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By Stephanie Murray STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE, Winchester Star: Health
Thu, 11/16/2017 - 9:31am

Two University of Massachusetts Amherst students hospitalized to treat a potentially deadly meningococcal disease have a strain of the illness students are generally not vaccinated for."We have received confirmation that the diagnosis for the second student is Serogroup B. This is a confirmation that UHS had anticipated," University Health Services Executive Director George Corey said in an email to campus on Wednesday.

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