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Middle School Evaluated for Meningitis BacteriaTeacher's Death Prompts Probe
UPDATED: 9:48 a.m. EDT May 9, 2003
ARLINGTON, Va. -- Health officials say no one at an Arlington middle school has shown symptoms of becoming infected with a bacteria that causes meningitis.
Officials have been interviewing 200 students, teachers and others this week, after a teacher at Gunston Middle School died suddenly because of the bacteria.
Jonathon Cook died Sunday, less than two days after chaperoning an overnight retreat involving eighth grade students.
State health officials say the bacteria that caused Cook's death can be spread only through extremely close contact.
About 16 children and three adults have been given antibiotics as a precaution
Health officials are still trying to determine how and where Cook became infected.
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