ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- A student who lives in the Pegasus Landing Apartments near the University of Central Florida has contracted the bacteria that can lead to meningitis, and university health officials are alerting those who have been in contact with the unidentified student over the last week to warn them.

Health officials in Orange County alerted UCF Health Services on Friday about the student, and the university issued a precautionary health notice.

The student was diagnosed with meningococcal sepsis, which the officials stress is not the same as meningitis. However, that student could potentialy spread the bacteria that causes it to others, putting them in danger.

It is believed that the student's "contagious period" was from Friday, January 18th through Wednesday the 23rd.

The University sent E-mails to about 300 students who had class with the student in the last week while he or she was still contagious. Those who have had close contact with the student during that time and considered at risk were being given antibiotics.

The student attended only one class on campus during that period, and those students were notified as well as resident assistants at Pegasus Landing.

UCF student Joseph Vega got his menengitis vaccine in 2006 after his classmate Rhett Davis died from the condition, mistaking the symptoms for the flu. "You kinda freak out cause you don't know if it could be you next," Vega said.

UCF officials said that people who think they had close contact with the infected student or have any questions, should call the UCF Health Center at 407-823-2701.