A San Diego State University student contracted meningococcal meningitis and is being treated at a local hospital.

Officials said, “SDSU’s Student Health Services is contacting those individuals who are believed to have had prolonged contact with the student. Those people are being advised to get antibiotics as a precaution”. In 2014, one SDSU freshman student died infected students at multiple colleges throughout the country.

Those who may have been in close contact with the student and suffer from a sudden onset of symptoms including fever, headache, stiff neck, nausea and/or vomiting, should go to the hospital.

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