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How is spinal meningitis spread?

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The bacteria are spread through the exchange of respiratory and throat secretions (i.e., coughing, kissing).== Answer ==

I had viral spinal meningitis as a young woman. I was told there are eight types of meningitis-- four types of viral and four types of bacterial. My doctor thought I had been bitten by a mosquito. Though I was not quarentined, to be safe I was given a private room in the hospitol. Others were allowed in without hazmat suits.

Wheras bacterial is treatable with antibiotics, it 's onset is so immediate that often it can be too late.

Viral meningitis has no treatment and the recovery takes months but is likely.

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