B.C., Canada: 2011 tuberculosis cases

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Source: http://www.globaltvbc.com/still+threat+Okanagan/4585260/story.html

TB still a threat in Okanagan
Julia Wong, CHBC News: Friday, April 8, 2011 3:23 PM

nterior Health wants Kelowna residents to be on alert as an outbreak of tuberculosis continues to hit the Central Okanagan.

The agency first announced the outbreak in May 2008.

Since then, 31 cases of the disease have been identified in Kelowna.

The majority of patients are from the city?s homeless population.

While the rate of infection has remained steady in the last three years, Interior Health officials say conditions in the city?s homeless shelters are only fueling the situation.

?They?re in crowded situations in the shelters,? said Dr. Rob Parker, medical health officer with Interior Health...

 

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Re: B.C., Canada: 2011 tuberculosis cases

Source: http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/...break_110410/20110410?hub=BritishColumbiaHome

Three new cases in Kelowna tuberculosis outbreak

By: ctvbc.ca

Date: Sunday Apr. 10, 2011 7:34 PM PT

The Interior Health Authority says an outbreak of tuberculosis among Kelowna's homeless population continues with three new cases in 2011.

The outbreak, first declared in January 2009, has infected 31 people since 2008. While the majority of cases have been in Kelowna, others have sprung up elsewhere in the Central Okanagan...