TAMPA - Five months after one confirmed case of tuberculosis turned up at Plant City High School, health officials have discovered 11 new cases and are testing for more.
The Hillsborough County Health Department tested 23 people Tuesday at the school, district spokeswoman Linda Cobbe said.
"Nobody had any symptoms," she said, but they may have had prolonged contact with others who tested positive.
http://plantcity2.tbo.com/content/2010/apr/21/11-tb-cases-reported-plant-city-high/news/
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Saturday, 24 April 2010
Saturday, 17 April 2010
Florida: tbc case
DELAND -- A health investigation is under way after news that a student at Atlantic High School has been diagnosed with tuberculosis.
http://www.cfnews13.com/Health/YourHealth/2010/4/9/high_school_student_diagnosed_with_tuberculosis.html?cid=rss
http://www.cfnews13.com/Health/YourHealth/2010/4/9/high_school_student_diagnosed_with_tuberculosis.html?cid=rss
Saturday, 10 April 2010
Florida Tbc
Health Department officials in Lee County confirmed a case of tuberculosis in a student at Edison State College late Wednesday night.
College spokeswoman Catherine Bergerson said the school is working with the health department to notify all 46 people believed to have come in close contact with the student at Edison’s Lee County campus: four faculty members and 42 students. All 46 people have been asked to take a tuberculosis test, which will be administered by health department officials at Edison early next week.
Lee County Health Department spokeswoman Jennifer James-Mesloh said her office does not have any information on where the student picked up the illness, but said it is usually shared by people who come in close contact. No other details on the student, including her condition, were available Thursday.
"The people that are going to be tested are going to be classmates of the student," she said. "The whole entire Edison campus doesn't need to think they need to be tested. It doesn't mean if you pass someone in the hallway you're going to get it."
The most recent statistics for tuberculosis in Lee County are from 2008, when 32 people had confirmed cases of tuberculosis. That is consistent with the rest of the state, James-Mesloh said.
http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2010/apr/08/tuberculosis-case-identified-edison-state-college/
College spokeswoman Catherine Bergerson said the school is working with the health department to notify all 46 people believed to have come in close contact with the student at Edison’s Lee County campus: four faculty members and 42 students. All 46 people have been asked to take a tuberculosis test, which will be administered by health department officials at Edison early next week.
Lee County Health Department spokeswoman Jennifer James-Mesloh said her office does not have any information on where the student picked up the illness, but said it is usually shared by people who come in close contact. No other details on the student, including her condition, were available Thursday.
"The people that are going to be tested are going to be classmates of the student," she said. "The whole entire Edison campus doesn't need to think they need to be tested. It doesn't mean if you pass someone in the hallway you're going to get it."
The most recent statistics for tuberculosis in Lee County are from 2008, when 32 people had confirmed cases of tuberculosis. That is consistent with the rest of the state, James-Mesloh said.
http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2010/apr/08/tuberculosis-case-identified-edison-state-college/
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