Italy: Four meningitis C deaths recorded in Tuscany year to date

In a continuation of the 2015 meningococcal meningitis C outbreak in Tuscany, health officials have reported a dozen cases and four deaths through Feb. 26, according to an Italian media account (computer translated). In 2015, 31 cases, including 6 deaths, attributable to serogroup C were reported. This compares to the two and three cases reported in 2014 ["]