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Mystery virus kills Hilton Head teen after high school graduation
18 year old Kim Marie Labartino died at St Joseph's Hospital Savannah from a lung viral infection that health officials have not identified. DHEC epidemiologist Dr Linda Bell noted no outbreak and no other unexplained illnesses in the region. Labartino's friend Vanessa Scharfenberg recovers from a separate bacterial heart infection. her mother says Vanessa is slowly improving. Labartino had visited Vanessa and given a teddy bear before illness.
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Hilton Head Island
Kim Marie Labartino
Labartino
St .Joseph's Hospital
Savannah
South Carolina
Ment of Health and Environmental Control
Linda Bell
DHEC
Savannah News-Press
Bell
Vanessa Scharfenberg
University of South Carolina
Scharfenberg
Vanessa
Barbara ‘Scharfenberg
Ms.Scharfenberg