COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) - A freshman at the University of Maryland, College park has died of complications from a respiratory virus with which the university says five other students have been diagnosed.
Olivia Paregol of Howard County died Sunday.
University Health Center Director David McBride says the school learned Nov. 1 of what was then an "isolated case" of adenovirus. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention identified one of the six reported cases as adenovirus 7, a strain that can cause more severe illness.
The 18-year-old's father, Ian Paregol, identified his daughter to news outlets and questioned if a mold outbreak in her dorm could have exacerbated her illness. The university says there's no clear link between mold and adenovirus.
Eleven children recently died in New Jersey after an adenovirus outbreak at a health center.
