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Canada: Now we ve got M-59

Posted on October 09, 2008

As if we didn't have enough to worry about, especially when the Dow has just dropped 678 points in an afternoon, we now have this report from The Globe and Mail: Deadly rare strep strain 'a different animal.' Excerpt:The invasive Group A streptococcus strain that has killed 10 and infected 75 others in Thunder Bay is a rare one called M-59, according to Dr. Donald Low, medical director of Ontario's public health laboratories. This is a different animal, this M59 strain, predominantly causing the problem, said Dr. Low today. It's a strain that nobody has had a lot of experience with wor...

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