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Why are college freshmen living in dormitories at high risk for meningococcal disease?
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Closeness: Age of starting college along with the close quarters of dormitories added to the point of being around all new strangers with their own illnesses/ viruses that a freshman may have never been exposed to before.
Answered 2/2/2015
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