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Cases of fatal neurologic infections increase sharply
By: Kathleen de Villa - Reporter / @kdevillaINQ
Philippine Daily Inquirer / 05:46 AM November 23, 2023
MANILA, Philippines — The nationwide incidence of acute meningitis and encephalitis syndromes (AMES), including highly fatal neurological infections, rose by nearly half this year to more than 4,600 cases.
Based on the latest figures from the Department of Health’s epidemiology bureau, the reported cases of AMES climbed to 4,640 from Jan. 1 to Oct. 14 this year, up by 46 percent from the 3,249 infections recorded in the same period last year.
Fatalities due to the disease rose by 48 percent to a total of 334 as of October. This brought the case fatality rate to 7.2 percent from 6.9 in the same period last year.
The main agents of AMES include viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites, which could cause long-term severe symptoms and eventual damage to one’s neurologic functions. Anyone can develop the disease, but children under 5 years of age are the most susceptible to AMES...
Cases of fatal neurologic infections increase sharply
By: Kathleen de Villa - Reporter / @kdevillaINQ
Philippine Daily Inquirer / 05:46 AM November 23, 2023
MANILA, Philippines — The nationwide incidence of acute meningitis and encephalitis syndromes (AMES), including highly fatal neurological infections, rose by nearly half this year to more than 4,600 cases.
Based on the latest figures from the Department of Health’s epidemiology bureau, the reported cases of AMES climbed to 4,640 from Jan. 1 to Oct. 14 this year, up by 46 percent from the 3,249 infections recorded in the same period last year.
Fatalities due to the disease rose by 48 percent to a total of 334 as of October. This brought the case fatality rate to 7.2 percent from 6.9 in the same period last year.
The main agents of AMES include viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites, which could cause long-term severe symptoms and eventual damage to one’s neurologic functions. Anyone can develop the disease, but children under 5 years of age are the most susceptible to AMES...