A Georgetown University student died of “apparent meningitis” on Tuesday, the university told the Washington Post.

Andrea Jaime, a nursing student at the school, was receiving treatment at the MedStar Georgetown University Hospital.

“We are awaiting test results to confirm the exact cause,” Todd Olson, the university’s vice president for student affairs, wrote in an email to the Georgetown community, the Post reported.

“Proper medical precautions have been taken and members of the campus community do not need to take additional action at this time,” Olson wrote.

The disease can be transmitted through prolonged close contact and can cause brain damage and blood infection if not treated immediately.

Symptoms include a sudden high fever, severe headache and nausea, according to Mayo Clinic.

A GW student died of meningitis in 2011.