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Health officials confirm outbreak of potentially deadly contagious disease
Macon County Public Health officials confirm outbreak of meningitis; one death
WYFF 4 Updated: 1:45 PM EST Feb 27, 2019
Carla Field
Digital Managing Editor
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MACON COUNTY, N.C. ?
Macon County Public Health officials have confirmed an outbreak of meningitis and at least one death caused by the disease.
Two deaths have occurred in the last three weeks; one is confirmed to have been caused by Neisseria meningitidis.
A second death suspected to be linked to Neisseria meningitidis is under investigation.
The World Health Organization defines an outbreak as the occurrence of disease in excess of normal expectation, or a single case of a communicable disease typically absent from a population.
MCPH officials said the advice of state and local health department officials is being followed and preventive antibiotics are being provided to anyone known to have come in close contact with people infected with the Neisseria meningitidis bacteria.
Due to privacy laws, personal information related to any cases cannot be released, health officials said.
Macon County School district officials confirmed that the deaths are not school-aged children...
Health officials confirm outbreak of potentially deadly contagious disease
Macon County Public Health officials confirm outbreak of meningitis; one death
WYFF 4 Updated: 1:45 PM EST Feb 27, 2019
Carla Field
Digital Managing Editor
-2:41
MACON COUNTY, N.C. ?
Macon County Public Health officials have confirmed an outbreak of meningitis and at least one death caused by the disease.
Two deaths have occurred in the last three weeks; one is confirmed to have been caused by Neisseria meningitidis.
A second death suspected to be linked to Neisseria meningitidis is under investigation.
The World Health Organization defines an outbreak as the occurrence of disease in excess of normal expectation, or a single case of a communicable disease typically absent from a population.
MCPH officials said the advice of state and local health department officials is being followed and preventive antibiotics are being provided to anyone known to have come in close contact with people infected with the Neisseria meningitidis bacteria.
Due to privacy laws, personal information related to any cases cannot be released, health officials said.
Macon County School district officials confirmed that the deaths are not school-aged children...