Meningococcal disease kills NIU student

Sunday, December 9, 2001

DEKALB, Ill. -- Public health officials have confirmed that a 21-year-old Northern Illinois University student has died after contracting a blood-borne strain of the bacterium that causes bacterial meningitis.

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