A 14-year-old Adelaide boy has been found to have the B strain of meningococcal disease. (Lucy Hughes Jones/AAP PHOTOS)
An Adelaide teenager is in hospital in a stable condition after contracting meningococcal disease.
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SA Health says the 14-year-old boy has been found to have the B strain of the infection.
Nine people who had contact with him are being given precautionary anti-biotics.
There have been nine cases of meningococcal disease in South Australia so far this year compared to six at the same time last year.
Australian Associated Press
