Since January there have been 40 cases, seven fatal.
Mortality is low, but several fatal cases have been reported.
Most fatal cases will have the hydropericardium that gives the disease its common name.
It is the year's first fatal case involving a city resident.
The journal reports that most fatal cases were in people older than 50.
The fatal cases usually don't show up before an area is pretty well seeded.
In adults, fatal cases have been reported with a total dose of 0.6 G. or less.
Prior to 1989, 20 fatal cases were reported in Australia.
The number of fatal cases is on track to be about the same as last year.
I figured you for a fatal case of the dulls.
