Information About Meningococcal Disease
Advice from Steve Kairys, M.D. chairman of pediatrics at the Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, NJ
The Freehold Township Board of Health confirmed on Monday, Jan. 7 that over the weekend a resident had died from bacterial meningitis. The following article was published on Jan. 22, 2011 after a 17-year-old Matawan Regional High School student died from bacterial meningities. Steven Kairys, MD, MPH is the Chairman, Department of Pediatrics at K. Hovnanian Children's Hospital and Jersey Shore University Hospital, both in Neptune, NJ. He offered this information about the disease. Meningococcal disease (Meningococcemia) causes 2,000 to 3,000 cases a year. Meningococcus is a bacteria, and humans are its only reservoir. It can live dormant in the nasal passages for long periods without causing disease, but can be transmitted to another …
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