Word: demaria
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...current vaccine is not effective against the B strain, which is responsible for 20-30 percent of meningitis cases,” DeMaria said...
...People might experience a sudden onset of fever, rash, low blood pressure, and pus in the spinal fluid,” said Alfred DeMaria Jr., director of communicable disease control for the Massachusetts Department of Public Health...
...disease spreads through transmission of bacteria in saliva, and although the risk for first-year college students contracting meningitis is five times the national average of one in 100,000, upperclass students contract it at a lower rate than the 18-24 year-old demographic as a whole, DeMaria said...
...addition, the $70 vaccine lasts only a few years, and DeMaria said additional booster shots are not recommended because they make people more susceptible to contracting the disease...
...People can have it in the back of their throats, but it doesn’t cause meningitis until it invades the bloodstream,” DeMaria said. “It is chance whether or not that happens...