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CDC takes interest in OU meningitis outbreak
9/17/2010 4:29:00 AM
Pamela Engel ? Staff Writer ? pe219007@ohiou.edu
Only about 70 percent of first-year residential students at Ohio University received the meningitis vaccine this year after a February outbreak of bacterial meningitis prompted university officials to make the vaccine mandatory for new students...
...The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention visited campus in March to conduct an investigation of the outbreak. Although the center did not pinpoint any specific cause of the outbreak, representatives told OU that students should refrain from "high-risk behavior," which includes smoking, drinking, not getting enough sleep, sharing drinking glasses and having multiple sexual partners. Meningitis is spread through bodily fluids.
The CDC might make another trip to Athens as early as this winter to conduct a study on how many OU students carry the bacteria, Lombardi said. The center would test a sample population of students, on a voluntary basis, and compare the statistics with national averages. A person can be a carrier of bacterial meningitis without falling ill...
CDC takes interest in OU meningitis outbreak
9/17/2010 4:29:00 AM
Pamela Engel ? Staff Writer ? pe219007@ohiou.edu
Only about 70 percent of first-year residential students at Ohio University received the meningitis vaccine this year after a February outbreak of bacterial meningitis prompted university officials to make the vaccine mandatory for new students...
...The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention visited campus in March to conduct an investigation of the outbreak. Although the center did not pinpoint any specific cause of the outbreak, representatives told OU that students should refrain from "high-risk behavior," which includes smoking, drinking, not getting enough sleep, sharing drinking glasses and having multiple sexual partners. Meningitis is spread through bodily fluids.
The CDC might make another trip to Athens as early as this winter to conduct a study on how many OU students carry the bacteria, Lombardi said. The center would test a sample population of students, on a voluntary basis, and compare the statistics with national averages. A person can be a carrier of bacterial meningitis without falling ill...