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The number of people between the age of 15 and 24 who have contracted bacterial meningitis has doubled in the last decade, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Only 3,000 Americans come down with meningitis every year; but students living on college campuses are three...
Fortunately, there is a vaccine for the disease. Last October, in the wake of reports about several meningitis cases, the American College Health Association (ACHA) issued a statement urging college students to "consider" getting vaccinated.
Harvard has not had a case of meningitis in at least a decade, according to University Health Services (UHS) Director David S. Rosenthal '59, who says he is neutral on whether to recommend that students get vaccinated.
And because of this debate among the medical profession, there is no clear answer for students wonder how best to protect themselves against meningitis.
John H. Turco, director of Dartmouth College Heath Services, said bacterial meningitis actually exists in two common forms. Meningococcal meningitis causes inflammation of tissue surrounding the spinal cord and brain. The other form, meningococcemia, occurs when the meningococcal bacteria gets into the bloodstream. Turco said that this second form is...