Heartbroken parents have revealed how their teenage son died from meningitis - despite not having the tell-tale purple rash. Lewis Hilton, 19, from Greetland, near Huddersfield, was killed by meningitis B - a deadly strain that he wasn't protected against. Mr Hilton, who started playing rugby at the age of six, had been vaccinated against four other strains of meningitis in September. 'He was treated for viral and bacterial meningitis as they couldn’t test which it might be at that point. It follows the emergence of Meningitis W - a deadly strain of the infection that is on the rise that has prompted concerns.

Source: Daily Mail February 13, 2018 09:57 UTC