Pigeons in south-east Queensland – common in Post Office Square, King George Square and Anzac Square – and the region’s river red gums are the two most likely sources of the very rare form of meningitis that causes around 20 cases of the very rare cryptococcal meningitis in Queensland each year, an infectious diseases expert said.
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