Edit history for Six months on, scientists say they know why the Canterbury meningitis outbreak was so severe

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    GOV.UK / UKHSA — UKHSA and University of Oxford scientists uncover genetic changes in the bacteria causing severe Kent m — https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ukhsa-and-university-of-oxford-scientists-uncover-genetic-changes-in-the-bacteria-causing-severe-kent-meningococcal-disease-outbreak University of Oxford, Department of Biology — the same announcement, with Prof Martin Maiden's comment — https://www.biology.ox.ac.uk/article/ukhsa-and-oxford-scientists-uncover-genetic-changes-in-the-bacteria-causing-severe-k bioRxiv — Rodrigues et al., preprint on the genomics of the Kent outbreak strain (posted September 2026; attached below) — https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.17.752363v1 Science Media Centre — expert reaction to the preprint (Prof Robert Heyderman, UCL) — https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-pre-print-due-to-be-presented-at-the-ukhsa-conference-2026-on-the-genetics-of-the-bacteria-responsible-for-the-kent-meningitis-outbreak/ Springer Nature Research Communities — What the Kent meningitis outbreak revealed about meningococcal evolution (Daniel — https://communities.springernature.com/posts/what-the-kent-meningitis-outbreak-revealed-about-meningococcal-evolution UKHSA blog — Kent meningitis outbreak: what you need to know (18 March 2026, updated April) — https://ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2026/03/18/meningitis-b-outbreak-what-you-need-to-know/ Wikipedia — 2026 Kent meningitis outbreak (timeline and case counts, with references) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Kent_meningitis_outbreak UKHSA situational briefing 2, 17 March 2026 (as circulated to City of London; attached below) — https://www.fis.cityoflondon.gov.uk/asset-library/2026-03-17-meningococcal-disease-outbreak-in-canterbury-kent-2026-situational-briefing-2.pdf ECDC — Very low risk for the EU/EEA from the outbreak of invasive meningococcal disease in Kent — https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-events/very-low-risk-eueea-outbreak-invasive-meningococcal-disease-kent-england NHS Kent and Medway — Meningitis outbreak in the Canterbury area (information hub and helplines) — https://www.kentandmedway.icb.nhs.uk/news/meningitis-outbreak-in-the-canterbury-area-4187

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