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Potential Tuberculosis exposure at Mission Valley YMCA, San Diego County officials say
By: City News Service
Posted at 8:19 PM, Dec 29, 2023
and last updated 11:19 PM, Dec 29, 2023
SAN DIEGO (CNS) — Health officials today announced that members who used one of the 14 YMCA branches in San Diego County may be exposed to tuberculosis.
Most exposures occurred from 9-11 am. between March 5 and Oct. 30, 2023, at the Mission Valley YMCA at 5505 Friars Road, according to the County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency.
Members who may have had the longest cumulative duration of exposure during those periods were notified individually, and all members and staff who were exposed received broader notification.
"The number of people diagnosed with active TB in San Diego County has decreased since the early 1990s and has stabilized in recent years. There were 192 cases in 2020 and 201 people reported with active disease in 2021. In 2022, 208 people were reported with active TB disease in San Diego County. An estimated 175,000 people in San Diego County have latent TB infection and are at risk for developing active TB without preventive treatment,'' county officials said in a statement...
Potential Tuberculosis exposure at Mission Valley YMCA, San Diego County officials say
By: City News Service
Posted at 8:19 PM, Dec 29, 2023
and last updated 11:19 PM, Dec 29, 2023
SAN DIEGO (CNS) — Health officials today announced that members who used one of the 14 YMCA branches in San Diego County may be exposed to tuberculosis.
Most exposures occurred from 9-11 am. between March 5 and Oct. 30, 2023, at the Mission Valley YMCA at 5505 Friars Road, according to the County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency.
Members who may have had the longest cumulative duration of exposure during those periods were notified individually, and all members and staff who were exposed received broader notification.
"The number of people diagnosed with active TB in San Diego County has decreased since the early 1990s and has stabilized in recent years. There were 192 cases in 2020 and 201 people reported with active disease in 2021. In 2022, 208 people were reported with active TB disease in San Diego County. An estimated 175,000 people in San Diego County have latent TB infection and are at risk for developing active TB without preventive treatment,'' county officials said in a statement...