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Italy reports gradual surge in meningitis cases
Rome, Oct 5 (Prensa Latina) Cases of meningitis in Italy dropped during the years of the Covid-19 pandemic, but are gradually increasing 0.32 infected per 100,000 inhabitants, a specialist said Thursday.
October 5, 2023 16:15
Paola Stefanelli, Research Director of the Department of Infectious Diseases of the Higher Institute of Health (ISS), warned that this disease is currently spreading nationwide.
Cases of meningococcal bacterial meningitis, which “is the one with greatest impact and complications”, with a high lethality “, are under special surveillance right now, she said.
Over 1,000 people contract meningitis every year in Italy, and approximately one in two people are affected by meningococcal meningitis...
Italy reports gradual surge in meningitis cases
Rome, Oct 5 (Prensa Latina) Cases of meningitis in Italy dropped during the years of the Covid-19 pandemic, but are gradually increasing 0.32 infected per 100,000 inhabitants, a specialist said Thursday.
October 5, 2023 16:15
Paola Stefanelli, Research Director of the Department of Infectious Diseases of the Higher Institute of Health (ISS), warned that this disease is currently spreading nationwide.
Cases of meningococcal bacterial meningitis, which “is the one with greatest impact and complications”, with a high lethality “, are under special surveillance right now, she said.
Over 1,000 people contract meningitis every year in Italy, and approximately one in two people are affected by meningococcal meningitis...