CA: More meningitis cases may be linked to the Tijuana outbreak- new case in Huntington Beach

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Source: http://imperialbeach.patch.com/artic...-san-diego-man

Possible Tijuana Outbreak of Meningococcal Disease Kills SD Man
A Chula Vista man also died from the bacterial disease last December.
2:22 am


A 39-year-old man died of meningococcal disease this week and San Diego health officials are checking to see if the case might be linked to an outbreak of the illness in Tijuana, county officials announced Friday.

The unidentified man is the second man to die of the disease in the region in four months...

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Re: CA: Possible Tijuana Outbreak of Meningococcal Disease Kills San Diego Man

Source: http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/heal...199376591.html


Schools Warned of Meningitis Spike in Tijuana
Tijuana has reported at least 17 cases of meningococcal disease since Jan. 4
By R. Stickney
| Thursday, Mar 21, 2013 | Updated 9:28 AM PDT

An unexpected increase in meningitis in Mexico has prompted San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) to alert local school officials.

Tijuana has reported at least 17 cases of meningococcal disease since Jan. 4 an official with HHSA confirmed to NBC 7 San Diego. There have been five deaths...

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Re: CA: More meningitis cases may be linked to the Tijuana outbreak

Source: http://www.fronterasdesk.org/news/20...-linked-to-ti/


More Meningitis Cases In SoCal May Be Linked To Tijuana Outbreak
By Susan Murphy
Friday, March 22, 2013


...More meningitis cases in Southern California from last November and December may also be connected to the Tijuana outbreak, said Steve Waterman, MD, MPH, lead for the Center for Disease Control?s (CDC) U.S. Mexico Unit.

"So right now there?s actually 13 cases that are considered possibly part of this cluster in San Diego, Los Angeles and San Bernadino Counties," said Waterman.

Waterman said the Southern California strains match, but data results from Mexico have not yet been confirmed...

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Re: CA: More meningitis cases may be linked to the Tijuana outbreak- new case in Huntington Beach

Source: http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2013/...ease-outbreak/

OC Health Officials Issue Warning On Potential Disease Outbreak
March 29, 2013 10:22 AM

HUNTINGTON BEACH (CBSLA.com) ? Public health officials in Orange County issued a warning Friday about a potential outbreak of meningococcal disease after an 18-year-old Huntington Beach girl was diagnosed with the infection.

Kaitlyn Dobrow has been hospitalized at UC Irvine Medical Center since February following surgeries to amputate parts of all four of her limbs, along with suffering severe skin damage...