Meningitis Outbreak Declared In Darfur - Reuters

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KHARTOUM - "The United Nations has declared a meningitis outbreak in Sudan's troubled North Darfur state with 27 suspected cases and 2 deaths, a UN official said on Wednesday.

UN spokeswoman Radhia Achouri told reporters in Khartoum four cases of bacterial meningitis had been identified in Saraf Omra camp for those who have fled fighting in Darfur. Three were in the same week.
"About 160,000 doses of meningitis trivalent vaccine have been requested from the World Health Organisation in Geneva," she said.

Sudan's health minister warned last week he expected an epidemic of meningitis in Sudan and said the government had stockpiled vaccines to deal with it.

Meningitis is an infection of the fluid in the spinal cord and fluid that surrounds the brain. Bacterial meningitis is the more severe form that can result in brain damage and even death."

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1. See my links on virus's as bio-weapons at the following DU

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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=115&topic_id=21310&mesg_id=21314