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NS, Canada: 2015 Meningitis- Acadia student dies of suspected meningococcal meningitis; a 2nd meningitis case reported

Source: http://www.thompsoncitizen.net/news...-of-meningitis-at-acadia-university-1.1759700


Nova Scotia reports second case of meningitis at Acadia University
Alison Auld / The Canadian Press
February 11, 2015 12:59 PM


HALIFAX - Health officials in Nova Scotia are trying to identify the strain of bacterial meningitis contracted by a second student at Acadia University, raising concerns that the school could be dealing with an outbreak of the illness.

Dr. Robert Strang, the province's chief medical officer of health, said Wednesday he is awaiting results from a national lab that is testing a sample from the young female student who is recovering in hospital.

The young woman, a first-year business student and member of the school's female rugby team, became ill Monday and was taken to hospital near the school in Wolfville, N.S...
 
Source: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-...eningitis-case-revealed-weeks-later-1.2953816


St. Francis Xavier University meningitis case revealed weeks later
Student was infected with Y strain of meningococcal bacteria, now recovering in Ontario

By Selena Ross, CBC News Posted: Feb 11, 2015 5:39 PM AT Last Updated: Feb 11, 2015 6:54 PM AT

Nova Scotia's first meningitis case of the year wasn't revealed at the time: a first-year student at St. Francis Xavier University who became ill in January and has since returned to Ontario to recover.

The student was infected with the Y strain of meningococcal bacteria, the same strain that killed 16-year-old Rylee Sears of Lower Sackville, said chief public health officer Dr. Robert Strang in a news conference Wednesday.

Strang held the event to provide information about the province's fourth case of meningitis in the past six weeks ? two of which resulted in deaths.

Nova Scotia generally sees four or fewer cases of meningitis in a year, and no one has died of the disease for a decade until 2015...
 
Source: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-...nstitutional-outbreak-of-meningitis-1.2955992

Acadia University dealing with 'institutional outbreak' of meningitis
Public Health will offer free meningococcal B vaccine to all Acadia students
CBC News Posted: Feb 13, 2015 9:33 AM AT Last Updated: Feb 13, 2015 6:34 PM

An Acadia University student hospitalized with meningococcal meningitis is suffering from the B strain ? the same strain that killed another Acadia student earlier this month ? according to Nova Scotia's chief public health officer.

"Two cases of the same strain of meningococcal meningitis in one location, such as a university campus, constitutes an institutional outbreak," said Dr. Robert Strang...
 
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