The easiest way to transmit meningococcus is kissing, you cannot be transmitted through parcels. This was told socialbites.ca by a doctor of medical sciences, a professor, a leading employee of the Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology. NF Gamalei Natalya Kostyukova.
Meningococcus is a bacterium that in some cases can cause meningitis, a deadly inflammation of the lining of the brain. The pathogen is transmitted by airborne droplets.
“Infection requires close contact, the easiest way to get meningococcus is by kissing. When shaking hands, transmission is unlikely unless the person has blown their nose on their hands before. It is impossible for meningococci to be transmitted from coli, ”Kostyukova explained to socialbites.ca.
Meningococcal carriers constitute at least 5-10% of the population. In most cases, meningococcal carriage in adults is asymptomatic.
It is reported that at the moment in Yekaterinburg, 10 employees of the OZONE distribution center were hospitalized for meningococcal, two died from meningococcal meningitis.
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