WA Health authorities confirm ninth case of meningococcal in 2025 as the adult recovers in hospital

Health officials confirmed that an adult was diagnosed with Meningococcal B.

Wa Health, the adult is currently rare but life -threatening diseases healing in the hospital, he said.

It is caused by a bacterial infection in blood or membranes that draw the spinal cord and brain. The most common five strains are A, B, C, W and Y.

Bacteria is found in droplets of nose and throat when sneezing, but does not spread by saliva and does not survive for more than a few seconds.

This year, nine meningococcal cases have been reported, seven of them type B, one type Y and the other were not confirmed.

Last month, Wa Health An elderly adult, Y -type case reported that the case was dead. This year was the first death about the disease.

There are two types of meningococcal vaccines, one for Menacwy and the other for MENB.

Menacwy vaccine is free for children in 12 months. Aborigin and Torres Strait Islander children may have Menacwy Jab early up to six weeks and a Menb vaccine free of charge until the age of two.

Menb Jab is also free for other children with certain medical conditions.

He follows a constant pressure from the defender groups and the opposition to finance the Menb vaccine of the State Government.

Currently, it is between $ 320 to $ 350, except for groups specified in two doses on WA.