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Hunterdon officials seek to allay fears about 8-year-old boy's meningitis death
Hunterdon official: Disease "very uncommon"
Feb 18, 2011
Written by
LOIS HEYMAN
STAFF WRITER
Following the death Wednesday of an 8-year-old Union Township, Hunterdon County resident, John Beckley, director of the Hunterdon County Health Department, confirmed that the boy died of a form of bacterial meningitis known as meningococcal invasive disease.
No specific information about the victim's identity or how he contracted the disease was available from officials...
Hunterdon officials seek to allay fears about 8-year-old boy's meningitis death
Hunterdon official: Disease "very uncommon"
Feb 18, 2011
Written by
LOIS HEYMAN
STAFF WRITER
Following the death Wednesday of an 8-year-old Union Township, Hunterdon County resident, John Beckley, director of the Hunterdon County Health Department, confirmed that the boy died of a form of bacterial meningitis known as meningococcal invasive disease.
No specific information about the victim's identity or how he contracted the disease was available from officials...