled by researchers in Perth. Until now immunization against the disease has not been// available. The researchers, from the Vaccine Trials Group at the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research and Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, hope that the vaccine will be effective against the meningoco...Meningococcal Disease In Uganda
From 1 January to 21 January 2007, the Ministry of Health has reported 241 suspected cases// including 16 deaths (case-fatality rate, 6.6%) in Arua/ Maracha-Terego, Koboko, and Yumbe districts, an area bordering South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The population in the affected districts consists of both refugees and nationals living in rural, densely populated sett...