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Boston student hospitalized with probable case of meningitis
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11/21/2011 11:58 AM
By Chelsea Conaboy and Kay Lazar, Globe Staff
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Health officials say a ?relatively small number? of students and faculty at Boston Latin Academy are at risk of infection from a seventh-grade student who was hospitalized over the weekend with a probable case of meningitis.
School officials are working with staff from the Boston Public Health Commission to identify others who may have been in close contact with the student and, ?out of an abundance of caution, advising that they go see their doctor,? said district spokesman Matthew Wilder.
Dr. Anita Barry, director of the Infectious Disease Bureau at the health commission, said agency officials estimate that fewer than 50 students and faculty had close enough contact with the 12-year-old girl to be at risk.
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http://www.boston.com/Boston/whitec...-meningitis/4RJGGeuHfxYOFfKRKhUKrL/index.html
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By Chelsea Conaboy and Kay Lazar, Globe Staff
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Health officials say a ?relatively small number? of students and faculty at Boston Latin Academy are at risk of infection from a seventh-grade student who was hospitalized over the weekend with a probable case of meningitis.
School officials are working with staff from the Boston Public Health Commission to identify others who may have been in close contact with the student and, ?out of an abundance of caution, advising that they go see their doctor,? said district spokesman Matthew Wilder.
Dr. Anita Barry, director of the Infectious Disease Bureau at the health commission, said agency officials estimate that fewer than 50 students and faculty had close enough contact with the 12-year-old girl to be at risk.
More...
http://www.boston.com/Boston/whitec...-meningitis/4RJGGeuHfxYOFfKRKhUKrL/index.html