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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Health
Storm Newton

Meningitis strain at the centre of Kent outbreak explained

Students queuing to receive vaccines and antibiotics at the University of Kent campus in Canterbury (Gareth Fuller/PA) - (PA Wire)

Health officials have completed an initial genetic analysis of the strain of meningitis at the centre of the deadly outbreak in Kent.

But what is the strain and what does this mean?

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