Student better after close call with meningitis

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http://www.kentucky.com/mld/heraldleader/news/legislature/9438114.htm

" The illness of 'Tripp' Eckerline III, 19, a UK sophomore and former

Lexington Catholic High School football player, has raised awareness on campus

about the risks of meningitis and vaccinating against the disease...However,

Eckerline's illness also shows that the meningitis vaccine is not foolproof.

Eckerline was vaccinated against meningitis a year ago, before he entered UK as

a freshman, said his father, Dr. Eckerline Jr., who is an emergency

room physician at UK...Eckerline's strain of meningococcal meningitis is

usually covered by the vaccine, but the vaccination is only about 80 percent

effective, Dr. Eckerline said. "