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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.
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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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