Maryland college student dies of virus that killed 11 kids in N.J.
A University of Maryland student has died from an adenovirus-related illness. CBS station WJZ-TV reports the student, identified as 18-year-old UMD freshman Olivia Paregol, was in her first semester of college.
The University of Maryland issued a letter acknowledging the death, though never naming anyone officially.
The letter acknowledged in part that on November 19, the university learned that «the testing of one specimen sent to the CDC revealed Adenovirus 7, a strain that may cause more severe illness.»