Third OSU student contracts meningococcal disease stat : KTVZ

Individuals who have spent at least four hours cumulatively in close, face-to-face association with a person suffering from meningococcal disease within seven days before the illness started are most at risk of catching meningococcal disease. OSU students experiencing these symptoms should visit OSU Student Health Services located in the Plageman Building, 108 S.W. CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) - The same strain of meningococcal disease that infected two Oregon State University students last fall has sickened another student. ---OSU news release:An undergraduate student attending Oregon State University in Corvallis is being treated at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center for what has been confirmed as meningococcal disease. This is the third reported case of the B strain of meningococcal disease at Oregon State over the past four months.




Babita Adhikari Dhungel, doctoral student in biology from Nepal, is researching the cause of CLN8 disease, which is a form of neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses. "With advanced genetic diagnosis, more CLN8 disease patients will most likely be identified, so the need for a treatment is growing," Lee said. Previous research has shown a correlation between that process and the occurrence of CLN8 disease. "When the lysosome quits working, it's like waste management employees going on strike -- trash accumulates," Adhikari Dhungel said. "We have some hints about the causes of this disease, and my research aims to connect the hints."


Related Coverage Officials: OSU students have meningococcal disease strain BCORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) – The same strain of meningococcal disease that infected two Oregon State University students last fall has sickened another student. He says health workers have identified 43 people who may have been exposed to the infected student and have treated them with antibiotics. A 2015 outbreak at the University of Oregon killed one student. The Gazette-Times reports the student has been hospitalized in Corvallis since Feb. 23 and is in good condition. The students admitted to hospital for the same disease in November were later released.



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