A case of meningitis was reported at nearby Monmouth University on Thursday,The Star-Ledger reported. The diagnosis comes on the heels of the University's decision to provide two rounds of meningitis vaccines to the campus community.
A Monmouth employee has been hospitalized and is "gravely ill,"according to a letter sent to the school by President Paul Brown, though a university spokeswoman said the strain of the bacteria is unknown. The bacteria responsible for all seven cases reported at Princeton has been identified asN. meningitidis serogroup B.
Brown added that Monmouth has been in communication with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,the Monmouth County Regional Health Commission and the New Jersey State Department of Health. Meanwhile, classes and activities will proceed as planned.