A third year engineering student died of meningitis Friday morning
A university spokesman said: "We're confident that there is no further risk to the campus or general public, and that everyone among her classmates and campus associates was contacted or is being contacted"
Meningitis, in case you didn't know, refers to inflammation of the meninges, the lining of the brain and spinal cord.
meningitis.org says "[...]There is no need to avoid people who have been in contact with a case. As one in ten people carry the bacteria, your child comes into contact with them every day.[...]"
Back in 1998 many students were inoculated after there was concern about a meningitis.
Posted by Ryan Chen-Wing at February 7, 2005 07:03 PMRyan,
Thank you for your post. I had been unable to find this info to corroborate what I had heard before you posted.
the record article about this incident seemed to stress that the infection was not meningitis even though it has a very similar name. more information from the web seems to imply that this infection often *leads* to meningitis but is not exactly plain-regular-meningitis.
Posted by: ali at February 11, 2005 02:15 AM