[jocon307]

Interesting and disturbing post. Close-quarters and less than ideal hygiene seem to be similarities between these various groups, and small children of course have less developed immune systems.

Now, how about students living in college dorms? (Can you guess my child will be one soon?) They are also prone to ailments like those that plague soliders, trench mouth, for one example. My kid will have to get the meningitis vaccine, which I think is a good thing. They also recommend the hepatitis b (or c? I can't remember). I was thinking this was over kill, maybe I'm wrong. They are making it mandatory for HS athletes in NJ this year. Would it be in anyway a preventive against this infection?

Signed,

Anxious mommy

[Enterprise]

Scary stuff. Thankfully (I think) when my son returns to college he will be living in an apartment instead of the dorm.

[neverdem]

They have a vaccine for Hepatitis B Virus(HBV). Government sponsored colleges and universities probably vary in their recommendations according to the state Dept. of Health. Private schools may have stricter requirements. Here's the CDC recommendations.

Interesting and disturbing post. Close-quarters and less than ideal hygiene seem to be similarities between these various groups, and small children of course have less developed immune systems.

I'm more inclined to think that physical contact is the common denominator among athletes, military recruits and inmates. Staph is all over the place including skin.