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Viral meningitis on the rise in Washoe County
By Staff/Washoe Health Release |
Posted: Tue 4:11 PM, Oct 03, 2017 |
Updated: Tue 6:30 PM, Oct 03, 2017
RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - An "unusually high" number of viral/aseptic meningitis cases has health officials in Washoe County concerned, particularly since the outbreak coincides with a similar outbreak of viral meningitis in Susanville, California...
...?We are seeing a pretty broad distribution of this rare disease throughout the county, not only in area but also in age, sex, race, and ethnicity, ? said Dr. Randall Todd, Director of Washoe County Health District?s Epidemiology Division. ?The youngest case has been less than one-year old, with the oldest being 81. The median age is 13 years-old.?
In Washoe County, ten cases were laboratory-confirmed with enterovirus, a common cause of viral meningitis.
According to Todd, the Health District is working with California health officials and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to determine if there is a connection between the two outbreaks. Additional laboratory tests are underway to investigate this epidemiological link...
Viral meningitis on the rise in Washoe County
By Staff/Washoe Health Release |
Posted: Tue 4:11 PM, Oct 03, 2017 |
Updated: Tue 6:30 PM, Oct 03, 2017
RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - An "unusually high" number of viral/aseptic meningitis cases has health officials in Washoe County concerned, particularly since the outbreak coincides with a similar outbreak of viral meningitis in Susanville, California...
...?We are seeing a pretty broad distribution of this rare disease throughout the county, not only in area but also in age, sex, race, and ethnicity, ? said Dr. Randall Todd, Director of Washoe County Health District?s Epidemiology Division. ?The youngest case has been less than one-year old, with the oldest being 81. The median age is 13 years-old.?
In Washoe County, ten cases were laboratory-confirmed with enterovirus, a common cause of viral meningitis.
According to Todd, the Health District is working with California health officials and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to determine if there is a connection between the two outbreaks. Additional laboratory tests are underway to investigate this epidemiological link...
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