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Source: https://www.thelocal.ch/20171009/tick-related-meningitis-cases-on-rise-in-switzerland
Tick-related meningitis cases on rise in Switzerland
9 October 2017
11:29 CEST+02:00
The number of people contracting meningitis from tick bites is on the rise in Switzerland, according to the federal health office.
Since the beginning of the year, 214 people have contracted the serious viral illness from a tick bite, the SonntagsZeitung wrote on Sunday.
That?s a higher number than in any of the previous ten years.
Two people have even died from the disease this year...
Tick-related meningitis cases on rise in Switzerland
9 October 2017
11:29 CEST+02:00
The number of people contracting meningitis from tick bites is on the rise in Switzerland, according to the federal health office.
Since the beginning of the year, 214 people have contracted the serious viral illness from a tick bite, the SonntagsZeitung wrote on Sunday.
That?s a higher number than in any of the previous ten years.
Two people have even died from the disease this year...