[I don’t know how to make text bold or italicised yet but this is taken from the article]. “A TEENAGE resident of a student college at the University of Queensland’s St Lucia campus in Brisbane’s west has tested positive to meningococcal disease. Close contacts of the 18-year-old woman have been given antibiotics to help reduce the risk of the bacteria being transmitted further. The infection, described as “severe, but uncommon”, is difficult to contract without close and prolonged contact with someone who has the bacteria. Although most people with the bacteria remain well, they can spread the germ to others, who may develop symptoms. At any given time, meningococcal bacteria are carried harmlessly at the back of the throat or in the nose in about 10 per cent of the community. Infection occurs when meningococcal bacteria invade the body from the throat or nose. Symptoms can include a high fever,
