Source: http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/...entral_st.html
About 300 Kalamazoo Central students, staff to be tested for TB exposure
By Julie Mack | jmack1@mlive.com
on February 13, 2014 at 4:04 PM, updated February 13, 2014 at 8:15 PM
KALAMAZOO, MI -- About 300 staff and students at Kalamazoo Central High School are expected to be tested for tuberculosis...
...The student, who has not been identified, has been experiencing symptoms of TB since December but it wasn't until he was hospitalized that TB was suspected, she said at a press conference held Thursday afternoon at the Kalamazoo Public Schools administration building. That suspicion first surfaced on Friday, and the disease was confirmed Tuesday, she said...
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Source: http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/...erculosis.html
Kalamazoo Central TB case: The odds of infection and 7 other things to know
By Julie Mack | jmack1@mlive.com
on February 17, 2014 at 6:00 AM, updated February 17, 2014 at 9:58 AM
KALAMAZOO, MI -- If the Kalamazoo Central High School student with tuberculosis turns out to be a typical TB case, there is a 1 percent chance or less that another student or staff member will come down with the disease, based on federal health statistics...
About 300 Kalamazoo Central students, staff to be tested for TB exposure
By Julie Mack | jmack1@mlive.com
on February 13, 2014 at 4:04 PM, updated February 13, 2014 at 8:15 PM
KALAMAZOO, MI -- About 300 staff and students at Kalamazoo Central High School are expected to be tested for tuberculosis...
...The student, who has not been identified, has been experiencing symptoms of TB since December but it wasn't until he was hospitalized that TB was suspected, she said at a press conference held Thursday afternoon at the Kalamazoo Public Schools administration building. That suspicion first surfaced on Friday, and the disease was confirmed Tuesday, she said...
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Source: http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/...erculosis.html
Kalamazoo Central TB case: The odds of infection and 7 other things to know
By Julie Mack | jmack1@mlive.com
on February 17, 2014 at 6:00 AM, updated February 17, 2014 at 9:58 AM
KALAMAZOO, MI -- If the Kalamazoo Central High School student with tuberculosis turns out to be a typical TB case, there is a 1 percent chance or less that another student or staff member will come down with the disease, based on federal health statistics...
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